[Rodney MD]

Hello,
I've been a follower on this board for a while and finally made the leap to register so I can contribute a bit. I hate to start with a question, but I caught a bunch of these fish in a Pasadena pond last fall and pulled a few out this spring. It looks to be some sort of shad, but I can't get a good answer. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance!

 

[FishingKid]

Looks like a golden shiner to me.

 

[MisterBrown]

Looks like a golden shiner to me.

That was my first thought, too.

In any case, if you email DNR, they will tell you (if the pic is clear enough for them.)

 

[Rodney MD]

Bingo! Thanks for the help. Mystery solved.

 

[bluefish1928]

Looks like a golden shiner to me.

looks right to me!

good live bait for big lm bass

 

[Pajigging machin]

We call them mealroach up here in PA good to eat but very boney heard them called golden shiner also and yes very good baitfish

 

[bigjim5589]

Some folks also call them a Gold Roach, but they're a shiner. If you fish for bass they're an excellent bait, but don't stay alive very long in a minnow bucket.

In FL they use big Silver Shiners under a balloon for big bass. The balloon usually will break so there's not a lot of resistance from it when fighting a fish. There used to a pond near Perryville, MD that was full of those gold shiners & bass & catfish too, but I think it's been filled in. My one brother & I used to go up there & camp & fish. We caught some nice bass & huge catfish in that pond on those shiners.

 

[andypat]

I remember the pond bigjim. Do you remember Arundel Pier in North East. We use to walk out on that broking down pier and catch loads of nice size bass. Wonder what is there now? Any one know?

 

[Pajigging machin]

Northeast is a great place to fish in the spring nice pier now and boat docks crappie and yellow perch when you time it right

 

[Rodney MD]

Thanks all for the tips. I almost always use artificial bait when I'm out so I think I'll leave these there for the next fisherman.

 

[bigjim5589]

Andy, I had worked up in that area a lot at one time. I worked for a road paving contractor & we had a blacktop plant in NE at the quarry just off of I-95. I've fished all over Cecil Co & at the old Arundel pier many times. Last time I was up there it's now condominiums on that property. NE has changed a lot since those days. :fishing:

 

[andypat]

Andy, I had worked up in that area a lot at one time. I worked for a road paving contractor & we had a blacktop plant in NE at the quarry just off of I-95. I've fished all over Cecil Co & at the old Arundel pier many times. Last time I was up there it's now condominiums on that property. NE has changed a lot since those days. :fishing:

OH Man, condominiums. My old friends that fish the Susquehanna River said, Andy if you see that area now it would break your hart. LOL! I really don't know what they ment . I might have to take a trip to the areas just to look around.

 

[Gnatman]

OH Man, condominiums. My old friends that fish the Susquehanna River said, Andy if you see that area now it would break your hart. LOL! I really don't know what they ment . I might have to take a trip to the areas just to look around.

You got that right, andy! I have so many fond memories of fishing from the dilapidated pier at the old Wiley Boat works, which are now condos. That old pier created an eddy the size of a football field, and held huge numbers of fish!

Ah, the GOOD ole days.

 

[bigjim5589]

Gnatman, you're talking on the Susky! I've fished there as well. Yep, things do change a lot. I spent a lot of afternoons & evenings after work fishing both sides of the Susky when I was working up that way.

I remember when Wiley's was still operating. The tubes for the Ft McHenry tunnel were built there. I was working in NE at the time as we had several paving jobs up there. The state highway inspectors at our blacktop plant were also doing some of the inspecting at Wileys when they were pouring concrete in those tubes. The concrete was trucked there from Davis Concrete in Aberdeen. Dang that doesn't seem like it was all that long ago. I had fished up there since I was old enough to drive. My dad worked in paving too & I spent a lot of time with him up there. He showed me many places to fish. Some of my best fishing days were up there.

Memories! :fishing:

 

[andypat]

Do you remember the Navy Base that was there? We met a navy guy stationed there. He was the supply Sergeant and loved to ice fish with us. Thanks to him we had the best ice fishing clothes you could get. Best thing we ever got from our Government. LOL! What great memories. One time after ice fishing we stopped in the bar in Perryville for a drink. My friend was wearing his Mother's old fur coat with the sleeves cut out for ice fishing. As soon as we sat at the bar the bar girl came right to us and said with a big smile, what kind of bikes you guys riding. We said, not riding bikes, we were ice fishing. She said OH, and walked away. LOL!