Goldeye and Mooneye fishes are the only one's I can think of that comes to my mind. Big eye's behind mouth. Teeth in mouth. Sometimes aggressive feeders. Looks a lot like overgrown minnows with big scales.

In my area this fish is hooked on worms,bacon bread even small spiners They hit just about anything and are considered trash fish. We call them shiners Some can grow up to 15 to18 inches long Im from Lansdowne P.a Could be called other things in diferent places. In my town there shinners.

In my area this fish is hooked on worms,bacon bread even small spiners They hit just about anything and are considered trash fish. We call them shiners Some can grow up to 15 to18 inches long Im from Lansdowne P.a Could be called other things in diferent places. In my town there shinners.

Posted By jstratton3 on 24 Aug 2010 07:23 PM
In my area this fish is hooked on worms,bacon bread even small spiners They hit just about anything and are considered trash fish. We call them shiners Some can grow up to 15 to18 inches long Im from Lansdowne P.a Could be called other things in diferent places. In my town there shinners.

I have to correct you on one thing.  Shiners are in the cyprinidae (minnows and carps) family, but the Mooneye and Goldeye are in the Hiodontidae family.  The Mooneye and Goldeye are related to the largest scaled freshwater fish, the Arapaima.

The Classic Michigander 

wow, i was going to try and ask about a fish i caught 2 nites ago that i had no idea what it was and look here i find a pic of it and telling me what it is. i caught this fish in the grand river here in the north east corner of ohio.

i do have 1 ? thou........do these fish run in big schools or are they singular feeders???

Mooneyes run in very loose schools.  They resemble more like predatory type schools.

Goldeyes run in very dense schools that are very similar to shad schools.

thanks slipperybob

the reason why i ask is that same evening, i hooked 3 other fish that i couldn't say what they where. but i did see enough to say that they were either........more of these, white bass or white perch........ i think i can rule out white perch because these fish were allot bigger than any white perch i have seen so far. not sure about white bass though. i haven't seen any whites in this area yet, doesn't mean they could not have made it up this river to this spot from lake erie. as for mooneyes, i'm starting to lean towards them.

when i caught my mooneyes, i casted a minnow to a feeding swirl under the bridge that crosses the river. i was hoping for more smallies that i had been catching all evening.

The mooneyes are more receptive to open water river bass fishing techniques. They will chase small lures and bait. Due to their big eyes, they tend to take a real good look at what they're going to bite before committing to it. I often accidentally catch one in small current swirls or current breaks.

The goldeyes are kind of lazy. I usually can catch them by just placing lures in the path of the swimming schools. They will take a topwater lure but suspended baits and lures are the best way for them.

Don't no. I do know that in fresh U don't need A shirt around your head! (Great Lakes yes)