Thread: Who sells the big minners at Nader?

Originally Posted by SlabMeister

I bought 1.5lb yesterday at Chevron. Number 4's and 6's mixed at best! I figure most bait shops are serviced by the same wholesaler. I prefer large to Xlarge minnows this time of year. We have a ton of minnow farms in Arkansas including the biggest that supplies most of that area. I have talked to several farms they have had trouble with grow out this year plus they said demand has been high. The few 8's which is a good medium to 12's which is large also called a bass minnow are all going to northern markets. Farms that you could buy quality minnows from in the past either do not have them to sell or they will not sell what they have because they are shipping them up north. I had one farm that said they would be able to sell some large in about 2 weeks, this was last Saturday. You have to purchase 5lb minimum prices range from $3.75 to $7.50 per lb for size 8 to 12 depending on size that you want.

Dang Yankees!!!!!

Well I just went on to B's. He scraped me up the last 3/4 lb. that he had of small to medium and a few oddball large ones.

I really can't get my mojo going when I go to Grenada without some large minners.

We caught 9 throwbacks, 3 keepers. Missed who knows how many until I put some offset circle hooks on.

We had some action power trolling, but I think the front coming in put them in a bad mood. We had better results slowing down to .2-.4 and just barely ticking a weight on the bottom while fishing the hooks 2-4 feet off the bottom in 10-15 FOW. Straight minnows (the biggest we could find in the bucket) did better than jigs. Pushing cranks, nada.

Nothing better than having some confidence on the water(whatever your using), but if I can help you gain some confidence....I've never fished a big minnow. On Grenada I prefer a medium to small medium minnow. If we need to bulk it up we can put a big jig on and tip it. I believe the right area and right presentation those suckers will eat anything

I agree about em eating anything.

But you can't give me none of your mojo! That's right up there with the laws of gravity! Gotta get cha own mojo!

Plenty of big Minnows at Pillows in Paragould AR. 5 bucks per pound. Ronnie and Steve brought 50lbs to Sardis for the ACT from them.


BRM

Minnows are 16.00 a lb in Grenada

Originally Posted by Tman53

Minnows are 16.00 a lb in Grenada

Plus tax. Over 17.00 a pound.


BRM

Yep. $17.20 per pound with tax at Lakeway. Minnows have LITERALLY passed fuel as my biggest expense. I'd have no problem paying $10/pound for 8's 10-15 pounds at a time if I could get them locally. Fishing Enid or Sardis you gotta take 2-3 pounds to weed through the 1 and 2 year olds...

Originally Posted by pstone

Yep. $17.20 per pound with tax at Lakeway. Minnows have LITERALLY passed fuel as my biggest expense. I'd have no problem paying $10/pound for 8's 10-15 pounds at a time if I could get them locally. Fishing Enid or Sardis you gotta take 2-3 pounds to weed through the 1 and 2 year olds...

Minners are the biggest expense no doubt per trip

Patrick I got a truck tank and house vat. Next time I go to Grizzly jigs I will go by pauragould Gonna get me 100 dollars worth and see how it works minnows we are getting now aren't as tough as they used to be