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Stocking, and later trapping, Fathead Minnows
Posted on 9/7/24 at 12:08 pm
Posted on 9/7/24 at 12:08 pm
What's the stock rate for 4.5 ac? I know most will get wiped out by the predators but I want a permanent reproducing brood.
Secondly, how hard are they to trap, if I can produce above result?
The closest bait shop to me is 20 minutes one way, and it just went up for sale. I'm about to not have any live minnows within an hour of me.
Secondly, how hard are they to trap, if I can produce above result?
The closest bait shop to me is 20 minutes one way, and it just went up for sale. I'm about to not have any live minnows within an hour of me.
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Posted on 9/8/24 at 7:55 am to deeprig9
If you want them for sac a lait bait , consider Gambusia minnows. That’s what they like to eat. 
Posted on 9/8/24 at 3:15 pm to Bigfishchoupique
I use the local petsmart for crickets, it's about $6 for a half tube. So I have that covered.
While waiting, I looked what they charged for feeder fish, it's like 40 cents each. Little goldfish and some other little minnow looking type of fish. Basically $10 for two dozen, I'm sure the bass and crappie will eat them just the same as a fathead. But I'd rather have a fathead brood in the lake that I can just collect from minnow traps. I haven't trapped minnows since I was a kid, I would need a refresher course.
While waiting, I looked what they charged for feeder fish, it's like 40 cents each. Little goldfish and some other little minnow looking type of fish. Basically $10 for two dozen, I'm sure the bass and crappie will eat them just the same as a fathead. But I'd rather have a fathead brood in the lake that I can just collect from minnow traps. I haven't trapped minnows since I was a kid, I would need a refresher course.
Posted on 9/8/24 at 5:17 pm to deeprig9
If there are crappie in your pond then it’s not in the cards to raise any real quantity of baitfish in there with them.
Like the other guy said, get some mosquito fish and raise them in a tank of some kind. They reproduce like rabbits and are hardy. YouTube will likely have plenty of info on how to get going.
Like the other guy said, get some mosquito fish and raise them in a tank of some kind. They reproduce like rabbits and are hardy. YouTube will likely have plenty of info on how to get going.
Posted on 9/8/24 at 5:25 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
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If there are crappie in your pond then it’s not in the cards to raise any real quantity of baitfish in there with them.
It might have been here or pondboss but someone was talking about sinking pallets where they have a place to hide and breed without being exposed to larger fish. This was a few years ago I read this.
If I fished enough to raise my own in an aquarium, I'd do this. But I don't. I'd start a cricket farm before I'd start a minnow farm. I'd be better off just paying $10 for two dozen feeder fish at the pet store.
If I can get them in there breeding in the pond would be ideal for obvious forage for the predators, but to also be able to get my own bait from a minnow trap would be ideal.
Based on comments so far it's not sounding like a plausible solution.
Posted on 9/8/24 at 7:02 pm to deeprig9
My grandfather and other old timers I knew when I was younger would get old cast iron bathtubs or troughs and raise minnows in them. Also build worm beds with the same things. That way you didn't worry about them all being eaten.
Posted on 9/8/24 at 7:20 pm to deeprig9
Assuming you have a 4.5 acre pond and want to fish elsewhere with this bait?
How much is 1/2 a tube? I’m more familiar with buying crickets by 100, and it’s usually $2-4/ 100. Pre Covid it was like $1 for 100
How much is 1/2 a tube? I’m more familiar with buying crickets by 100, and it’s usually $2-4/ 100. Pre Covid it was like $1 for 100
Posted on 9/9/24 at 8:31 am to deeprig9
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It might have been here or pondboss but someone was talking about sinking pallets where they have a place to hide and breed without being exposed to larger fish. This was a few years ago I read this.
The pallets are to give them spawning substrate, you would then add cover in the form of brush or lay downs to give them protection. The issue is that with how aggressive crappie are, that will still only result in a handful of minnows making it. Crappie are notorious for cutting the food chain off at the knees in a pond, that’s why it’s typically not recommended to have them in one. My personal experience in a 5ac pond that was bucket stocked with them was that they didn’t have what they needed to successfully spawn and overpopulate, but even just the handful of adults were enough to keep the banks devoid of life.
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