How to Use menhaden in a Sentence

menhaden

noun
  • Sheepshead are not fond of fish, so cut mullet or menhaden is not a prime choice.
    — Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Cast-netting menhaden is the best way to catch enough for a day of fishing.
    — Bob McNally, Field & Stream, 2 Jan. 2020
  • 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
  • Most of the fish that washed ashore were Gulf menhaden, officials said.
    — Lana Ferguson The Dallas Morning News (tns), al, 13 June 2023
  • This happens when casting a heavy sinker and large bait like a whole mullet or menhaden head.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Other studies, though, suggest that menhaden make up about a third of their diet.
    — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 19 Sep. 2019
  • When larger forage like menhaden have moved south for the year, throwing big lures can be a waste of effort.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Walters said that the die-off is concentrated on the menhaden.
    — Nancy Cutler, USA TODAY, 8 July 2020
  • Tens of thousands of dead fish — menhaden, sharks, trout, bass, catfish and stingrays — were covering the shore.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 13 June 2023
  • Shad, menhaden, mullet, and fish heads and viscera from filleting are ideal crab baits.
    — Popular Science, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Inshore species such as redfish, seatrout, and flounder also gorge on smaller menhaden.
    — Bob McNally, Field & Stream, 2 Jan. 2020
  • Colicchio masterfully swam a live menhaden in the current and large striped bass swirled on the helpless bait.
    — Monte Burke, Forbes, 5 June 2022
  • Large numbers of bluefish found in the lower estuaries and rivers feeding on menhaden.
    — courant.com, 7 Sep. 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • Mullet and pinfish are the hardiest, with menhaden, sardines, and ballyhoo being less so.
    — Bob McNally, Field & Stream, 2 Jan. 2020
  • 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
  • For example, big populations of menhaden, a small silver fish, attract humpback whales that feed on them.
    — New York Times, 10 Dec. 2021
  • 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
  • Some biologists also worry about numbers of menhaden, a primary food for striped bass.
    — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Those processors use the fish, particularly menhaden, to lure crabs, bring them back to their facilities and steam them.
    — NBC News, 15 May 2018
  • These menhaden aren’t going to feed American families.
    — Phil Zalesak, Baltimore Sun, 16 Aug. 2025
  • But bringing mesopelagic species into the lab to study this in more granular detail, the way Cook is doing with menhaden, remains a challenge.
    — WIRED, 9 Dec. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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