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Ive been working at this place for 4 yrs. There is 2 ponds next to the job site where people will come in on weekends and fish while im here at work. Saturday a guy brought a fish up to me and asked if I knew what it was, I told him it was some type of carp and he tossed it back. There is 1 huge carp in the bigger of the 2 ponds that would range between 30-40lb's easy ive only got a look at him from the bank in the water but after seeing this smaller version its made me wonder what kind of carp is this? I did a little searching and found some info on a rudd this is what the small version looked like but net says rudd are at most 3-4lbs. Is it possiable that one of these grew to monster size (if so time to set a record lol) and if not has anyone seen or heard of a type of larger carp that is just like the rudd i know a grass carp is very close but they do not have the bright red fin's like the rudd. here is a pic of the rudd i found when searching the net this is just like the fish the guy brought to me sat about the same size and all.

'Round Tallahasse we call that a Lake Shiner.
Got any more (live ones, that is)?

golden shiner.....sometimes people call them a"roach"......great bait for a monster bass.....

What is the big one? Theres is one in this pond here that is upwards 30lb+ is that the same thing? Sorry no live one's on me, gonna head out here tommarow while im off and try to catch a small one for my son's fish tank since his gold fish died.

aka redhorse shiner.

Lake Jackson big bass favorite in 70s!!!!!!!

We always called them orange lake shiners. We used to catch them in lake Jackson when I was a kid. Great Big Bass bait...

From the post looks like i stumbled on something to make me give freshwater another try, maybe i should catch a few and hit up lake seminole, havent done any freshwater fishing (outside some local catfish) in 3+ yrs.

Jumptrout51 wrote:aka redhorse shiner.

Go to Seminole and put one of those shiners under a Cajun Thunder. Bass can't stand that

Jumptrout51 wrote:aka redhorse shiner.

redhorse, was my vote before I read any post

And also known as roaches.

Everyone is right - Shiner.

Hook it through the lips and out the nose.
Drift it under a cork across open water.

Or Hook it in the back- not too deep or you will kill it.
And still fish it under a cork.

Old timers- including Baily's dad and my dad - waxed their line above the cork.
Then when a bass takes it you can see what direction he has run and know how to set the hook.

They are not a tough bait so I'm not sure how they would do in an aquarium.
Ive had better luck keeping little bream alive.

Balloons about size of softball work great as a substitute for cork.

Somebody tell Mr. Bman using bream is illegal.....!

Years ago (late '70s?) I knew a guy that had a whole wall in his living room covered with biiig bass he took out of Lake Jackson using live shiners. He was kind of a friend of a friend of a friend, think I only ever met him twice. Once was at his house. He used a cane pole and dough balls to catch wild shiners before he went bass fishing. Said store bought shiners weren't worth a damn because they were too small and died too quick. The wild ones were tougher. He also said shiners up to 12" long weren't too big.