From what I've seen on the Internet, the maximum size of threadfin shad is about nine inches. The fish the osprey has is bigger than that. However, there is another similar looking but larger shad that lives in large lakes in Florida, the gizzard shad. The gizzard shad grows to about 20 inches in length.
Here is a link to gizzard shad: gizzard shad
I think Gizzard Shad looks like that’s it
Great work
Do you use a pretty fancy works to capture that sort of photo?
Truly fascinating