Feeding and attracting wild shiners?

"Dale Coleman" wrote in message
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Hi all, the other day I went down to the local lake and threw out some
bread near the weeds waited a bit then tossed my cast net.

I was surprised to find some nice wild shiners in the net. For some
reason I had thought the lake mostly held bream.

This got me thinking it would not take much to feed and attract many
more shiners.

So my question is what are the best feeds to use that might attract
the shiners but maybe discourage the bream some? What I have observed
is the bream are quick to take bread on the surface but the shiners
seem to like to stay down a bit, does that sound right? Maybe a feed
that sinks would work best???

You might want to try using some dry dog food, or punch some holes in a can
of dog food, tie a string to it and throw it in. I've heard that's what the
wild shiner trappers in Florida do.
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When I asked about catching minnows in the Ask Lannes forum he suggested
using a ball of congealed blood like form a butcher shop.

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"Dale Coleman" wrote in message
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Hi all, the other day I went down to the local lake and threw out some
bread near the weeds waited a bit then tossed my cast net.

I was surprised to find some nice wild shiners in the net. For some
reason I had thought the lake mostly held bream.

This got me thinking it would not take much to feed and attract many
more shiners.

So my question is what are the best feeds to use that might attract
the shiners but maybe discourage the bream some? What I have observed
is the bream are quick to take bread on the surface but the shiners
seem to like to stay down a bit, does that sound right? Maybe a feed
that sinks would work best???

You might want to try using some dry dog food, or punch some holes in a
can
of dog food, tie a string to it and throw it in. I've heard that's what
the
wild shiner trappers in Florida do.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

I once had good luck attracting red shiners by suspending a stick at the
surface of the water that I had dipped in Hog Wild catfish stink bait.

I took a stick about three feet long and dipped one end in the Hog Wild jar.
Then I wedged the stick in some rocks so the stinking end was suspended
right in the surface of the water. After a few mintues there were about
thirty little red shiners sucking the stuff of the stick. A dip net quickly
put them in the bait bucket. Repeats of this netted (pun intended) more of
the little guys. After about five or six times they tapered off, but I had
more than enough minnows for the day. In fact I threw most of them back.

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When I asked about catching minnows in the Ask Lannes forum he suggested
using a ball of congealed blood like form a butcher shop.


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"Dale Coleman" wrote in message
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Hi all, the other day I went down to the local lake and threw out some
bread near the weeds waited a bit then tossed my cast net.

I was surprised to find some nice wild shiners in the net. For some
reason I had thought the lake mostly held bream.

This got me thinking it would not take much to feed and attract many
more shiners.

So my question is what are the best feeds to use that might attract
the shiners but maybe discourage the bream some? What I have observed
is the bream are quick to take bread on the surface but the shiners
seem to like to stay down a bit, does that sound right? Maybe a feed
that sinks would work best???

You might want to try using some dry dog food, or punch some holes in a
can
of dog food, tie a string to it and throw it in. I've heard that's what
the
wild shiner trappers in Florida do.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com