I feel your pain with minnows,sat on the end of our community dock "lake yale" for 2 hours during the end of the rain on Saturday...I was feeding the turtles ect lol ugh..
Couldn't force feed a minnow to a crappie..Also fished Friday before the rain.. from 9am to 2pm...only few bass.. Saturday afternoon
Watched as 2 guys with cain poles kept moving closer every 15-20 min...they caught probably 10 while I was watching..enjoying the sprinkles..lol
So I had to ask...He said grass shrimp...I always bring wrong bait.. lol