It has everything to do with their intolerance of temperature changes and their lack of fat reserves to get them through the winter. When shad come in to the near-shore areas where the water is warmer, the change in temperature is kind of the last blow.

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One percent is not a big deal. It is always nice to get a decrease, but 1 percent is not a big one. If they were taking it off, it would be great.

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