I'm used to sewing smelt behind fly rods back home in maine, and since I canot get smelt around here I decided to give the shiners and a dodger a shot this past week, trolled for about 5 minutes until line was ripping out. Landed a a 19" salmon. Went five for five in 4 hours. [/quoteAre you sewing the shiners on so they do a slooooow role behind the dodger?
Quote from: FishFinga207 on Apr 16, 2017, 02:46 PMI'm used to sewing smelt behind fly rods back home in maine, and since I canot get smelt around here I decided to give the shiners and a dodger a shot this past week, trolled for about 5 minutes until line was ripping out. Landed a a 19" salmon. Went five for five in 4 hours. [/quoteAre you sewing the shiners on so they do a slooooow role behind the dodger?Joe, I sewed them the same way I do smelt with two hooks, back hook looped in the side just aft the girls and back through again on the side out the rear end, front hook right down the top of the nose twice. Didn't get any tangles from the roll, run a swivel on both sides of the dodger and shouldn't be an issue.-Joe
Minnies are all we use , size 6 eagleclaw 84J thru the nose.........can't get much easier then that! We even use them the same way on lead core..
Do you hook them through both jaws or just upper jaw?Dick
Hi, I'm new to this forum but have been active on the ice fishing forum. Can anyone describe what Arkansas shiners are? Do they go by another name? I've been using a type of minnow called "hunts" and they are great for salmon. I find them to handily outfish emerald shiners.
Boondox? Can only use single hook in NH.Dick