I caught a number of these little fellows in one of the small creeks running through my place using a minnow trap. Would these be shinners ? They are about 3 1/2" to 4" long.
I tried them out as bait, and immediately caught a couple of bass and missed on another one. My past fishing has been limited to 5 or 10 minutes of casting a spinner late in the evening, and the ponds haven't been very productive, but I usually catch 1 or 2 bass in the 12" to 14 " range. But, these were much larger and suprised me. I had no idea that any larger fish were there. Maybe, I've been using the wrong bait . Here's a pic of the second fish that I caught. I had problems removing the hook on the first one, and released him immediately - hope he made it.
(maybe I caught the same fish twice, but I don't think so. He appeared pretty lethargic when I released him)
