Quote Originally Posted by redearhoosier View Post
And this is exactly why Patoka Lake ***** as a panfish lake...the number of gizzard shad kills the bluegill/redear and probably hurts the crappie population in the long run too. It should be named Bass Lake, because that's all it's good for IMO.

The DNR aren't doing justice with this lake. Having a balanced fishery should be their aim, but apparently it's not.
Not trying to be rude, but what do you propose the DNR do about it? Once there in a lake that size, they are there to stay. I just dont see this as the DNR's fault nor is there a good way to fix it. I feel for you, every lake i've fished without shad has a very healthy panfish and bass population, and i know the shad are really only benefiting the adult predators.. but i think its just something that we have to deal with, because DNR can only do so much, and in this case i dont know what they can do at all.