Gambusia are an underutilized forage fish for ponds. They occur naturally on Meadowlark ranch and provide great forage for small BG and small LMB. They are especially sought after by the TGG.




Two attempts have been made at establishing threadfin shad into Nova…both failed. One attempt was made to establish gizzard shad and that has met with very limited results. Few of them remain and those that do, do not add significantly to the forage base.

Update 07/12/07:

As mentioned above, Gizzard Shad(GS) stocking resulted in mostly a snack food for predators...until this year. Over the past few years I have noticed usually a small single school of what I assumed were GS that had reproduced. This year there has been an explosion of shad reproduction.  I've counted 5 very large distinct schools of GS. Although it is possible these are threadfins and I've mistakenly identified them as GS, they sure look like GS to me. What do you think?

UPDATE 03_14_2010:

Golden Shiner: This shiner was caught while fishing for 'gills. Weight = 1.86 pounds; Length 16 inches...more than three times the existing State Record. Soon to be a new State record.