rosie reds

[David Waters]

has anyone fished with rosie reds much? Found a place that sells them and wondered if anyone has really noticed a difference in crappie catches. Have fished a few times and noticed I caught more small bass with RR, but not a real difference in crappie.

[PIGINTHEPIGPEN]

Talk to Jerry Blake about this one. First time I used them was with Jerry. I can tell you that Rosy Reds are tough little burgers. They stay alive a lot longer when you put them on the hook verses reg minnows.

[Darryl Morris]

check out this thread. alot of stuff about rosey in it.
http://www.crappie.com/gr8vb3/showth...ght=rosey+reds

[David Waters]

thanks Darryl

[labill]

has anyone fished with rosie reds much? Found a place that sells them and wondered if anyone has really noticed a difference in crappie catches. Have fished a few times and noticed I caught more small bass with RR, but not a real difference in crappie.

I've had very good luck with the Rosies, along with many others in LA and AR. There have been times when I went back to buy Rosies when they wouldn't hit shiners, but to be fair, there have also been times that they preferred the minnows. Overall, they seemed to prefer Rosies more than minnows. One thing for sure, nothing is 100% in fishing, and the hardest part is figuring out where they are, and then what they want.

[gracie1goose]

David, I fish Smith Lake here in Cullman. I have tried to find RR around here. Last fall and winter a man was having good luck fishing deep 30+ feet with no problem with them staying alive. That is all I know about them here in Morth Ala.

[Jerry Blake]

I use them every day and love the little critters. Much easier to keep alive than shiners in hot weather, in the bait tank and on the hook. In low light or murky water they seem to outfish shiners. In clear water with plenty of light crappie may prefer the shiners at times. They are easy to raise in a small pond and you can usually get them smaller than shiners which makes them good jig-tippers and good for fincky crappie.

[Darryl Morris]

I've got about a half a pound in my fish tank right now. Been there four weeks in only eight inches of water, haven't changed it since, with air only, no food and they are doing great. Course, the cool weather has alot to do with it.

[ShilohRed]

I used them Friday and caught great on them. Also had few standard minnows on. And took the standard minnows off at the end of the day.
They sure are tough and live a long time. But being red, The color can't be what they like. AS where we were fishing , the fish would have a hard time seeing red. Red is one of the first colors to disappear ? Or am I thinking wrong. And I do that a lot.

Pete

[paddlebug235]

I mentioned Rosie reds to the 2 biologists on our 4-H sportfishing committee the other day and was informed they are illeagal in Kansas. When we fished with Jerry a couple of years ago that was all we used and had a great day. Wish I could get them here but know they would be an introduced problem in our state waters.