minnow store list

if nat and poppop don't mind lets just list good places to buy minnows. i hate to hurt anyone's business in this economy because they have employee's that need jobs. so far we have daddy rabbit's and hill's. lets include all lake locations so when we fish away from our home lakes we don't get ripped there either. our members seem to be from all over. i would just like a list. if this is unimportant or not worth the trouble i'll shut-up. be nice to decide to go to say jordon lake and pop open your list and bang...there it is....:)

I always get good counts from the store on the farrington side of 64 at wilsonville when going to Jordan. if they is busy sometime thet llet you get your own:D

Lake wylie around Nivins landing (Fort Mill/Tega Cay), you can get large/small minnows on gold hill road towards Tega Cay. Small store on the right after you cross highway 160 but before McKales, probably about 1/4 mile i'm guessing from 160.

I think he opens at 7am, not sure on when he closes.

How about if I leave it a sticky for a couple of weeks then move it to the sticky thread.

I'll condense the info in a couple of weeks in an easy to read format.

thanks nat.

Jackson Bros Produce On Us 1 Near Chatlee Boats. As Country As Country Gets!mitchell And All His Workers Treat You Like Kinfolk.minnows,crickets Redworms Some Fishing Equipment And Plenty Of Produce Plus A Grill Next Door .oh My! Did I Advertise?lol

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Jackson Bros Produce On Us 1 Near Chatlee Boats. As Country As Country Gets!mitchell And All His Workers Treat You Like Kinfolk.minnows,crickets Redworms Some Fishing Equipment And Plenty Of Produce Plus A Grill Next Door .oh My! Did I Advertise?lol

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BC2, what time to they open? I've never stopped there but drive right by on the way to Jordan. Trying not to use minnows anyway but would like some options when I do need them. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by SIMPLEMAN

if nat and poppop don't mind lets just list good places to buy minnows. i hate to hurt anyone's business in this economy because they have employee's that need jobs. so far we have daddy rabbit's and hill's. lets include all lake locations so when we fish away from our home lakes we don't get ripped there either. our members seem to be from all over. i would just like a list. if this is unimportant or not worth the trouble i'll shut-up. be nice to decide to go to say jordon lake and pop open your list and bang...there it is....:)

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good post simple i always thought good service should be rewarded in any bussiness

Crappie Soldier,mitchell Opens At 7am And Closes Around 7-8pm. Sometimes If Everyones Busy He'll Let You Get Your Own. Down Home People, Very Nice. Got A Good Tenderloin And Tomatoe Biscuit At The Grill Next Door!just Right For The Trip To Jordan!

the hwy 49 sportsman has always been good to me and i have heard that the chevron on the on the ohter side of tuckertown across from the bp gives extremely good counts, ask for 3 doz. get 5.

lake norman:

beaches grocery on hwy 73 has always done me very good. nice sized minnows and often times i scoop em up myself.

on the north end on hwy 150 at the amaco gas station i think (1 or so miles from pinnacle landing) cant tell you how many times i go there and they dont have any minnows, and i have to drive 10 miles out of my way to get some not to mention they count them out 1 by 1....i now pre purchase minnows before i ever fish the N end of the lake.

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lake norman:

beaches grocery on hwy 73 has always done me very good. nice sized minnows and often times i scoop em up myself.

on the north end on hwy 150 at the amaco gas station i think (1 or so miles from pinnacle landing) cant tell you how many times i go there and they dont have any minnows, and i have to drive 10 miles out of my way to get some not to mention they count them out 1 by 1....i now pre purchase minnows before i ever fish the N end of the lake.

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LAKE NORMAN- Piedmont Bait and Tackle (if Haskel is working...shortbed maroon ford, others, they pretty much count them)

Terrell Bait and Tackle- Always do pretty good there no matter who is working, helps to have been coming in there since I could walk :D

General Store on Hwy 150 in Denver/Sherrills Ford

The old Tackle Town building, on Highway 16 in Denver/Westport is alright too (cant remember the name, it is in a gas station near the old Lee Boys plant)

Do NOT RECOMMEND the following

the yellow gas station on Hwy 16 (denver) and Unity Church Road...the road that goes to Beatty's Ford Access. They count them. Tackle prices are high.

