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As far as I had known it isn't illegal to use either rosy red minnows or goldfish as bait. I go to petco tonight to get some, and the lady there told me that it was highly illegal and they were an invasive species. Now I looked it up on the tpwd site and saw nothing stating it was illegal?
I would go to a bait shop but there aren't any around here.
Thanks!
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They sell goldfish at a local baitshop here around Lake O the Pines. Ive never heard of them being illegal. Rosy reds im not sure about but again never heard they were.
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Yup I thought so as well since they're just a breed of fathead minnow. She also said that goldfish weren't legal bait.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stovall
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She probably doesnt want you feeding her Goldies to those big bad crappies
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:hesaid...........
Probably not Stovall haha. No worries, got plenty of artificials and some worms for the gills
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Wish we could get some rosie's 2 to 3 inches long, most of what we see over here is under 2 inches long. Legal to use tho.
I think Stovall hit the nail on the head!
Think she if misinformed or just full of BS!
The local bait place here is a distributer and only reason they don't sell Rosey Reds is because they think they will sell less because the Rosey Red's live longer and are tougher than shiners! I ask and one of them told me this. I do know they sell goldfish!
Skip
Have yall had any luck with goldfish?? I have tried both at Grenada with no luck, good success with reds at Lake Washington.
Have not tried them for crappie that I can remember and if I had done well with them, that I would remember! I did well in Arkansas on Rosey Reds, but just can't get them here without ordering a ton of them from Arkansas and that is just too much for minnows for me since I hate using them anyway. I am interested to see if anyone else has tried them and what they found!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
However I may try that next summer if I can get some small ones just for kicks.
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I got access to small goldfish but jump can't get them bit on Grenada, may try them at Washington. They stay alive forever!!!!
They do live well where shiners suck and die son easy! You know my memory tell me I think once I had like one goldfish and I was night fishing. I took that goldfish (maybe it was?) and just stuck the rod in a holder and let it just sit at the edge of the dark since we had a green light in the water and almost forgot about it until I noticed a big crappie pulling the heck out of that rod, lol! I never had any to try again, but am thinking I should do that once spring is done this year.
Happy New Year Reese, it's been a while and I hope all has been well for you!
Skip
Happy New Year Skip! We are good, hope yall are.
Yup I just think it was bs, since I wanted 4 dozen and it was five minutes till close lol. What gets me is not all of them were rosy reds, a lot of them were straight up fatheads!
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Don't use them but it ain't against the law best I can tell .....always carry your receipt though .....word to the wise
Just bought rosie reds at LOP this morning so must be legal, atleast for today
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Blands Fish Hatchery in Taylor Ark. devolped the Rosy Red, aka Rice Slicks. They have any size you want. Drop one of their 3+ Rosies in there and business will pick up.
Several years ago I fished all day (8 hours) at the big marina on Somerville and caught 2 fish. TWO! Folks all around me were fishing with jigs and pulling them in left and right. Finally, in the last hour, I put on two of the only jigs I had, really tiny 1" ones, and caught a few to bring home. Learned a valuable lesson that day. That's the only experience I've had fishing lil goldies.