Minnow Question

[tenncrappie]

I was born in 1953 and we had a cabin on Watts Bar lake in the 60's. Remember my Dad taking me crappie fishing and he always got Baltimore minnows. Do they still sell these anymore? All I see is shiners.

[CrappiePappy]

I was born in 1953 and we had a cabin on Watts Bar lake in the 60's. Remember my Dad taking me crappie fishing and he always got Baltimore minnows. Do they still sell these anymore? All I see is shiners.

TC ... back when we were having the Crappie.com tourneys on Watts Bar (2000-2005), the owner of Eden Marina sold "tuffies" (Fatheads) and there would be the occasional "Rosey Red" in the mix. But, I'd have to go back a few more decades to remember getting "Baltimore minnows" (goldfish) from that area. But, back then we were primarily fishing for Smallmouth, and usually brought our own minnows (Fatheads). We only bought the Baltimores one time, and that was so we could catch bigger Smallmouth than what our Fatheads were catching.

You're most likely going to have to go to a pet shop or Wallace World to get goldfish, and even then they may not have the olive-green "Baltimore" version.

... cp

[kycreek]

That's a term I've never heard. Pretty much all you can get in my part of the country is Fatheads and occasionally rosy reds.

[tenncrappie]

Maybe I'm a dinosaur to remember such!!!!!

[crappiehunterchris]

That's a term I've never heard. Pretty much all you can get in my part of the country is Fatheads and occasionally rosy reds.

i have a store in georgetown i go to rozy reds 1 $a dozen they are small but lord they work also i use baby gold fish 6for a 1$ and crappie love a goldfish

[Hat55]

Maybe I'm a dinosaur to remember such!!!!!

A lot of us getting that way.