golden shiner
noun
: a small common cyprinid fish (Notemigonus crysoleucas) of eastern North America having silvery sides with bright golden reflections and often used as bait
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Crappies will go for wax worms, crappie minnows, golden shiners, freshwater shrimp maggots, and more.
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Don Wirth, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2024
Live bait, in the form of large minnows or native golden shiners can stir the interest of a big fish.
—Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 28 Jan. 2024
Thus a bass in south Florida will chase down a golden shiner, and a smallmouth in one of the Great Lakes will gorge on goby, simply because one of these fish can thrive in one environment, while the other is more suited for the other.
—Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 14 June 2023
Samuel Grisak, 15, of Great Falls caught a state record golden shiner on July 3 on Giant Springs Pond at Giant Springs State Park.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 July 2022
Included in the sale are channel catfish, largemouth bass, triploid grass carp, hybrid bluegill, redear sunfish, golden shiner, fathead minnows and bluegill.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2022
Three new fish species have been found in the river: the sand shiner, golden shiner and longnose gar.
—Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Nov. 2021
In California rice fields, golden shiner minnows introduced by the project have reduced methane coming off fallowed rice paddies by 64 percent.
—Moises Velasquez-Manoff, Wired, 1 Apr. 2020
The top lures have been tube jigs, drop shot rigs tipped with soft plastics or nightcrawlers, golden shiners, leeches and crayfish.
—D'arcy Egan, cleveland.com, 16 Aug. 2019
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Don Wirth, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2024
Live bait, in the form of large minnows or native golden shiners can stir the interest of a big fish.
—Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 28 Jan. 2024
Thus a bass in south Florida will chase down a golden shiner, and a smallmouth in one of the Great Lakes will gorge on goby, simply because one of these fish can thrive in one environment, while the other is more suited for the other.
—Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 14 June 2023
Samuel Grisak, 15, of Great Falls caught a state record golden shiner on July 3 on Giant Springs Pond at Giant Springs State Park.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 July 2022
Included in the sale are channel catfish, largemouth bass, triploid grass carp, hybrid bluegill, redear sunfish, golden shiner, fathead minnows and bluegill.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2022
Three new fish species have been found in the river: the sand shiner, golden shiner and longnose gar.
—Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Nov. 2021
In California rice fields, golden shiner minnows introduced by the project have reduced methane coming off fallowed rice paddies by 64 percent.
—Moises Velasquez-Manoff, Wired, 1 Apr. 2020
The top lures have been tube jigs, drop shot rigs tipped with soft plastics or nightcrawlers, golden shiners, leeches and crayfish.
—D'arcy Egan, cleveland.com, 16 Aug. 2019
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