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Old 02-04-2022, 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by PerchBuster View Post
Last winter when there was no bait except smelts I used some of those preserved Shiners from CTire up at Slave and they worked ok in a pinch. I took them out of the package and salted them too. Used them on a jigging spoon with a stinger hook in the tail. It was a light bite and you had to make it appear it was trying to get away when you saw a fish come in on your flasher. As long as you slowly reeled it up while twitching you could get them to follow it and nip at the tail. Most were hooked on the stinger. Hope it helps, tightlines!
Thx for this tip.
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