Gizzard Shad
Dorosoma cepedianum · Clupeidae
About this fish
- Spawning
- May and June
- Largest length
- up to 60 cm (24 inches)
- Lifespan
- up to 6 years
- Matures at
- about 2 years old
Values come from a national database of the United States, not Wisconsin surveys: maximum length is the species' largest recorded anywhere, and spawning months are range-wide (Wisconsin timing, in a colder climate, can be later).
USGS FishTraits 14.3 (CC0). Credit: Frimpong and Angermeier, U.S. Geological Survey.
70 open records of this fish in Wisconsin were used here.
Lakes where it has been recorded
From open fish survey and museum records. A record shows the fish was found near the lake in that year, not that it is there now.
Showing 11 of 11 lakes
- Lake PepinPepin County25,494 acresrecorded 1966 to 2025 (4 records)recorded
- Lake WisconsinColumbia County9,000 acres · 24 ft deeprecorded 2024 (3 records)Lowstocked, recorded
- Lake OnalaskaLacrosse County7,688 acres · 40 ft deeprecorded 2006 to 2023 (2 records)Lowrecorded
- Lake Saint CroixPierce County4,668 acres · 60 ft deeprecorded 1899 to 2023 (15 records)recorded
- Long LakeColumbia County69 acres · 20 ft deeprecorded 2008 (1 record)Lowrecorded
- Mallalieu LakeSt Croix County270 acres · 17 ft deeprecorded 2001 to 2006 (4 records)Lowrecorded
- Delton LakeSauk County267 acres · 16 ft deeprecorded 2005 (2 records)Lowstocked, recorded
- Lake AndreaWisconsin121 acresrecorded 2005 (1 record)recorded
- Dead LakePepin County68 acres · 7 ft deeprecorded 2004 (1 record)Lowrecorded
- Swan LakeColumbia County406 acres · 82 ft deeprecorded 2002 to 2003 (2 records)Moderatestocked, recorded
- McCartney LakeGrant County924 acres · 10 ft deeprecorded 1963 (1 record)recorded