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The
menhaden grow to about a foot in length. They are a very
oily fish and can be found by an oil slick when large
schools have formed. The feed on plankton and can only be
caught by netting. They cannot be caught with the use of
bait and hooks.
When
seen rolling and popping on the surface, the Menhaden are
slurping surface food. They are intolerant to low oxygen
water and will not survive in poorly aerated live wells; but
in the right captive environments they are deadly baits for
fishing.
For
slow trolling and live bait fishing, the bait should be
hooked through the nose. For bottom fishing scenarios, hook
the fish through the nose or just in behind the dorsal fin
and in front of the anal fin. They are also great as chum
and chunking bait. |
