Bmeaney15

Anyone ever try using freshwater shiners to catch the schoolies in spring/early summer?

PolishFly_Maine

Yup, dace and they worked very well. Not legal in a lot of places though due to early season restrictions on bait during the spring run.

BACKTOTHESEA

Pretty sure illegal

Unga Bunga

Not illegal in CT . Can't use river Herring and you have to use circles but shiners would be ok . I've caught schoolies on them while bass fishing .

Bmeaney15

thanks for heads up I’ll look into it

Gmart

I heard of a guy using trout for bait, pretty sure thats illegal?

Mak232

Look into black salties... are in shiner family but slightly different

boldone

Seriously? What's the point? Aren't schoolies easy enough to catch? Why don't we just stop messing with stripers altogether. They're hanging by a thread as a species. Target anything else!

86mako

Come on guy! The guy casting a shiner to have a little fun with schoolies is definitely not going to make or break the issues you speak of.

Stickbo

Troll Right? This can't be serious.

TUNEE

Are you for real? Please dont let salt water sportsman brainwash you.