Originally Posted by
Moose1am
Back when I was just a kid and just starting to fish for crappie that was all they sold at the bait stores around Cypress Bay on KY lake. We used Gold fish minnow all the time back in the last 1950's and early 1960's. They were good bait and we caught a lot of nice crappie with them.
Todays Rosy Red would be a better choice as I bet that gold fish are more expensive these days than they were back in the old days. But then I really don't know what the cost of gold fish is these days. I have not bought any of those gold fish recently.
I can get Rosey Reds in the spring time from the Evansville Worm Ranch Bait Shop which is located out on Old Boonville Hyw on the NE side of Evansville, IN.
The Worm Ranch get's their Rosy Reds and other minnows from Arkansas.
But I do know that Crappie can be caught with small gold fish.
These days they may not want gold fish introduce into the lakes. I am thinking that gold fish are a form of young carp. I could be wrong about this though as that is just something I was told a long time ago and it may just be a rumor and not scientific fact.
It seems like I've heard they were illegal to use too. But that was a long ime ago.
Fair Winds and Following Seas
Bill H. PTC USN Ret
Chesapeake, Va