From: "Ronnie Garrison"


| Again, the fish he is catching in the Tennessee River are problably
| gizzard shad - very different fish, and I have never heard of anyone
| eating them. The Tennessee runs into the Ohio and then the Mississippi,
| it is not a east coast river. The Tennessee does have skipjack
| herring, too. They have teeth, unlike the gizzard shad
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Gizzard Shad are something completely different and are smaller than Hickory Shad. They
rarely grow larger than 12" and are food for predatory fish. It is often found in salt and
brackish waters, sluggish streams, bays or lakes . It doesn't like fast or swift rivers and
is not an anadromous fish.

However, it is a mud raker and extracts its food from organic matter and plants. Thats what
its speciallized "gizzard" is for thus its name. I didn't think this was what Jeff caught
becuase he specifically stated "...using minnows and jig when I noticed as I was bringing my
line in, bright shiny larger fish that werent crappie were chasing it to the top, flipping
up and diving." I doubt that the Gizzard Shad would exhibit predatory feeding habits as
Jeff described.

Gizzard Shad
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/wildlife/...d/gizzshad.htm
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries...giz_shad.shtml

The American Shad are widespread and don't have to be just east coast rivers. In fact
American Shad were succesfully introduced into the the Pacific Ocean by Seth Green circa
1871. I believe they were originally from the Hudson River, NY. If Jeff didn't catch an
Amerixan Shad then it was most likely a Hickory Shad.

American Shad in the Tennessee River at Chattanooga
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/speci...ecimenID=43113

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Dave
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