Thread: Minnows

Hardin's fish farm with a Calhoun City, MS address is 2 hours, 123 miles away from me.
Saul's fish farm with a De Valls Bluff, AR address is 1 h 34 minutes, 106 miles away.
I tried 2 years keeping minnows in a 55 gallon tank. Got to keep water temp below 65 degrees. No metals can come in contact with the water.
Maybe a plastic lined chest freezer would do better.

Originally Posted by canebreaker

Got to keep water temp below 65 degrees. No metals can come in contact with the water.

I've kept shiners during the summers most of the last 10 years. Always used Rubbermaid cattle tanks. I didn't know metal was toxic to them, all my nets have metal rims. I will have to buy some other type of net. I run the chiller when the water is 75-80 degrees but once the water is 80 or above I shut the chiller down but increase the air. As the temps rise I remove the liner from the insulated bucket, catch my shiners earlier in the morning leaving them outside the shop to warm up slowly while I'm busy getting ready. My costs have gone up too at the local hatchery as a pound of #6's use to be under $14 and now is $20+. I would hate to have to buy the big ones like they use up in Grenada.

I should add my shop is air conditioned.

I still run em from time to time. Next time I go, I’ll have 3 dozen with me. Got my rear handed to me a week ago Saturday.

Wannabe…


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Copper is the worst metal to have in the water. Brass, bronze has copper in them. I maintained a few lobster/fish tanks in the late 80's and early 90's. All were live when I left for the day at 6 pm. Come back at 6 am and find them all dead. Look in the tanks to find a penny, slab dime or quarter.

livescopers use minnows at times . Those slabs did not get big eating plastics .