Bait shops are not set up to handle that kind of volume. It would be a logistical nightmare. It sounds like since you buy them by the pound, there is already a source out there. Post the source up under bait shops on here and Blackdog and others will know where they can buy their minnows by the pound, that's what networking is all about, fishermen helping fishermen. Everyone should be happy that the mom and pop bait shops are still around to serve the majority of minnow users, especially those who neither have the means and ways to keep that kind of volume around.