Preserved Shiners?

[My_Key]

I was at a local store the other day and they had shiners that were preserved. Has anyone used these at all? Any luck? Did you jig with them or just dangle them under a tip up on a quick strike rig? With all the local bait shops out of live shiners, I've been thinking about picking up a package of them.

[lakeshoremunster]

I herd that the one in harris has shiners, we stoped up there last weekend and got a few along with some crappies

[andrew chadwick]

don't even bother. I bought some shad and the channel cats wont even touch them. I think it is the preservative...they stink, and not in a way the fish would like.

[Brad B]

all the shops around me still have shiners to my knowledge(it's been about 2 weeks since I last bought some). what I do is I just keep the ones that die of in the minnow bucket and just put them in a plastic zip lock bag in the freezer and am planning to use these dead ones as catfish bait and northern bait.

[Zoob]

I haven't seen any lack of shiners in my area. I've ran a tip-up with my regular fishing with zero luck with them. Still have the same scoop of them in the tank that I bought four weeks ago.

[crazybasser]

Stopped in at the Bait Den On thursday and they still had

plenty of shiners on hand This guy must have a darn good supplier.Seems like this shop always has what i am looking for

and always a hot tip to go with fresh bait.This is my go to shop.

[My_Key]

There are two places to buy bait where I live and one hasn't carries shiners all year. The other had none last weekend when I stopped in. I'm going to be fishing in a tournament tomorrow and was looking for an option other than a sucker minnow.

Maybe I'll just jig one pole and deadstick a fathead on the other.

[Zoob]

fatheads and crappies have been my go-to minnows for this year. I've had zero luck with shiners (seems like both Frankies and Mikes on 8 carry them anytime I've stopped in).

All I've proceeded to do is drown a few shiners, so I've sorta just stuck to crappies and fatheads - vertical jig single hook. Plenty of perch and a handful of walleye so far.