20140927-- MEAGER SHOWING

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Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on September 30, 2014 at 3:44am

"Mill roach" are fun to catch!
And they do gain some respectable size.
Their fight peters out quickly, but where there is one - there is a hundred!

Comment by Slip Sinker on September 30, 2014 at 12:34am

amen to that Leo LOL

Comment by Leo Nguyen on September 29, 2014 at 9:55pm

One still taste good when you get skunked. One tastes nasty, and you wish you have lots and lots of hot sauce.

Comment by Jim Gronaw on September 29, 2014 at 9:18pm

Ken's large minnow appears to be a native golden shiner. They are in many of our local reservoirs in Maryland and quite abundant in millponds and Delmarva tidal flows. Many people call them 'mill roach' as they look very much like the European roach that match fishermen angle for in those countries across the pond.

Once or twice a year I actually fish for them in the spring, usually April, as they often spawn in and around the same habitat as crappies...brushpiles or beaver lodges. We use them for bait for big largemouths and stripers in freshwater. Big channel cats, too.

We used 1/200th oz Trout Magnet tipped with two maggots below a sensitive float on 2 or 4 pound line. We have actually caught them to almost 13 inches long! Fun in itself!

Comment by carl hendrix on September 29, 2014 at 9:05pm

well;; ok;;  guess I'll tell the difference.  a shiner;; prefers; more open water;; tends to shy away from wood.  a tuffie minnow;;  likes wood;; stays inside brush piles;; tree branches; and the like.  in fact;; you can hook a tuffie minnow;  cast it close to a brush pile; and the minnow will eventually go right into it!! 

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on September 29, 2014 at 2:11pm

Leo, you're killin me over here!

Comment by Leo Nguyen on September 29, 2014 at 2:09pm

Yep. Shiners..I eat them like sardines. Tuffies, I still eat them..and vomit.

Comment by carl hendrix on September 29, 2014 at 2:04pm

around here;; there are basically 2 types of minnows at bait shops;; shiners;; and tuffies.  would any body care to take a guess;; as to a major trait difference between the two???  most of us;; redneck country boys know!!!  CAN make a difference!!

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on September 29, 2014 at 1:46pm

Ken, years ago the shiner was considered table fare
Fried in hot oil and dressed with salt and lemon, that was a standard preparation.
Let's face it - they had less fastidious dining habits than we.

Comment by Leo Nguyen on September 29, 2014 at 1:41pm

Meager catches are better no catch. Looks like you got the infamous water salad as the extra bonus catch. I got plenty of those on Saturday, and not a live fish.

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