Piedmont Bait and Tackle when anybody but Haskel is working :D

Unsure about Midway Marina now that the Lancaster boys are running it. Just knowing what they did to the restaraunt and the boat docks as far as prices, Id avoid it and try elsewhere.

Jordan Lake Minimart Off Us1 At Deep River .can Get Your Minnows And Put In At Poes Ridge!

good counts aren't the only thing that matters to me, I like the larger sized crappie minnows.

I get most of my minners from the bait store at 64/109 in Thomasville
Cedar Lodge and never had any bad counts.... buy 4 dozen get one free there too

8264 S Nc Highway 109
Thomasville, NC 27360-0795
(336) 313-6452‎

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Originally Posted by greenchicken

good counts aren't the only thing that matters to me, I like the larger sized crappie minnows.

I get most of my minners from the bait store at 64/109 in Thomasville
Cedar Lodge and never had any bad counts.... buy 4 dozen get one free there too

8264 S Nc Highway 109
Thomasville, NC 27360-0795
(336) 313-6452‎

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I remember several years ago here on Norman we had to go down to #8 hooks and one baitshop had tiny minnows about 1.25" long. Not sure why they wanted them little like that but regular sized minnows wouldnt work for a couple weeks. In the fall of the year as well I remember.

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I remember several years ago here on Norman we had to go down to #8 hooks and one baitshop had tiny minnows about 1.25" long. Not sure why they wanted them little like that but regular sized minnows wouldnt work for a couple weeks. In the fall of the year as well I remember.

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I have caught some of my biggest crappie on the smaller minnows....

The stores buy the minnows by the pound and if they can sell you half sized minnows, they can get double the money for them.

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I have caught some of my biggest crappie on the smaller minnows....

The stores buy the minnows by the pound and if they can sell you half sized minnows, they can get double the money for them.

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True but most of those place don't know what size theyre buying. Piedmont B&T I listed in my recommendations is a wholesaler for baitshops around here. They bring them whatever they have. Then it would be the wholesaler's best interest to sell the tackleshops large minnows if they tackleshop or store sells by the doz and not by the lb. Although some places do both. Thats what I like about Piedmont Bait and Tackle. If I want to buy a pound, I can go to the minner mansion and pick what size I want :D.

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True but most of those place don't know what size theyre buying. Piedmont B&T I listed in my recommendations is a wholesaler for baitshops around here. They bring them whatever they have. Then it would be the wholesaler's best interest to sell the tackleshops large minnows if they tackleshop or store sells by the doz and not by the lb. Although some places do both. Thats what I like about Piedmont Bait and Tackle. If I want to buy a pound, I can go to the minner mansion and pick what size I want :D.

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sweet,how much does a pound of minnows cost?

a pound will cost abot 14 dollars you get about 250 if you fish the north end of norman go to the gold mine store they give a great count buy 4 get 6 plus and i do say plus have a neighbor who started going there and he just smiles and takes a extra bucket

I've never bought any minnows from Cedar Lodge tackle shop, as I live past it closer to the lake. I can tell you the fellow that runs that place is top notch, a good guy.

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I've never bought any minnows from Cedar Lodge tackle shop, as I live past it closer to the lake. I can tell you the fellow that runs that place is top notch, a good guy.

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hey pop hadnt been in much since he opened but about a month ago we stopped in and another guy was working didnt think anything of it but he told my son that the other guy has been pretty sick the last few months taking grandson in the morning going to make a point to stop and see if hes back or what gives

Anywhere you can buy minnows by the pound in the Hiway 8 area? Isn't that a wholesale bait place on the right just below Spartan Express?

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Anywhere you can buy minnows by the pound in the Hiway 8 area? Isn't that a wholesale bait place on the right just below Spartan Express?

