Hey guys ,
Mike has a soild point about the shad stocking - if they dont want them in the lake people should not stock them but all it takes is one mis-guided person to ruin it . Case in point there was a show on the other night about snakehead fish being introduced out east and now they are showing up in CA . A oriential man had bought live ones to make a soup for his sick sister { it suppose to have healing properties } but she had got better so following thier custom he released them in a pond in MA . The snakeheads in the Potomick river had apprently come from aquarium releases . Talk about a fishery nightmare - these fish are very aggresive and have very sharp teeth and can survive out of water like a catfish . They also spawn up to 5 times a year . If you have fished Bluegrass you may have noticed the schools of shad in the pit . You also may have noticed that not many bluegill or crappie of any size are caught . Most times the shad will "crowd" out the panfish and while nice bass are caught for a while they too will suffer . Most big bodies of water or rivers have enough resources to go around and dont suffer but a lake the size of Boggs or smaller really doesent benefit from stocking shad . Leave fishery mangement up to the professionals please !