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Post by mnfish on Mar 11, 2017 17:20:24 GMT -6
Pulled a cloverleaf trap this morning. Two day soak. Crappies go Yum Yum yum. Name this minnow?
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Post by Catscratch on Mar 11, 2017 17:40:13 GMT -6
Mudminnow?
Not sure what it is but it has great size! How well do they stay alive in a bucket or on a hook?
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Post by wklman on Mar 11, 2017 18:31:56 GMT -6
Eurasian or common minnow?
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Post by mnfish on Mar 11, 2017 19:27:47 GMT -6
Central Mudminnow. animaldiversity.org/accounts/Umbra_limi/ They tolerate some very low DO waters. Stay alive in a bucket of water for weeks. Great pond forage fish. Got some around the 6" mark. Could be a world record length....or maybe not
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Post by mnfish on Mar 11, 2017 19:30:50 GMT -6
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Post by Sandbur on Mar 12, 2017 3:01:15 GMT -6
Central Mudminnow. animaldiversity.org/accounts/Umbra_limi/ They tolerate some very low DO waters. Stay alive in a bucket of water for weeks. Great pond forage fish. Got some around the 6" mark. Could be a world record length....or maybe not DO equals low oxygen? My Dad and I used to trap/net minnows in the resort days. We had all kinds of minnows and I think he called those rock rollers but they might have been slightly different with a flatter head. They did live for a long time, but weren't great bait. Remember Jack Pine Savages still know what cricks and patridge are.
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Post by mnfish on Mar 12, 2017 8:17:00 GMT -6
^^^ DO = Dissolved Oxygen. Love the name Rock Rollers!!!
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Post by Catscratch on Mar 12, 2017 8:42:40 GMT -6
Got to be honest, my guess was just because I thought I remembered you saying something about mudminnows on another forum last week. Otherwise I've never heard or seen anything like them. The only minnow I've ever seen over 2in long was a shiner. We don't have anything like what's in your hand here.
Most of the minnows we have like fresh, clear, running water. The ponds and stuff that dries down in the summer don't have a lot of minnows in them. In fact I think that when things dry down the predators whipe out a lot of our forage fish because they loose cover and get congregated.
Are you breeding those and stocking them in your crappie ponds?
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Post by mnfish on Mar 12, 2017 9:02:25 GMT -6
Just beginning the fish forage learning journey. Yes, I feed these to my fish ponds. Experimenting with sticklebacks as well (I should be trapping them by the end of this month). Hardy wetland type minnows. Lots of those bodies of water here in MN.
Do you have any forage ponds? Any experience raising bluegills as forage? Any minnow trapping experience?
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Post by riggs on Mar 12, 2017 9:17:55 GMT -6
I'm a big fan of trapping minnows and I've been doing it my whole life. I get a lot of those mudminnows and creek chubs in the summer/fall out of creeks. I used to go on southern mn runs to seine minnows for the fishing opener. I will be posting some pictures this spring of two forage ponds that I plan on stocking with minnows and grass shrimp.
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Post by riggs on Mar 12, 2017 9:27:42 GMT -6
I would be interested in a forage pond that was able to recreate the spawning conditions of a creek for raising and reproducing creek chubs and shiners.
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Post by Catscratch on Mar 12, 2017 9:30:52 GMT -6
We have a "catch pond" ahead of my parents pond. We stocked it with fathead minnows when they built it. That is probably the closest thing I have to a forage pond but I could be persuaded pretty easily to look into it. Just not something I'm familiar with at the moment.
I've set minnow traps for bait before but haven't done it enough to say that I have experience. What do your guys's set-ups look like?
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Post by mnfish on Mar 12, 2017 14:54:38 GMT -6
This year I am focusing on mudminnows and sticklebacks. I will also try stock a BG forage pond on my property. This will most likely need aeration but I think I got that covered.
Riggs- What type of traps are you running? Did you buy them or build them?
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Post by riggs on Mar 12, 2017 15:32:10 GMT -6
I have several cylinder traps and I have built many other traps over the years. I need to buy a better clover leaf trap though. I usually ran a seine for most of my minnows but one of my all time favorite ways is fishing for chubs and shiners in creeks with ultra light tackle.
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Post by riggs on Apr 1, 2017 19:22:43 GMT -6
I set a few leech traps and 3 hrs later they had already found the bait. I think I found some good spots. Also there were quite a few grass shrimp which was a surprise. Now I need to figure out how to grow the leeches to jumbo size.
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