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Mimi's has them for $16 a pound if I remember correctly. They are right off 8 a few miles above Southmont.

thanks painter....let me know

Hawk....I am not sure that person below Spartan Express will sell to the public. Might want to check with Kellog..he knows him personally I believe. Might be able to get you in the back door.

Mimi's on Hi-way 8 at Feezer rd sells minnows by the pound. Just make sure they have plenty of room and lots of oxygen. I bought a pound for the night social in July and lost several before we got started. had em in a 10 gal water cooler with a good pump pushing plenty of air.

Kellog

Tom's in Kings Mnt. at Stoney Point and Oak Grove Rd. Good count and sells by the pound. I always get the Tuffy minnows, easier to keep alive in the well and on the hook

Does anyone know if the minnow place is still open in Mt. Pleasant NC? They used to sell really nice jumbo shiners. How about the spur station in Concord?

I'm pretty sure the spur station still has minnows. Houston is a great guy too. I've known him for a while. I used to see a sign on Hwy. 73 near Hwy. 49 for a bait store down Moose Rd. I think, but I've never been to it. Is that the one you're talking about in Concord??

Thanks. I use jigs mostly but sometimes I'll take a few minnows too. When it's cool I can keep 8-10 dozen for several weeks in a big thick styrofoam cooler with just an aquarium pump. I have a 30 gal plastic barrel & a livewell pump I was thinking about rigging something up. I have a couple of posts bookmarked about pumps & filters for minnow tanks. Sounds like a good rainy day project.

Let me tell you how crazy some of these places are. We used to buy minnows at Gander Mountain and always got a real good count. Buy 10 dozen and they give you 15 dozen, $1.50 a lb. Then they thought they was losing to much money so they went up to $3.00 a lb. Now minnows just set there and they gotta feed em. As a tackle store I wouldnt recommend Gander Mountain for anything.

Eno...do you mean per dozen instead of pound? And I agree with you about Gander Mountain, but what some people don't realize, if you bring a sales paper from Bass Pro Shops, or a computer printout, Gander will honor that price.

If you are heading North on 49 in MP take a left at the Hardees. Go up about 1/2 mile and it is on the right. An older fellow runs it out of his home. I forget his name and the road name. Been away for 10 years and memory is the first to go.

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Eno...do you mean per dozen instead of pound? And I agree with you about Gander Mountain, but what some people don't realize, if you bring a sales paper from Bass Pro Shops, or a computer printout, Gander will honor that price.

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And they also give a 10% military discount---thats the only reason I shop there. So does BPS but they are too far away.

I get those tuffy minnows in Kernersville for $10/lb. And they out last and out fish shinners 3 to 1. Only problem is he doesn't have them all the time.

yeah, I meant a dozen. Shows how long its been since I used any of them little fellers

Here are a few for Falls Lake

One Stop Sports Shop
NC-98, Raleigh, NC (near highway 50)
(919) 847-9393
(These minnows seem to always be pretty healthy and last a while) ‎

Sandy Plains Mini Mart
14833 Creedmoor Road
Wake Forest, NC 27587
(919) 528-0292

Carolina Outdoor Sportsman
9650 Strickland Road
Raleigh, NC 27615
(919) 676-6799
(This one is a little out of the way for me, but these minnows always seem to live the longest.)

Bayleaf Bait and Tackle
11608 Six Forks Rd Raleigh, NC 27614
(919) 847-4639
(Is hit or miss on if this place is open. Has been owned by a few different owners over the past 7 or so years because it keeps going out of business. Wish there minnows didn't die so fast so that I could give them more business, but I don't go there much because the minnows never seem to live that long.)

When I go to Jordan Lake I like to use the Wilsonville Exxon. It's on the right just after you cross the lake on 64. I like their tackle selection and what I really like is they have a driveway behind the store to get out so you don't have to fight 64 traffic.

Hey Roach the bait shop off of 49 in MP was Haiglers, The old man pass away a few years back and the shop closed down.

hey thanks guys, we hit daddy rabbits and man what a count. instead of 12 dozen we got twelve scoops. this is already helping me. i might put a poster in the window that says"recomended by crappie.com members.:D:D:D