Quote Originally Posted by mhall View Post
Do you guys think that with this extreme cold we had this year and all the ice on the lakes that we will experience a major shad kill?? I think we might knock the numbers back some this year and therefore help our fishing. Just a theory and maybe nothing to it but most very cold winters with ice on the lakes are usually followed by a good or at least decent fishing season.

I personally thought the fishing was off last year at most places. Not all as Kentucky Lake, Green and a few others had banner years, but overall a bit off. I know Cumberland was down especially the striper bite.
Yes there should be a shad kill due to cold winter, but the cold's duration sure didn't last, so that will relate to the true magnitude of the kill off. Bass and catfish will eat up the dying shad if they aren't already. I can't remember if threadfin or gizzard are the most susceptible to the extreme cold, but it puts a real damper on one of them.