I would strongly suggest that anybody caught doing this be turned into the game wardens immediately.

Johnson, i thought that you are on my side. Lol.

Not another one of these threads.. Move this junk somewhere else..

Hehe, he open the bottle, let Jenie out.

Easy, just a discussion, dont need to be hush.

Yep, just what we need, more regulations

Steve

*Jenny? WOW!!!!

Sorry man, I use castnets myself for shad when I go catfishing lol

This forum is always good for a laugh! if you went out of your way to catch shad in nets it would not be possible.

Southern California at that.

I know that we have plenty bait fish in our lake, catching shads with net will not put a dent on its population. I wish that this abundance of bait fish will last for ever.

Few years back, when the zebra mussel first started spraying in lake Texomo, the shads population took huge hit due to lack of food. The stripers i caught along the shore line by the Dam were scary skinny, bony. That year, lots, lots stripers, including big ones, 20#, 25# were starving to death.

Last spring, i noticed that shads were not as thick and abundant as previous years, and fishmen that i talked to, complain that they were not able to net any shads. Later on before summer, thousands big sandbass and Hybrids were dead along shore line.

This winter, i also notice that shads are very hard to find in couple of creeks where i fish for crappies. Even at WRC, fishmen cried not being able to locate shads. If you have time, go to WRC, you will see first hand how many fishmen there throwing nets to catch shads, cooler full of shads. I am not saying that they did anything illegal. But i really wonder how long this abundance of bait fish is going to last.

Sorry, my bad. Jenie.

The shad populations are boom and bust like anything else, they come in waves. I'm guessing the dead striper had nothing to do with the shad, or it was a coincidence, and what killed the shad killed the striper. Striper will find stuff to eat if shad populations are down, there are still other baitfish to eat.The same year the zebra mussels hit was the same time texoma had a massive shad kill due to a very cold winter. It's cold and shad are hard to catch, this doesn't mean they aren't there. Not to mention doing that would put striper guides out of business plus some people can't afford to buy bait every time they fish.