sometimes there is a differance between goldies and shinners. have been out with a mixed batch before and on purpose put a goldie on one and a shinner on another and for most of the day most of the fish came up on the shinner with the goldie still there. Sometimes it does not matter. I was out last weekend with a mixed bait but mostly goldies, and the bit was up and down. Not really a bite though just noticed a little extra weight on the end of the line like this time coming off the bottom it felt like and extra sinker had been added to my line and thats all there was to let us know fish on

Dont know if this is just dumb luck or not, but last year eary in the season something swallowed one hook and i bent it a little getting out, seemed like 7-10 fish came up on the bent hook. Does hook angle matter? or was it just dumb luck?