Gizzard shad are huge by comparison, measuring between eight to 14 inches as adults. They get even bigger than that, though, and Driscoll has personally seen gizzard shad up to 18 inches long. At that ...

OSHKOSH (WLUK) -- Sturgeon in the Lake Winnebago system are feasting on a fish called gizzard shad, ... What do sturgeon eat? by FOX 11 News. Tue, February 21st 2017 at 3:59 PM. 4.

Gizzard shad are the heartier and more pervasive of the two; ... Gizzards will eat detritus off the lake bottom when mature and can grow very quickly, while threadfin are pelagic, ...

Do gizzard shad deserve a bad rep? ... Add rumors that these shad eat baby bass, and you get an ugly fish with a bad reputation. Yet, the story of the gizzard shad is much less cut-and-dried; ...

Sliced-up chunks of shad make a worthy catfish bait. But even on sale, frozen shad runs $4.99 a pound, while the fresh stuff is free -- aside from the labor and the cost of the net.

Gizzard shad, especially larger ones that trophy bass like to eat, are often benthic feeders. That is, they graze on the organic goop that coats the lake bottom or timber, rock or riprap.

Franklin Pearce, 72, never thought he would taste gizzard shad caught in Lake Apopka. But on Monday, he did. And he liked it. “I never knew you could eat shad,” said Pearce, taking anot… ...

It’s just the gizzard shad, conveniently and reliably perishing so others might live. Gizzard shad die-off rite of spring Skip to main content Skip to main content ...

CHICAGO (STMW) - A bizarre scene is evolving on the Chicago lakefront, with Canada geese and mallard ducks gulping down dead or dying gizzard shad. A major die-off of what appears to be the 2010 ...

While talking with a couple of Lake Mead fishermen recently, the subject turned to gizzard shad. Since they showed up in Lake Mead in 2007, gizzards have displaced threadfin shad as both the ...