x

[fishinwrench]

2 hours ago, Dutch said:

No I am not positive.  I got my information from an MDC research biologist who was doing a 10 year study on white bass. 

That explains ALOT !   

Somebody shoulda kicked that dude in the throat.   He goofed on multiple levels.

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, aarchdale@coresleep.com said:

I have throw netted tons of them out of Lake of the Ozarks for trot lines.   That MDC Biologists needs to get his nose out of a book and go outside every once in a while

Been saying that for years.   And everybody thinks I'm a douchebag for saying it. 

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, BilletHead said:

        Oh Snagged,

  I have sent a text to him on this shad subject. We want his opinion on the shad dilemma. As far as MDC goes we know what he thinks about this. All i can figure is he is catching up on much needed sleep or out shooting his bb oops I mean pellet springer rifle ,

BilletHead

None of the above.   Nobody around here knows how to drive apparently, and for some reason they always call ME. Happens every time it snows even a tiny bit.    And my wife wonders why I always question the thinking capacity of everyone.  Perfect example.

And it ain't a SPRINGER !      

 

[fishinwrench]

I don't know the science of it but the biggest enmasse shad kills I've witnessed have happened after a period of no dam generation.   A little current seems to help them survive.

[MoCarp]

 

[MoCarp]

4 hours ago, aarchdale@coresleep.com said:

I have throw netted tons of them out of Lake of the Ozarks for trot lines.   That MDC Biologists needs to get his nose out of a book and go outside every once in a while

see the above video, both have "threads" in their dorsal fin is more prominent in YOY gizzards than when they are older, its all about the mouth structures

 

 

[BilletHead]

         Good addition MoCarp,

  I tied a couple young of the year clousers for the upcoming white bass flyfishing season. One is a threadfin and the other a gizzard. Which one is which?  Should i ust the gizzard to fish north and the threadfin south? . Again I find this an interesting thread. I hope you armchair biologists can prove we have the threadfin farther north. I too used to throw a net back in my younger years below Truman dam in LOZ. Seen others literally net tons of the slimy critters. Never seen a threadfin up there. Guess they may be a new thing or ran up the rivers from South and jumped the LOZ dam? I read where they once stocked Montrose with them but supposedly they died out. 

BilletHead

             

[BilletHead]

         Good addition MoCarp,

  I tied a couple young of the year clousers for the upcoming white bass flyfishing season. One is a threadfin and the other a gizzard. Which one is which?  Should i ust the gizzard to fish north and the threadfin south? . Again I find this an interesting thread. I hope you armchair biologists can prove we have the threadfin farther north. I too used to throw a net back in my younger years below Truman dam in LOZ. Seen others literally net tons of the slimy critters. Never seen a threadfin up there. Guess they may be a new thing or ran up the rivers from South and jumped the LOZ dam? I read where they once stocked Montrose with them but supposedly they died out. 

BilletHead

             

[grizwilson]

12 minutes ago, BilletHead said:

         Good addition MoCarp,

  I tied a couple young of the year clousers for the upcoming white bass flyfishing season. One is a threadfin and the other a gizzard. Which one is which?  Should i ust the gizzard to fish north and the threadfin south? . Again I find this an interesting thread. I hope you armchair biologists can prove we have the threadfin farther north. I too used to throw a net back in my younger years below Truman dam in LOZ. Seen others literally net tons of the slimy critters. Never seen a threadfin up there. Guess they may be a new thing or ran up the rivers from South and jumped the LOZ dam? I read where they once stocked Montrose with them but supposedly they died out. 

T

BilletHead

             

The one on the left has a more rounded mouth so guess it is threadfin? You guys are just too scientific for me.  Shoot I will not eat tilapia the ones I see in the store look and smell too much like gizzard shad to me.  

[snagged in outlet 3]

19 minutes ago, grizwilson said:

Shoot I will not eat tilapia the ones I see in the store look and smell too much like gizzard shad to me.  

I won't eat them just because they scam us into thinking it's some kind of exotic fish.  I'll never eat those nasty things.