How to Use menhaden in a Sentence

menhaden

noun

• Cast-netting menhaden is the best way to catch enough for a day of fishing.
  — Bob McNally, Field & Stream, 2 Jan. 2020
• Sheepshead are not fond of fish, so cut mullet or menhaden is not a prime choice.
  — Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 28 Mar. 2018
• Most of the fish that washed ashore were Gulf menhaden, officials said.
  — Lana Ferguson The Dallas Morning News (tns), al, 13 June 2023
• Some kings are mixed in--live menhaden or other baitfish slow trolled are the best bet.
  — Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• The face almost looks like a menhaden or a herring or something like that.
  — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 17 Aug. 2023
• Over the last two summers, large schools of menhaden (pogies) have been in residence from the South Shore to N.H.
  — Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2019
• This happens when casting a heavy sinker and large bait like a whole mullet or menhaden head.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 26 Oct. 2023
• Tens of thousands of dead fish — menhaden, sharks, trout, bass, catfish and stingrays — were covering the shore.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 13 June 2023
• Walters said that the die-off is concentrated on the menhaden.
  — Nancy Cutler, USA TODAY, 8 July 2020
• Swarms of flies travelled from fish to fish Tuesday afternoon, and some of the menhaden that were still alive in the river appeared to struggle for breathe.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Sep. 2021
• Other studies, though, suggest that menhaden make up about a third of their diet.
  — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 19 Sep. 2019
• This Nulo Freestyle recipe is high in protein thanks to its inclusion of fresh salmon and turkey meal, as well as menhaden fish meal.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2022
• The quantity of menhaden eaten by striped bass is unclear.
  — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 19 Sep. 2019
• In those cases, there were lots of Atlantic menhaden in the area, which are prey of sharks, and the bites are not believed to have been intentional, the department says.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 14 July 2022
• Colicchio masterfully swam a live menhaden in the current and large striped bass swirled on the helpless bait.
  — Monte Burke, Forbes, 5 June 2022
• Snowy egrets stalked the shallows, stabbing menhaden and killifish and the occasional shrimp swept along in the current.
  — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2018
• Shad, menhaden, mullet, and fish heads and viscera from filleting are ideal crab baits.
  — Popular Science, 19 Oct. 2020
• Many of the ospreys are coming in starving, a result, Suzanne believes, of the menhaden fishery in the Potomac and Chesapeake being overfished.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2023
• Local residents counted more than 300 dead redfish among the hundreds of thousands of dead menhaden lining the shore.
  — Outdoor Life, 21 Sep. 2023
• Inshore species such as redfish, seatrout, and flounder also gorge on smaller menhaden.
  — Bob McNally, Field & Stream, 2 Jan. 2020
• Big, dive-bombing gannets are exciting to watch and often indicate big baits, like large menhaden, and big stripers.
  — Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 3 Oct. 2021
• Large numbers of bluefish found in the lower estuaries and rivers feeding on menhaden.
  — courant.com, 7 Sep. 2017
• There were twice as many Gulf menhaden, for example, in the years following the spill as in four decades before, likely because so many fish-eating birds were absent.
  — National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2020
• Mullet and pinfish are the hardiest, with menhaden, sardines, and ballyhoo being less so.
  — Bob McNally, Field & Stream, 2 Jan. 2020
• Colder water tends to hold more oxygen, and the warmer sea waters along Quintana Beach could have contributed to the killing of menhaden, park officials said on Facebook.
  — Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 10 June 2023
• Scott said to prevent risky shark interactions, avoid swimming in murky waters and in areas where there are schools of menhaden and seals in the water because sharks might be feeding.
  — Arijeta Lajka, ajc, 29 July 2022
• Marine sonar systems show clusters of menhaden or other bait for rockfish or other large predators lurking around the reef.
  — Scott Dance, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2017
• Earlier this year, the company Omega Protein exceeded harvest limits in the bay by more than 30% on a bony and oily fish called Atlantic menhaden.
  — Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2019
• Plastic particles have been found in Gulf menhaden, small schooling fish that serve as food for many larger species, as well as bottom-dwelling worms and other deep-sea critters.
  — Tristan Baurick, NOLA.com, 19 Nov. 2020
• Quevedo noted that in 2019, New York passed legislation to protect Atlantic menhaden, the main food source for many species like dolphins, whales, tuna, seals, striped bass and sharks.
  — Arijeta Lajka, ajc, 29 July 2022

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