Thread: Minnows

Last time I went Dillons and got a dozen eggs there was only 12 in the carton.

Originally Posted by haugboss

Last time I went Dillons and got a dozen eggs there was only 12 in the carton.

Go to Costco or Sam's. They put 18 in their cartons!

Originally Posted by crappieslinger

Go to Costco or Sam's. They put 18 in their cartons!

Does the carton say 1 dozen or 18?

Originally Posted by going deep

Does the carton say 1 dozen or 18?

It doesnt make any difference what the carton says. What this boils down to is the fact that there is no uniformity between bait shops. I can go to one bait shop and ask for a dozen minnows and get 16 sickly minnows that die before I get to the lake or I can go to bait shop "B" and order "a dozen" minnows and get 36-48 minnows that are lively and last for days, all for the same amount of money.
I think I will go to the latter for my bait! That is why it was suggested to buy our minnows by the pound instead of some "guesstimate" of what a "dozen" is by whoever happens to be working behind the counter when we go in for bait. A pound is a pound no matter who is weighing them! Can you imagine counting out my normal purchase of 10 dozen minnows in a timely fashion? Some of us do not go in and purchase one or two dozen minnows, we fish hard and fast and go through 8-10 "dozen" per day. It makes a big difference whether we receive 12 or 36 for our "dozen"

Apparently some people have a whole lot of money if they have no problem receiving 12 minnows for $2.80 as opposed to driving down the road and receiving 36-48 minnows per "dozen" for $2.80.

Maybe this is driven by the new invasive species laws. Aren't you supposed to have documentation for the minnows you buy now? Would you not have to count a pound of minnows for the proper documentation and aren't you supposed to dispose of excess before you leave the lake? Sounds like a mess to me for enforcement. What makes you think they wouldn't count out a pound and charge you 2.80 for how many dozen in a pound? If your documentation on the water says 2 dozen and you have four then everyone would say "well they gave them to me at the bait shop". Who is liable or responsible for that?

Has anyone been checked for their receipt on the minnows purchased? If so did they count your minnows?
Does anyone catch their own minnows or bait for crappie fishing? I've netted shad for cat fishing and taken the left over dead shad home to be frozen for future trips.
Even tried live small shad for crappie but never did well with them compared to minnows because they die off too fast on a hook.

I've never been checked for minnows. I also take home my leftover white perch and shad to use another day, just in case. Never had an issue with any of that stuff.

Tywithay. Becarefull. That could be a very exspensive fishing trip. Bewise about the transporting across different waters (same lake I don't care). But please kill those white perch when u get them. They can destroy fishing quickly in smaller bodies of water in a year or 2.