Quote Originally Posted by Moose1am View Post
Thanks for the update Mike:

Look for the Sea Gulls when the ice metls. They find the dead shad as soon as the ice starts melting. We had a shad kill on the pits I fish down here two or three years ago. As the ice was melting the gulls were standing on the edge of the ice and feeding on fish that were still stuck in the ice.
We do watch the gulls, and we saw a few show up right before the lake froze over. We aslo know from experience that when the shad kill is working well, it can draw in Bald Eagles and have them more visble than normal. Back at the end of January this year, I got a series of photos of a pair of Mute Sawns feeding on shad that were struggling just below the surface. That was new to me as I didn't know Swans would eat fish. Live and learn I guess.