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**xring** · 03-05-2012, 05:09 AM

I have access to a beautiful lake, actually a old rock quarry, its spring fed, and the bottom is clearly visable in 20 feet of water. Its probably 5 to 7 acres with the deepest part being about 50 ft. Actually, there is little water that is shallow, less than a acre I'd say.

Question is, would threadfin shad survive and reproduce in that enviroment? I'm looking for a bait fish that provide food for the gamefish without constant restocking. The lake has been stocked with Catfish, largemouth bass and crappie, a 30 pound blue was caught there this past summer...I hgave caught bass upwards of 8 pounds and have this winter added a lil over 200 crappie in the 1/2 to 2 pound range.

What do you think on the shad?

**jackie53** · 03-05-2012, 05:51 AM

We have a spring fed pond we have stocked it is clear we put a couple dozen shinner minnows and black heads each year seems to help.We also put some small bream in each spring and try to keep them fed but the cost of fish feed is getting kind of high!!!

**NIMROD** · 03-05-2012, 06:26 AM

Probably do best to use minnows to stock and fertilize the lake. Adding bamboo or other cover would help on the shallows. Check the PH and adjust if needed. If you do Shad they will need algae to feed so do the fertilzing first.

**jackie53** · 03-05-2012, 06:53 AM

Don't have a good source of bamboo.What do you think about old tires or pallets for cover?

**jackie53** · 03-05-2012, 06:55 AM

Don't have a good source of bamboo.What do you think about old tires or pallets for cover? Sorry X-ring did not mean to hyjack thread!!!!

**Fishn4life** · 03-05-2012, 08:06 AM

Minnows would probably survive best.

**xring** · 03-05-2012, 07:25 PM

She, (sister) has been buying minnows for several years, they don't seem to reproduce, if they do the bass, bream, catfish eat them all in short order, and she buys lots of minnows,,by the pounds...Was looking for something that would reproduce in amounts to feed the hungry masses,,yet survive.

**NIMROD** · 03-05-2012, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by xring

She, (sister) has been buying minnows for several years, they don't seem to reproduce, if they do the bass, bream, catfish eat them all in short order, and she buys lots of minnows,,by the pounds...Was looking for something that would reproduce in amounts to feed the hungry masses,,yet survive.

Need food and cover to raise bait fish.

**xring** · 03-05-2012, 07:43 PM

They have used the loader bucket to push several trees in,,its vertical bluffs on 90% of the shoreline, also the rocks have a green looking alge coating them in water to at least 20' deep..you can see it at that depth. They were running cattle on the property until last year, they sold out..the cattle drank from the quarry and of course dumped in it, I assume thats what started the green alge???

**Billy E** · 03-05-2012, 08:20 PM

Xring - I am not sure like Nimrod. I might need to take a look at it. HAHA

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