Thread: Looking for a fish farm for minnows

Folks,

Crappster has been catching his own shiners and bringing them back and putting them in his 75 gallon aquarium and keeping them for each trip. He's had a couple hundred in the tank and they do well for weeks. He takes a four foot 1/4 inch mesh cast net and goes to any stream or river throws out a can of cat or dog food on a string lets it set for a bit and starts casting. He's been very successful. He transports them in 48 qt cooler rigged with an aerator.

Bigcrappster

That sounds like a good idea. Right now I am just buying minnows by the dozen each trip. I have put minnow in my aquarium before, the bream like them. I was thinking about making a holding tank out of a plastic 50 gallon drum if I could buy them by the pound. I took my friend fishing over the weekend (he normally doesn't fish) we bought minnows by his place and they must have been refrigerated because they were all dead but a few by the time we got on the water. I hope the rain clears out soon. I can't wait to get back on the water. I don't like the storms and lighting, but I can handle a drizzle.