Ice fishermen know shiners, at least the ones they buy in a bait store. They’re invariably all golden shiners imported from Arkansas. Some may look silver, but that’s just a function of their diet.

Years ago friends and I zipped away from a boat ramp at a North Florida lake during a cool, sunny and windy spring dawn that left little doubt we were in for a tough day of bass fishing. We were in ...

gold•en shin•er (gol´den sh´ner) It's the bait that catches fish. Walleyes particularly. Better than a fathead, a golden shiner flashes in the water, attracting predators big, small and in between.