MINNOWS!!! WHERE CAN YOU BUY THEM IN OR AROUND SPRINGFIELD?

I went by Moore's Market this morning on North Glenstone and told them just to give me 5 dozen. Well after $15.01 dollars taken out of my pocket I got my minnows. Well get home and Paula puts them into the 110 gallon tank. Paula yells out to me bring a knife and a filet board! She said some of them were large enough almost to eat! Sure not crappie minnows! :banghead

I don't mind buying them around a lake but normally I am already on the water before most places open up. Does anyone have any ideas? I used to buy them by the pound over at Tranthams, but now they are out of business.

Dan

They charged you $3 a dozen? WOW!

I'm afraid that we are out of luck down here for now. Sure wish Trantham's was still open.

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Originally Posted by DOFC

They charged you $3 a dozen? WOW!

I'm afraid that we are out of luck down here for now. Sure wish Trantham's was still open.

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Yep $15.01 for 5 dozen and they are big enough to eat!

Ok I am taking a shot in the dark here so hold on! When I first got my boat in 2008 I was going thru jig skirts like mad! So I found a old boy down at Joplin who had a online store on eBay. I think my first order was for about 8,000+ jig skirts! Then in about a month later I ordered another 5,000+ jig skirts because the wife had decided I didn't get enough pretty ones! DONT ASK!!! :Rofl. So I found out that this same old boy was hauling live bait to Trantham's too! Heck when I was fishing I was buying about 3 to 5 pounds at a time of small minnows. So I found the old boy on eBay tonight and I sent him a PM to see if he was still hauling live bait.

I am going to see where this goes! I have spent the last 2 hours online looking for minnows dealers around here without any luck.

The story I have heard on Trantham's is that the business had been run for the last several years by the son in law and he didn't keep it up. Lots of folks purchased live minnows from him.

I have a 110 gallon tank, if I could get some more equipment easy enough I might share some. I am sure glad that I decided to setup the tank. My Lowes boat has minnow buckets in it. I also have a air pump system hooked up to it. So I can fill up one livewell on the front of the boat with water. I fill one minnow bucket up with minnows and turn on the air system. Then when I get to the lake I fill up the other livewell and then put some minnows in the back livewell if there is someone fishing with me.

I know the fish dealer in Salem Mo. had nice shiners last year around 2". Heard that if you get with them they travel all around the state and will meet you at a parking lot close to where they are going. I got some from them when I spotted the truck at a gas station.

there is a place down hwy 5 inside ark. that sells them, don't know the name but could find out.

just run down to cape fair, they sell them by the pound at the gas station west of the bridge....

I think they are $12 something a pound at the gas station in Alrich, just noticed they had a by the pound option when I picked some up this week.

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Originally Posted by MinnowDipper

I think they are $12 something a pound at the gas station in Alrich, just noticed they had a by the pound option when I picked some up this week.

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Whats the name of the place?

Anyone ever seen a place doing oxy bags??? Used to buy them in oxy bags when I lived up nort dere in minisoda. Keeps them frisky and you can haul them a good ways without them dying.
If I were selling minners I'd be doing oxy bags.

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Originally Posted by peculiarmike

Anyone ever seen a place doing oxy bags??? Used to buy them in oxy bags when I lived up nort dere in minisoda. Keeps them frisky and you can haul them a good ways without them dying.
If I were selling minners I'd be doing oxy bags.

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The guy that I used to buy them from in Springfield would always put them inside a bag when I purchased them by the pound then he would shoot some air into the bag.

Well I looked on the computer and found a place up around Aldrich, MO. So I called them and asked them if they sold minnows by the pound. The lady told me no but they sold them for $1.80 per dozen. She told me they had small Crappie Minnows. Now this is about 6:20 pm, I asked her what time she closed. She told me 7 pm but if I wanted to drive up from Springfield to get some they would stay open. So off we went I pulled in there at 7:02 pm. I can't stress how darned nice the owners were. And I sure got my 20 dozen! Really a great count! So guys in Springfield, just buy you a little tank and put a air pump in it.

Here is the info for the place I went to!

Bait Masters
Dave and Teresa Ryan
5005 Hwy 123
Aldrich, MO
(417) 694-(FISH) aka 3474.

They have tackle at good prices, gas, beer and all the other junk food stuff. Plus they also have ammo!

Glad you found some. That's where minnowdipper and I usually get them when fishing Stockton. They are nice and have just about most needed items.

Great sorry I should have put the name in my original reply. I'm glad you found them. I've also been getting my gas there as they are the same price as in Bolivar where I live.

Well I will tell you something about how darned nice Dave was. I told him that I normally fished Pomme de Terre and Truman. I told them that normally no place was open when I started fishing. I asked Dave the owner of Bait Masters if he could get aerators. He went right to his wholesale catalog and pulled it out and told me he would order me one for his cost! NOW THATS NICE FOLKS IN MY BOOK.

Oh and I only lost about 10 minnows out of 20 dozen by putting them into 2 minnow buckets. And that was with me driving home and that took about 35 to 45 minutes!!!

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Originally Posted by DMW1960

The guy that I used to buy them from in Springfield would always put them inside a bag when I purchased them by the pound then he would shoot some air into the bag.

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I'm talking OXYGEN in the bag, not just air.

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Originally Posted by peculiarmike

I'm talking OXYGEN in the bag, not just air.

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Tell me more please Mike! I have also been in contact with a wholesale bait company down around Joplin. They have a truck coming thru Springfield every Tuesday and they said something about bagging up some for me and meeting me.

Bait places up in minisoda sell minners in a clear plastic bag that is large enough it has a good amount of space at the top. They squeeze the air out and stick a hose from an oxygen tank in holding the bag tight around the hose while they blow up the top portion with oxygen, then tie it off tight. I'd bet the wholesalers do that for shipping to dealers. It works great.

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Originally Posted by peculiarmike

Bait places up in minisoda sell minners in a clear plastic bag that is large enough it has a good amount of space at the top. They squeeze the air out and stick a hose from an oxygen tank in holding the bag tight around the hose while they blow up the top portion with oxygen, then tie it off tight. I'd bet the wholesalers do that for shipping to dealers. It works great.

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Yeah I am with you now! Yes it works really great! When Trantham's was open here in Springfield he would do the same thing for me when I would come in after work without any minnow buckets and buy 5 to 10 pounds of them.

dmw you didn't check out buzzys rosies red farm

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dmw you didn't check out buzzys rosies red farm

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Nope I didn't! Maybe I need too! :biggrin

Sorry didn't realize this was such an old thread when I found it, However I am new to the Springfield area, did any one find minnows by the pound or are they still by the Dz, and are they still $3.00 a dzn like out at Fellows lake marina? Thank you for any info. Eric aka "Jamesdean".

Ok did some research and found that a supplier over in Carthage will sell by the pound for 15.00 per pound, and will deliver here when they come to the area for retailers, about every other week. They need about a weeks notice so they have enough on hand,
Buds Baits
425 E. HYW 96
Carthage, Mo 64836
Ph. 417-358-6119
Ask for David, Andrew, or Sam

Boy I guess inflation has drove up the cost of minnows. Paying in Smithville,MO 3.61 after tax for a dozen