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sharpy
05-10-2005, 7:05 PM
Do any of you keep shinners? I have a cople of them. They are pretty skittish.
piranha45
05-10-2005, 8:25 PM
they school together like minnows, right?
guppy
05-11-2005, 10:17 PM
Lots of things are called shiners
sharpy
05-12-2005, 11:28 AM
they school together like minnows, right?
They are a form of minnow.
I don't know the latin name. They are the kind of fish you use as bait under the name shinners or chubs. Although they probably sell lots of different fish under the name shinner so there isn't any way to tell specifly what kind I have. Here's a better question. Do any of you buy live fish bait as a pet? Like ''shinners'' for example.
guppy
05-13-2005, 10:27 PM
They are a form of minnow.
I don't know the latin name. They are the kind of fish you use as bait under the name shinners or chubs. Although they probably sell lots of different fish under the name shinner so there isn't any way to tell specifly what kind I have. Here's a better question. Do any of you buy live fish bait as a pet? Like ''shinners'' for example.
As a kid I kept emerald shiners from local bait shop, that was in north dakota, Oregon does not allow live fresh water fish to be used as bait, mmoneyes and golden shiners are very pretty.
iheartfishies
05-14-2005, 10:23 AM
I thought you guys meant black eyes. :confused:
Do any of you keep shinners? I have a cople of them. They are pretty skittish.
they are called SHINERS, and 2 of them are a COUPLE.
iheartfishies
05-15-2005, 7:59 PM
I saw that there are a couple diff shiners that are endangered.
Or did I hear wrong?
I grew out a shinner to about 12" but it was eaten by my sailfin pim.
guppy
05-16-2005, 12:29 AM
I saw that there are a couple diff shiners that are endangered.
Or did I hear wrong?
My PETERSON FIELD GUIDE lists more than 140 shiners, several are listed as threatened, a few as endangered, and at least 2 are now considered extinct in U.S. waters. Some are very common and widespread, but others are common over a very limited range such as a single lake, pond, or creek. The Beautiful Shiner (Cyprinella formosa) used to be found in N.M. and Az. as well as northern Mexico but is now found only in a small stretch of a single creek in Mexico. Same thing is going on with a lot of the darters, some of which are very pretty.
piranha45
05-16-2005, 11:14 PM
Oregon does not allow live fresh water fish to be used as bait, mmoneyes and golden shiners are very pretty.
that is beyond ludicrous, surely the law can't be enforced though, right?
that is beyond ludicrous, surely the law can't be enforced though, right?
Thats what I would think..Such a law would take an army of officers and informers to enforce..
They don't allow using live mice as bass bait either...but...
JRMunroe
06-06-2005, 12:38 PM
I've got 7 Golden Shiners I moving from a 45g to a new 215. They school, are shy, as fast as lightning and can jump.