Dead fish.....alewives?

[Adkhare]

I also stopped and checked out the fifth floating, before reading this I thought they were huge alewives but now I agree they probably are the gizzard shad. There are a lot of them but nothing in comparison to some of the alewife die offs I’ve seen. Alarming either way when you see this.

[fishy1]

I also stopped and checked out the fifth floating, before reading this I thought they were huge alewives but now I agree they probably are the gizzard shad. There are a lot of them but nothing in comparison to some of the alewife die offs I’ve seen. Alarming either way when you see this.

thanks for the update wished the news showed the fish a little better.

[fishingmachine]

I read that they were actually stocked in Lake Champlain during the 1800's

[fishy1]

I read that they were actually stocked in Lake Champlain during the 1800's

wow frank i wonder what there reasoning was.

[fishingmachine]

they were stocked as a forage fish for larger species,like walleye,but it's not clear if they were actually stocked in LC or came in through the canal.the fisheries department at the time underestimated their growth rate and soon they get too big to act as forage for some game fish.Shad prefer shallower turbid waters like the lower end of LC

[Mr.Esox]

If they are gizzard shad they are at the northern most edge of there range ,this past winter with the extended cold they will have high mortality.