I talked to the fisheries biologist for our district today . Mr Frank Leone and asked a few questions reguarding our fishery . I asked first about the Shad and was told we have only larger Gizzard Shad as I thought . The Threadfins which are smaller are not here because they have nowhere to avoid the cold in this shallow lake .The Gizzard Shad get too large for small Crappie very quickly . With high recuitment (spawns) of Crappie ,they have slow growth because of crowding and at times limited food supply . He said he would be net sampling here later but felt the increased limit should help with crowding. But we have a problem with huge spawns almost every year on this lake . Hope to check back after his sampling and get some data to post .