golden shiners/ smtihfeld lincoln area

[Back Beach]

Jim,

You might try the following:

1. Locate a bunch of real small ponds in the area via google earth or the like.

2. Bring some bread crumbs for chum and fire it out, then look for dimpling on the surface from feeding activity.

3. Try small #10 or #12 hooks with earthworms for catching them or use a throw net if its legal where you are.

4. Build a holding pen as it may take several trips to accumulate enough to fish with or simply catch a few and feed them right back out there.

5. Check out the Fresh water guide to RI fishing as it may list the known fish species for the spots you're considering. Most ponds have shiners but larger ponds/lakes tend to disperse the bait and make them more difficult to locate and catch. Small farm ponds typically yield the best for me.

I've been doing the same type of fishing with my two boys and they actually enjoy hunting down the shiners and catching them as much as the actual fishing.

[Dick Durand]

Jim - No humor intended, but an old aquaintance use to get his shiner supply for bass fishing at Sylvester's Pond, located opposite the fire station at the base of Cumberland Hill Rd. in Woonsocket. Most tiny ponds hold shiners - saw someone cathcing them on bread balls at Globe Parks this spring.

[rizzo]

Little ponds like 200' x 200' are usually the best for me. They are most active dawn/dusk. Start scouting the little ponds closest to your home. Most ponds are not good shiner ponds to get a bunch real quick. Once you do find a good one do not share it with anyone! They can get cleaned out real quick.

Little hook and break or waxworms work. Use a bobber to suspend a bait but watch the bait as they bite light enough not to move the bobber.