Thread: Big head in LOZ

If you had seen the "minnows" back in the mid-late 1980's there'd be no doubt in your mind. They had a name for them that escapes me now (I wanna say "Fatty's" but I don't think that was it). They were very Hardy, would live for days in a bucket and damn near all day long on a hook, had the weird eyes and everything, and quite a few of them had crazy color patterns on them. I remember them vividly because I worked part time at a baitshop back then and they sold them for a couple years.
The first time I ever saw a GROWN UP one was about 1992-93 when a guy caught one on a trotline and the baitshop owner called MDC to come and see what the hell it was. A young Greg Stoner came to the bait shop, took pictures, then later identified it.
They were raising them in Arkansas, selling some for bait and bigger ones were supposedly sold for control of algae in irrigation ponds.
At least that's what we were told at that time.

As I remember the Silvers and bigheads didn't start showing up in the Osage below Bagnell until 5 or so years later.