i took just 1 step out on my pond moments ago to check out the THOUSANDS of floating shad under the ice. they arnt much bigger than 2 inches long. the 5-6 acre pond is covered with maby 1 inch thick ice. i think it killed ALL the shad in there. thats probably a good thing tho because they werent supposed to be shad in there. hopefully my blueback herring i put in there survived tho :D