To minner or not to minner......

That is the question. Lakeway at Grenada, my official bait stop for twenty years (both crappie bait and pogey bait) is now selling minnows by the ten count. Same price as a dozen used to be, but now only get ten, AND they are counting minnows. No more estimates. No more bonus minnows. Actually counting each and every minnow. 1 minnow, 2 minnows, 3 minnows, ............. 100 minnows. Time consuming and expensive. Might be time to switch to jigs.........

I met a pair of old gents at Wolf Creek Tuesday afternoon, and they had a cooler FULL of slab crappie. Close to two limits. They were spider rigging with chartreuse jigs and crappie nibbles. Fish did not seem to mind that there were no minners on the jigs. I know I know....., crappie at Grenada must have minnows. But Im telling you, these guys did not even have a minner bucket. I was already irritated about the minner count at lakeway, then these two guys wear em out with no minners at all. Might be time to try to teach an old dog a new trick........

I never use minners at Okatibbee. It's either jigs and nibbles, crankbaits, or pony heads. I hate to hear that about Lakeway, though. I usually minner fish when I go to Grenada. I may have to stick to jigs there too.

you don't need minnows to catch them Grenada fish im sure it helps at times but a jig works just as good. good luck to yall

Actually, the guberment sposed to do somethin' about them minnow prices. Hurtin' business

Man I hate to hear this but I undestand where they are coming from. I ONLY buy minners when I am in there and have always gotten WAY more than I paid for, they lost money on me everytime I went in the door. Knew the day was coming and have a solution that works for me. I would say minner, side by side day in day out the minner is gonna out catch the straight jig. On Grenada you arent gonna get near as many bites anyway like at say Sardis, not gonna go through as many and almost no throwbacks, bite the bullet and buy the minners..

That would be the last minnows they sold me. I'd don't use nibbles but I'd sure give it a try. Something I tried once and it worked on Butla. My neighbor wanted to jug some catfish one day so I was rigging a couple of poles off front while he was chasing the jugs around. First crappie we caught was a 2 pounder on jug baited with shad. I used a piece of shad to tip one jig and did just as good with shad as minnows. I think it is the smell that attracts them to your jig most of the time anyway.

you know that is what they tell me can't catch fish on jigs at grenada . Donnie will vouch for that . LOL jig and nibbles work fine . it just determination that will make you successful . even ugly can catch one fish . lol

I hate minnows!!

I tend to stack the odds in my favor as often as I can, fast and furious in the skinny water no minners, otherwise unless I am pulling cranks its gonna be minners

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they will come arround when you find somewhere else to buy minnows . they make a ton off fishermen on ice, drinks ect . not that hey should give you two for one but competeion makes the world go arround .:twocents

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Originally Posted by eagle 1

they will come arround when you find somewhere else to buy minnows . they make a ton off fishermen on ice, drinks ect . not that hey should give you two for one but competeion makes the world go arround .:twocents

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I imagine come the spring madness, they will change their tune.

I'm of the opinion that if I spend $800 for my semi annual trips to Grenada that I want the best chance to load the boat. Big deal if I can catch 15 in a day on jigs when minners would give me 40. I'll spend what's needed for minners

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Minners are like cigarettes, I'll stop buyin em when they get to 10.00 a dozen!!!!! NOT


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I'M OF THE OPINION THAT IF I PAY FOR TWELVE, THEN I EXPECT TWLEVE . I SUPPORT BUISSNESSES THAT EARN YOUR BUISSNESS NOT MERELY ASK FOR IT . MONEY FOR MINNOWS IS NOT THE ISSUE . THE TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT ATTITUDE WILL SEND MANY COUNTRY BOYS ELSEWHERE . THE LOCALS ARE HIS BUISSNESS,NOT THE ONCE IN A WHILE FOLKS .:biggrin

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Originally Posted by hunter7711

I'm of the opinion that if I spend $800 for my semi annual trips to Grenada that I want the best chance to load the boat. Big deal if I can catch 15 in a day on jigs when minners would give me 40. I'll spend what's needed for minners

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I got yall covered, come on we'll have plenty of bait....:biggrin

I'll pay what is needed. I WANT what will work the best. I pay for 12, why should I expect more. Up here there $2.75 a dozen, and you NEVER get more than 13. Stop cryin.

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I am not crying, just doing some math. I fish Grenada pretty much every weekend. Grew up believing that a stop at the bait shop was a required step in the process. It is not the fact that I am getting what I paid for. I have no problem with that. I am just questioning whether I need to pay for it at all. $25 a month will buy a lot of jigs, AND jigs don't die every time you fish with em.

Like I said in OP. I have seen a lot of people catch limits on Grenada with jigs. Daddy always told me that they were just getting lucky (even a blind hog finds an acorn once in a while) but some of these guys are getting lucky everyweekend, and doing it without worrying about minners. I am just wondering if I can start getting lucky like that........

I catch them with jigs and crappie nibbles and I catch them with jigs or gnats with minnows on them......just always seem to do a little better with the minnows.

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If I weren't guiding or fishing a tournament, I would probably just use jigs. I really don't care if I catch a bunch or not. Like you though, I grew up fishing minnows. Old habits, especially productive ones, are hard to break.

i jig fished Grenada the other day and never caught a short fish only fished for 4 hours and had 10 hawgs im sure if my trolling motor battery wouldn't have went down i could have caught a few more or maby even the limit. I prolly would have caught them a lot faster with live minnows and caught a lot more fish but wouldn't have felt that thump and for me thats what it is all about and as for lake way they are a corporate office store me and rees talked about that before that corporate office would find out they were losing money on minnows and put a stop to it what they dont understand is that they were prolly making more money than losing with all the other supply's they were buying
fish with what you want its all fun and it all works

Iffn your going to fish with just jigs....use Crappielogic and remember two words.....Electric Chicken.....just saying:biggrin

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Originally Posted by Donald@CrappieLogic

i jig fished Grenada the other day and never caught a short fish only fished for 4 hours and had 10 hawgs im sure if my trolling motor battery wouldn't have went down i could have caught a few more or maby even the limit. I prolly would have caught them a lot faster with live minnows and caught a lot more fish but wouldn't have felt that thump and for me thats what it is all about and as for lake way they are a corporate office store me and rees talked about that before that corporate office would find out they were losing money on minnows and put a stop to it what they dont understand is that they were prolly making more money than losing with all the other supply's they were buying
fish with what you want its all fun and it all works

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Good post Donnie, it's gonna hurt em but not on my part.

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