Wv mike wrote:
What is the name of this bait fish. Do you have them in your area. Most states stocks them for forage. What are some good ways to catch some for bait. Unscramble this and it’s a good thing to start a kid hunting for. RQEURSIL.
I think it’s a shiner Mike, and yes we have them here in small and large sizes. When I don’t want to buy any I toss my minnow trap in an area they are swimming in, but I’ve yet to see a squirrel 🐿 eat a minnow.
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fishrmans
Loc: Waushara Cnty Wisconsin and Port Charlotte Fl
Emerald or Milwaukee shiner. Great bait for walleye fishing but getting very hard to find anymore.
KATIM
Loc: Palm City Florida
Wv mike wrote:
What is the name of this bait fish. Do you have them in your area. Most states stocks them for forage. What are some good ways to catch some for bait. Unscramble this and it’s a good thing to start a kid hunting for. RQEURSIL.
Shinner in jersey. Good for blues in the back bays
Wv mike wrote:
What is the name of this bait fish....
Some say this is a shiner and perhaps it is. However, could it be spearing?
We see them in most of the NJ bait shops.
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Looks like a minnow or golden shiner. It's SQUIRREL season. Bang, Bang.
Don't know one minnow from another by specie. But I love eating squirrel and rabbit (or a plate of fried frog legs)! Three of natures best wild game table fares. Ummm, ummm!
Emerald shiner seems to be the closest
Wv mike wrote:
What is the name of this bait fish. Do you have them in your area. Most states stocks them for forage. What are some good ways to catch some for bait. Unscramble this and it’s a good thing to start a kid hunting for. RQEURSIL.
The jumble is SQUIRREL ! The fish looks like 'smelt', a small fish species that run in large schools
in cold northern waters (fresh and salt) that are distantly related to salmon and trout; one of several favorite New England baits used for ice fishing ! Usually caught with dip nets !
fishrmans
Loc: Waushara Cnty Wisconsin and Port Charlotte Fl
Big A wrote:
The jumble is SQUIRREL ! The fish looks like 'smelt', a small fish species that run in large schools
in cold northern waters (fresh and salt) that are distantly related to salmon and trout; one of several favorite New England baits used for ice fishing ! Usually caught with dip nets !
Not a smelt. Used to catch smelt by the thousands on Lake Michigan in the spring. Good eating and great northern bait. Fish shown is an emerald shiner.
Thanks for the correction; wasn't sure of my quess, as I haven't
seen a smelt since last ice fishing
trip with my grand-father, almost 60 years ago ! They do look somewhat similar (to me), but memory is no longer as sharp
as it used to be !
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