Shinners

[wevans]

Where do y'all catch em "preferably in Wakulla county"? I may have ta do some sissy fishin before I get my shoulder back into the 1000 cast a day groove

[wevans]

So, I rekon I aint supposed ta call it "sissy fishin"

[DixieReb]

You can call it that only if you don't like catch'in really big bass this time of year! Any bait shop should have plenty.

[reelbad]

Where do y'all catch em "preferably in Wakulla county"? I may have ta do some sissy fishin before I get my shoulder back into the 1000 cast a day groove

Fresh or Salt Wevans. ?

[Sea Dawg]

wevans why go all the way there when the best shinner fishing around is right in your back yard on the Sopchoppy River and bear creek and the other river lunch at state park

[wevans]

Fresh RB
Aint never fished with shinners before SD, so I don't much know what I'm looking for "unless they are in a school and easy to spot" when targeting them as a catch! I have seen a good bit of em in Buchhorn before and fished around the pods for Bass and Reds just never considered throwing a net on the pods for bait "I prefer artificial", or throwing a bream hook in amongst em

[reelbad]

Weavans, Get you some tiny shiner hooks a can of sardines, stale bread and a plastic bowl, mix sardine oil with bread to make dough balls, bait the water around the boat with a hand full of bread and sardine oil, wait while rigging light line, put dough ball on hook and catch away. You might go ahead and float your first shinner out on reel with a cajun thunder while you continue to catch more shiners. I had good luck with this method fishing Carr lake and Lake Jackson in years past. Get well soon.

[MIKE REELMAN]

nothing wrong with sissy fishing ; big fish at the right times

[RodBow]

seems like a sabaki rig should work with that chum..

[wevans]

It'll probably be at least a few more weeks till I can handle even a shinner tugging on the line so I got some time ta learn how ta catch em Thanks for the info and good wishes y'all

[Rhettley]

I'm guessing with that shoulder you won't be throwing a cast net yet. Your best bet is to buy a few dozen from a local bait shop. If you try to catch them try doing it like the guys down around the big bass lakes in middle FL. They put up pvc poles in a line and ride by in the boat throwing out a mix of oats, bread, dough and some kind of fishy oil. I don't know what they use exactly. You could try that section of the forum and see if they will give you some pointers. They bait the holes regularly then when they need shiners they go back, throw out the bait, wait a few minutes, then throw a cast net over the hole. I used to catch shad and bream this way off my dock in TX to use on my trot line or on a rod at night by a fire. Working for the bread company, I just used stale bread and this worked fine.
Now all that is based on the assumption what you are calling a "shinner" is basically a really big minnow that you can hook up and use to catch bass with.