One of my friends who lives across the lake from me bought 5 dozen shiners. We fished with them the whole day, I caught a decent 4.3 pounder, and my other friend caught a smaller bass which we didnt measure. So, we only used about 2 dozen, and by afternoon time, it began to pour (nowhere else but Florida). So we decided to release the 3 dozen that we didnt use, as the bait and tackle store gave him an extra free 2 dozen because of too many shiners in stock. So we released them in hopes that they would populate, but I am starting to doubt this was the best way to introduce them as the bass and catfish might kill them off before they have a chance to spawn, any help on the best way to introduce them?

Thanks!

Can't say about Florida, but here it's illegal to introduce a non-native fish, baitfish for the purpose of proliferation. I assume you are speaking of hybrid shiners, rather than golden shiners ( which are native to Florida ) hybrid shiners don't seem to be fearful of predation the way a golden shiner is.. They may get gobbled up!

Can't say about Florida, but here it's illegal to introduce a non-native fish, baitfish for the purpose of proliferation. I assume you are speaking of hybrid shiners, rather than golden shiners ( which are native to Florida ) hybrid shiners don't seem to be fearful of predation the way a golden shiner is.. They may get gobbled up!

Yes, hybrid. I don't think its illegal but I'll have to double check, thank you!

Illegal here in KS, supposed to dump them on the bank. If they don't get eaten right away they'll probably take hold though.