What Minnow Is This

[FishFinder]

Just wondering what kind of minnow this is..

[G-loomis]

it is either a emerald shinner or a shinner.

[fishindevil]

i think its shinner, will have to find my baitfish book,and look it up,but i think thats what they are,i know walleyes like them for sure

Edited December 25, 2006 by fishindevil

[Spiel]

....Definitely a shiner, likely the common shiner found in most creeks and rivers.

[FishFinder]

thanks for the help, my local creek has thousands of these and i just wanted to make sure what they were before i used them as bait...

[wishn4fishn]

really bored eh???

[FishFinder]

yeah pretty much lol

[OhioFisherman]

I used to catch them in the creeks off of lake erie here I called them silver shiners, don`t know the proper name. Longer and thicker bodied than an emerald shiner, LOL good bait!

[Greencoachdog]

Is that a "Garden Hackle" fly you're usin' for bait???

[xrap]

It's a normal shinner, always catch a bunch of them in the creek near my house in the summer. If you ice fish then maybe you should freeze a couple for pike. They work very well.

[FishFinder]

xrap do you salt them or just straight out freeze them? thanks..

[Rich]

Definitely not an emerald shiner, but it is a shiner of some sort.

[xrap]

Nope just straight into a ziploc bag and then freeze them

[joonmoon]

If you add coarse salt before freezing then it won't get all mushy when you go to use it for Pike.

[Carp]

Looks like the type of minnow that catches fish.

 

Seriously, it looks like some sort of shiner as mentioned already.

[BUSTER]

that is a spottail shiner

[verno]

Rob Hyatt. Someone had to do it.

[Spiel]

Commom Shiner

[Rich]

Chowder