peanut bunker
noun1
a small menhaden.
- They’ll also tell you how important these fish, both in juvenile “peanut bunker” size and full-grown adult size, are to feeding sport fish like striped bass, bluefish and bluefin tuna.2012, Kevin Blinkoff, “Managers to Make Big Decision on Bunker”, in On The Water:
- The place was choking with peanut bunker, and everywhere I looked, birds were diving and stripers were feeding in a surface frenzy.2020, Dave Pickering, “Early Action: Peanut Bunker Explosion”, in The Fisherman:
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- In August, only a small percentage of the young-of-year peanut bunker will have left their nurseries for the open ocean.2022, Billy Mitchell, “The Peanut Bunker Boom”, in On The Water: