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Present as forage and sold as bait.
Golden shiner
Notemigonus crysoleucas
The forage fish that the pike and the walleye are eating. Match it.
What the DNR measured
- Role
- Forage species. Also sold and used as live bait.
- Bait law
- Wisconsin restricts moving live bait between waters. Check the current rules before you haul a bucket.
What that means on the water
Golden shiners school in weedy shallow water, which describes most of this lake. A big shiner on a tip-up is the standard Shawano pike bait in winter.
Where to find it
- Look for them schooling in the weedy shallows.
How to catch it
- Buy them at a local bait shop rather than moving bait between lakes.
Spots on this lake for golden shiner
No named area on this lake is tagged for golden shiner. Read the list under “Where to find it” instead, and see the full spot map.
Records and rules
- Season on Shawano Lake
- Open all year.
- Limit
- Bait species. Follow Wisconsin live-bait transport rules.
- Wisconsin state record
- 0 lbs 9.1 oz, 10.25 in
- Where the record came from
- Lake Mendota, Dane County, 2021-03-29
Other fish here
Walleye
Sander vitreus
Muskellunge
Esox masquinongy
Northern pike
Esox lucius
Largemouth bass
Micropterus salmoides
Smallmouth bass
Micropterus dolomieu
Black crappie
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Bluegill
Lepomis macrochirus
Pumpkinseed
Lepomis gibbosus
Yellow perch
Perca flavescens
Rock bass
Ambloplites rupestris
White bass
Morone chrysops
Lake sturgeon
Acipenser fulvescens
Channel catfish
Ictalurus punctatus
Black bullhead
Ameiurus melas
Freshwater drum
Aplodinotus grunniens
Common carp
Cyprinus carpio
Bowfin
Amia calva
White crappie
Pomoxis annularis