Fish journal
Sand Shiner
As the name implies, this minnow tends to prefer sandy seabeds. Not very common in the Champlain watershed.
Show its fishing spots on the map →- Seasonality
- Spring, Summer
- Precipitation
- any weather
- Time of day
- any time of day
- Fishing Bait
- Nightcrawlers
- Length
- 4.4–8.5 cm
Where to catch the Sand Shiner
On the Champlain Valley map it lives in river mouths: 20 fishing spots in all.
River Mouths · 20
- near Werrenrath Island ×2
- near Bryants Mill Campgrounds
- near Cold Brook Cavern
- near Franklin County Power Substation D-WW-01
- near Gourdshell Falls Resort
- near Gourdshell Soil & Water Test Lab
- near Indian Lake Resort
- near Mountain Pond
- near Mountain View Lake Park
- near Mountain View Resort
- near Orebed Campground
- near Papoose River Cabins
- near Plumadore Resort
- near Rick's Diner
- near Split Rock Point Getaway
- near Standish
- near Sugarbush, NY
- near Westwood Getaway
- near Woodruff Campgrounds
Other fish in the same waters
- Bridle Shiner
- Central Mudminnow
- Chain Pickerel
- Channel Catfish
- Channel Darter
- Common Carp
- Eastern Sand Darter
- Emerald Shiner
- Logperch
- Longnose Gar
- Mottled Sculpin
- Silver Lamprey
Sand Shiner in other languages
Russian: Песчаный шайнер · Chinese: 沙地闪光鱼 · German: Sandelritze · Spanish: Carpita arenera · French: Méné des sables