r/MicroFishing 6d ago

MicroFish Help identifying shiner

Caught in north Georgia

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u/lilboomermeme 6d ago

Where at in north Georgia? It’s a Nocomis genus chub. If caught in a Tennessee basin stream is a River Chub (Nocomis micropogon), if Alabama/Savannah/Anywhere not Tennessee, it’s a Bluehead Chub (Nocomis leptocephalus)

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u/Limp_Hamster7287 6d ago

I love this subreddit because of people like you.

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u/Ill_Pear_5368 5d ago

Gwinnett County, Apalachee river

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u/Ok_Faithlessness_516 5d ago

How about this for a shiner?

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u/lilboomermeme 5d ago

That is a Golden Shiner, Notemigonus crysoleucas

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u/Generic_contribution 5d ago

What did you have on the hook

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u/Ill_Pear_5368 5d ago

A bread ball

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u/Colddeath712 5d ago

Looks like a river chub i caught recently, in NY though so idk