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Targeting Golden Shiners

Golden Shiners have always been an incidental catch in my experience. Anyone care to share their catches and hopefully conditions when you did, so we can understand this tiny mouthed favorite Prey of Apex Predators?   I have no idea how to target these Golden Shiners . I'd probably go with a #6 or smaller Aberdeen hook and a piece of worm if I did though . I recall catching around 6 in a row as a kid next to a Willow tree and that was the most at one time I ever caught . Come to think of it this one was caught very near an over hanging willow as well as Maple Tree .     Photos - Bluegill - Big Bluegill (ning.com)   

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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney 3 hours ago

Although Tooty’s bead head was on a heavier #6 hook, my grandkids and I have used them to catch hundreds of big golden shiners in our community lake…..it’s no wander the bass and catfish are big in there…..eating good…

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney 4 hours ago

Just because you’re crappie fishing with a 1/32 ounce jig/live cricket combination doesn’t mean a big golden won’t strike….see below!

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney 4 hours ago

I received some of Tooty’s homemade ties over ten years ago….I dubbed them “cotton candys”…….almost every time I fish them I catch a golden shiner…..there is a little red piece of plastic in the pink thread…..my guess is this resembles something that they really like……..

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney 4 hours ago

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney 4 hours ago

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney 4 hours ago

With so many grass shrimp in our creeks and rivers I have determined that the golden shiners will feed on these…..I’ve caught many in cold water with a small firefly jig tipped with a grass shrimp……you will find that a wire hook is best similar to a Sabiki rig….they will often grab the bait while swimming fast in schools…..I will attach a couple I caught in cold water in my region…..the firefly has a #10 wire hook…

Comment by John Sheehan 5 hours ago

An 1837 watercolor painting of a golden shiner by Jacques Burkhardt. An 1837 watercolor painting of a golden shiner by Jacques Burkhardt.

Comment by John Sheehan 15 hours ago
Comment by John Sheehan 15 hours ago

Long time since my last Golden Shiner. This recent catch hit a Southern Pro Stinger threaded on a #6 Aberdeen hook with bb shot 8 inches up the line. Tipped the plastic with a small section of worm.70 degree Water Temp. A very Golden example that comes with the larger sized individuals with downward curved lateral line . ULSHINER

Comment by John Sheehan on Wednesday

That'd be great Jeff !

 

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"Although Tooty’s bead head was on a heavier #6 hook, my grandkids and I have used them to…"
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"Just because you’re crappie fishing with a 1/32 ounce jig/live cricket combination…"
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Jeffrey D. Abney commented on John Sheehan's group Targeting Golden Shiners
"I received some of Tooty’s homemade ties over ten years ago….I dubbed them…"
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Jeffrey D. Abney commented on John Sheehan's group Targeting Golden Shiners
"With so many grass shrimp in our creeks and rivers I have determined that the golden shiners will…"
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"An 1837 watercolor painting of a golden shiner by Jacques Burkhardt. "
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