Not often That East Coast of North Carolina Boat Ramps are Covered With Snow and Ice……1/22/2025
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Not really sure what they are called but they are tons of them
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Comment by Andy is OptiMystic on March 4, 2015 at 9:49am
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Yeah, I think the state switched to threadfin even though they winter kill sometimes.
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Comment by Tony Livingston on March 4, 2015 at 9:33am
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Agree on the Golden Shiner identity. Andy watch out for those Gizzard Shad....they will put weight on a bass, but they can also outgrow the Largemouth's ability to utilize them as forage, and they compete for resources needed for your bluegills.
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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on March 4, 2015 at 9:17am
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Golden shiner for sure..........
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Comment by Jim Gronaw on March 4, 2015 at 9:05am
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Looks like every golden shiner I've ever seen or caught. They are also called 'mill roach' in some areas of the Mid Atlantic.
Fabulous bait for bass, pickerel and, in some lakes like Piney Run, freshwater stripers. Great native forage throughout the south and Florida.
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I may be oversimplifying and pond management guys can clarify, but my understanding is that shad are considered the better "quick grow food" but shiners are easier to establish in ponds.
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Comment by jim cosgrove on March 4, 2015 at 8:40am
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the pond i caught all mine in is where i caught my biggest bass ever.half a mile way.20 years ago i was trying to catch some bullheads or pickeral for my tank.cold rainy november day.caught on a nightcrawler and 6lb line.fought that fish for half an hour before i saw it.thought it was carp til the very end.it was 21 inches.i had a tape measure as i was i my way home from work.with eggs that fish would have been over 10lbs.winter kills have wiped out that little slough and the creeks that fed it have diverted for houses.if you have shiners you have big bass.
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Comment by Jorge Betancourt on March 4, 2015 at 8:20am
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I have heard that people use them for Bass Fishing. It looks really cool watching them school up. Pretty.
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In one of my favorite local rivers, there is actually an endangered shiner. Looks really different and doesn't get that large.
I have heard some people refer to "shad roaches" which I think are Grizzard Shad, but not sure. Local names for fish can get confusing.
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a shiner for sure.they call them golden roaches here.i used to have them in my fish tank,some 8 inches long very active in the tank
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Yup that looks like it. I did notice a school of them but I kept throwing them back into the water. They put up a nice little fight.
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