OKC Creek Quick question

This is a fry guarder correct? Listened to Blat on science of the strike this morning. Normally I would spend about a hour trying to catch one of these but after learning how they really aren’t trying to eat I moved on after about 15 min then caught 4 creek bass and about 7 thick blue gill in the remaining 45 minutes or so.

Creek Fishing Oklahoma City Question

Caught this on a 2 inch minnow 3.18 lbs

This creek flows North into lake Arcadia there’s two smaller inlets on the north side of the lake aswell

I lost a second one that was fighting a lot harder when it cut my braid off on a rock.

How long of a leader do you all like on your braid to Flouro setup? I was down to about a foot after multiple re-ties.

OKC Canadian river. Is this a Gizzard shad?