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  • The smalleye shiner and sharpnose shiner were once found all along the Brazos, which runs from New Mexico down to the Gulf of Mexico.

    Scientists Fish for Way to Save Shiners Ana Campoy 2011

  • It is a very intense experience to be standing in chest-deep water, hear a splash or feel a tug on a stringer tied to a belt loop, turn around and see a three-foot blacktip or even a two-foot sharpnose shaking its pointed head as it tries to tear a two-pound trout off the stringer floating six feet or so behind you.

    chron.com Chronicle 2011

  • Their catch included a 40-pound grouper, seven sharpnose sharks, 193 vermilion snapper, eight lane snapper, six mangroves and three amberjack.

    The Daily News - News 2010

  • The catch included 249 blackfin tuna, 14 kings, four amberjacks, a 35-pound Warsaw, 51 vermilion snapper and a variety of other fish, including Bermuda chub, porgys, sharpnose shark, triggerfish, lane snapper and skipjack.

    The Daily News - News 2010

  • The most common types found close to shore include sandbar, bull, scallop hammerhead and sharpnose sharks, said Matt Babineau, an aquarist technician at the

    Local News from Wilmington Star News 2010

  • Their catch included a 40-pound grouper, seven sharpnose sharks, 193 vermilion snapper, eight lane snapper, six mangroves and three amberjack.

    The Daily News - News 2010

  • The catch included 249 blackfin tuna, 14 kings, four amberjacks, a 35-pound Warsaw, 51 vermilion snapper and a variety of other fish, including Bermuda chub, porgys, sharpnose shark, triggerfish, lane snapper and skipjack.

    The Daily News - News 2010

  • The catch included 249 blackfin tuna, 14 kings, four amberjacks, a 35-pound Warsaw, 51 vermilion snapper and a variety of other fish, including Bermuda chub, porgys, sharpnose shark, triggerfish, lane snapper and skipjack.

    The Daily News - News 2010

  • The catch included 249 blackfin tuna, 14 kings, four amberjacks, a 35-pound Warsaw, 51 vermilion snapper and a variety of other fish, including Bermuda chub, porgys, sharpnose shark, triggerfish, lane snapper and skipjack.

    The Daily News - News 2010

  • The catch included 249 blackfin tuna, 14 kings, four amberjacks, a 35-pound Warsaw, 51 vermilion snapper and a variety of other fish, including Bermuda chub, porgys, sharpnose shark, triggerfish, lane snapper and skipjack.

    The Daily News - News 2010

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