Anybody still using minnows out there to catch crappie on? All I’ve seen is live scoping jig polers. Thinking about coming out this spring and seeing if we can’t land a few on a minnows under a float.
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Anybody still using minnows out there to catch crappie on? All I’ve seen is live scoping jig polers. Thinking about coming out this spring and seeing if we can’t land a few on a minnows under a float.
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I always enjoyed spider rigging in winter, creeping along with double hook minnow rigs out the front.
We’ve never had great access to minnows around here, especially of any quality. Now after all the craziness the last few years it’s even worse. Few places I’ve heard about having any, they they are sky-high $
But if you can get em, I’m betting they’ll still work just fine.
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They paid Big, Big, bills this summer for me big fish fishing. Shiners have gotten so hard to get around here I think they work better than ever, nowhere near the anglers using them these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rigderunner
I haven’t used minnows in about 15 years (has also been about 15 years since I fished in the winter until this past Sunday), and I’m curious if the lack of minnows use these days can actually more effective—kinda like bringing back an old lure not seen in a while because the fish got use to the new stuff. I’m sure it would be expensive to spider rig 6 rods with two hooks each for 1-2 limits.
You bet! Back in the day we fished 8 rods, double hooks - 16 minnows just to load up and put out. And almost every time you caught a fish, it would shake both minnows off. I’m constantly realizing I’m just not as mad at the fish as I used to be [emoji23]Quote:
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I take the 1st 3 weeks of April off every year. I only use a cork/minnow/jig pole rig. Usually have 40 to 60 fish days and have had several days near or over 100. That's between two people, but we only keep about 8 apiece. Fish from 5' to 6" deep.
Minnows are all I use. Dropshot and slip bobber. I buy em by the pound for $20. I keep them in my 55gallon fish tank in the basement so I have them when needed.
It's funny that J White says there isn't great access to minnows in Mississippi as pretty much all the fat head minnows in Ohio come from Mississippi fish farms.
Here's a whole bunch of them...
mississippi fat head minnow fish farms - Google Search
What water parameters are required for minnow raising, and about how many are in the tank at any given time? While I do have 55 gallon tank for our pet fish, I’m curious as to whether or not I want to start another tank (could be an ice chest) in the garage or back porch (curtained during the winter) or just wait until the kids’ pets die off and repurpose that tank. My problem with minnows these days is that the shops that I previously got minnow when I was younger are all out of my way to The Rez, unless Tommy’s Trading Post on Hwy 43 has some and I happen to launch from there.
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Bud, Tommy's sells Emerald or Golden Shiners, when they have them which has been Friday thru Sunday. If I am correct Tuffy minnows is the subject here. It has taken me years to get to the point my shiners grow in the tank. Tuffy minnows are very hardy compared to Shiners. I use Shiners as our local Hatchery's Tuffy minnows are mostly Goldfish colored few silver.Quote:
Originally Posted by jjue1979
I’m speaking specifically of the hills, far north-east corner. I grew up never even seeing a fathead, it was all shiners here. And over the years, fewer and fewer little stores bother trying to keep any. They all tell me they lost money on them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Opie1
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Minnows here locally are $4. 00 a dozen . Will never catch another fish if needed .
Hardin's fish farm with a Calhoun City, MS address is 2 hours, 123 miles away from me.
Saul's fish farm with a De Valls Bluff, AR address is 1 h 34 minutes, 106 miles away.
I tried 2 years keeping minnows in a 55 gallon tank. Got to keep water temp below 65 degrees. No metals can come in contact with the water.
Maybe a plastic lined chest freezer would do better.
I've kept shiners during the summers most of the last 10 years. Always used Rubbermaid cattle tanks. I didn't know metal was toxic to them, all my nets have metal rims. I will have to buy some other type of net. I run the chiller when the water is 75-80 degrees but once the water is 80 or above I shut the chiller down but increase the air. As the temps rise I remove the liner from the insulated bucket, catch my shiners earlier in the morning leaving them outside the shop to warm up slowly while I'm busy getting ready. My costs have gone up too at the local hatchery as a pound of #6's use to be under $14 and now is $20+. I would hate to have to buy the big ones like they use up in Grenada.Quote:
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I should add my shop is air conditioned.
I still run em from time to time. Next time I go, I’ll have 3 dozen with me. Got my rear handed to me a week ago Saturday.
Wannabe…
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Copper is the worst metal to have in the water. Brass, bronze has copper in them. I maintained a few lobster/fish tanks in the late 80's and early 90's. All were live when I left for the day at 6 pm. Come back at 6 am and find them all dead. Look in the tanks to find a penny, slab dime or quarter.
livescopers use minnows at times . Those slabs did not get big eating plastics .
Red worms may work even better in certain situations.
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