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Conference wahoo::fishing

Title:Fishing Notes- Archived
Notice:See note 555.1 for a keyword directory of this conference
Moderator:DONMAC::MACINTYRE
Created:Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Sep 20 1991
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1660
Total number of notes:20970

879.0. "Shiners / dace." by BTO::SCHOFIELD_K () Tue Sep 20 1988 12:52

      I live pretty close to a good bass pond, but I'm about 20 miles
    from the nearest store that sells shiners.  I do have a stream on
    my property that holds a *TON* of dace (some refer to them as
    black-striped dace or blunt-nosed dace).  
    
      Will these dace work equally well as shiners do on large bass?  If
    so, any suggestions on how to get 'em out of the stream and into
    a bait bucket without turning them into chowder ? 
    
    Ken.
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879.1SALEM::PAPPALARDOTue Sep 20 1988 13:247
    I'm not familar with that type of baitfish but probably the best
    thing to use would be a "Shiner Trap". I know some who uses one
    in the Merrimack close to the "Mouth" of the River/Ocean and puts
    crushed potato chips in it and catches "Tommy Cods" which is simalar
    to a shiner/smelt.
    
                                                      Guy
879.2fish for 'em16BITS::LUCIATue Sep 20 1988 13:559
    If you have the patience (or kids, borrow the neighbor's if you must),
    get an ultralight, size 10 or 12 hook, 1 splitshot and small worms.
    I get all my daise by this method and they work excellent for lake
    trout, especially if you step on them and squeeze some guts out!
    This is probably not a desirable condition for bass, so try them
    alive and whole.
    
    Tim
    
879.3Dace work for Pike, cost me 75 cents ea.PACKER::BACZKOTue Sep 20 1988 13:567
    I have used Dace on some of my Icefishing trips for Pkie.  I dont
    see why they wouldn't work on a Bass.   On one of our tournys this
    year we had a 12" bass peuck up a 6" perch in the live well.  It
    got me thinking "are my crank baits big enough???"
          
    
    Les