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Golden shiner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Information about the Golden Shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas), a species found in the State of Texas ... Description Both Notemigonus and crysoleucas are Greek, meaning "angled back" and "golden white" (a reference to the fish's color). The golden shiner is a deep-bodied minnow. There are 7-9 branched rays in the dorsal...
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The Golden Shiner is a common minnow found in lakes, ponds, marshes, and quiet streams. It can grow up to 12 inches long, but is usually much smaller. ... Golden Shiners are silvery fish, with an olive-colored back and yellowish or reddish fins.
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Golden shiners are excellent prey for small bass and they also grow large enough (10 inches) to satisfy the appetite of large bass. ... The golden shiner is omnivorous and eats plants and aquatic animals that are small enough for it to digest. Commercial fish feed is readily accepted.
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Golden Shiners are great forage for bass. They are commonly used as bait for trophy Largemouth's! They are a schooling fish often caught in traps are cast nets. Maximum size is about 1/2 of a pound. They are occasionally caught with rod and reel, but this is a less common method due to the size of the shiners.
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Raske's New England Streamers & Global Fly Fisher Network. The text-based index page for the Golden Shiner Pattern section. ... Golden Shiner (Notemigonus cystoleucas)
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Detailed information about golden shiner. ... The golden shiner is found widely scattered in many streams and lakes throughout the state and is ranked as common to abundant. Plantings of brood fish into man-made lakes has increased their range in the southern part of Iowa.
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OTHER NAMES: Wild Shiner, Shiner; RANGE: Widely distributed along the east coast of DESCRIPTION: A golden hue with reddish fins is typical of this species that has a small soft-rayed dorsal fin and like other shiners has a lateral line (the series of sensory holes along the side of a fish) that dips downward.
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Golden Shiner, Notemigonus crysoleucas ... Golden shiner spawning period is from June to August, likely spawning several times. The female releases her adhesive eggs randomly where they stick to vegetation and bottom. This fish is considered an important forage fish for species such as smallmouth bass.
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I.F. Anderson Farms spawns and nurtures the nation's finest baitfish and forage fish. ... That," Anderson emphasizes, "is where the golden shiner fry come in. With our program, not only will your small bass and crappie feed off of the small shiners and their fry; the fry that do not get eaten will eventually grow out and...
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