Shiner Fishing Bass

Information on Bait and Shiner Fishing for Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass.

Bait and Shiner Fishing for Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass

Bait and Shiner Fishing Bass

The common shiner is now known as Notropis megalops ; the creek chub as Semotilus atromaculatm ; and the horned, or river chub as Hybopsis kentuckiensis. To these may be added the steel-backed minnow, Campostoma anomalum, which is a very common minnow, brassy in coloration, and much mottled with dark blotches ; it has thick, tough lips, almost sucker-like, and is a favorite bait on Kentucky and Ohio streams.

There are a dozen or more species of minnows used for bait, in Black Bass fishing, and which are indiscriminately called by anglers "chubs" and shiners;" but it would only cause confusion to allude to their scientific names.

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