Fathead/Rosy red minnows

[Robert1]

Does anybody in Maryland use rosy red minnows/fathead minnows to fish with to catch crappie?

[tear-em-up]

I mostly use jigs but do use minnows we catch down here some and grass shrimp we catch too but I have heard of people having sucess with them.

[Robert1]

I was told today we could not use this kind of minnows in lake needwood in rockville md.

[Mikeguard01]

I had to look them up. The rosey red is a feeder fish soldin pet stores. So I imagine it would be the same type of deal as using goldfish as bait which is a big no no. I'm with Tear I use jigs with plastics. Theywill out fish minnows the majority of the time. Crappies are sight feeders sobright colors will get their attention first.

[link]

I live near lake mead and I use rose red. they work much better than lures in my opinion

[Flying Frenchman]

Rosy reds are fathead minnows and legal. I have some that reproduce in a small frog pond. Honestly, no difference in catch rates compared to standard fatheads, IMO. I also use plastics mostly, but sometimes they just want a minnow.

[captmikestarrett]

Now if you really want a higher catch rate use shiners... big shiners... (insert sarcastic remark now) If you can keep them alive that is.. heck they will die from looking at them wrong..

Capt Mike

[Flying Frenchman]

Bull minnows work everywhere...cheap and tough.

[Tracker01]

I don't understand that about shiners. When I was a kid there was a bait shop in Fairfax Virginia and the lady that owned the place would leave the shiners outside in a non aerated bucket and we had no problem keeping them alive. Now if you change the temp of the water they die. I have never tried rosy reds but I have herd people use them.