When water temps start to warm up and fish get more aggressive you can usually leave the minnows at the baitshop. I don't really pull jigs and am not crazy about crankbaits. I do pull cranks to stock the freezer though, just seems an easy way to go about it, but I get no thrill from just reeling them in anymore. Plus like being to sit under and umbrella in the dog days of summer. Hard to do when pushing off the front of the boat, the brella gets in the way.

I will push roadrunners (power troll) and have minnows with me. Partly to see what they prefer that day and otherwise to make for a larger presentation to attract the bigger fish. It's all trial and error, never hurts to have a few dozen minnows this time of year while they can still be kept alive easily, cheap insurance in my mind. If you don't need them great, but if you ain't got them and on the water it's a bummer!

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