What do you pay for a dozen minnows? What type are you buying?
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What do you pay for a dozen minnows? What type are you buying?
I pay $5.50 for 1/4 pound which is 4-5 dozen "Toughies" or 3-4 dozen Shiners.
Thanks FurFlyn. Anyone know the price of a dozen in there area?
I pay 1.25$ a dozen for fatheads
That sounds like GTO prices. I love getting my minnows from there when I am down in the area. They have the best on price and quality!! I will be back down there in 2 weeks. Hopefully it does not rain for 7 days straight again. That was the last time I was down lol
I just have a 13Q Engle but it keeps 1/4 lb alive for 14 days so far. I fish several times a year in AL when I go visit my dad. Up here I will probably buy them by the dozen as I don't get to fish too often. When I go down there we fish 2-3 times a day for 7-8 days so we buy them 1/4 lb at a time.
I've got the smaller frabill (1.3 gallon) and can hold a lil over 6 dozen before gets crazy crowded to give ya an idea. This has been discussed on this forum several times...maybe look up one of them threads. I feel like were starting to hijack the OP's thread...just a thought.
If I buy minnows at the Joe Pool Lake marina it's $3.00 dozen for small, $3.25 dozen. Don't know of place nearby that sells by the pound.
The 13q holds 1/4lb of minnows nicely. That's about 5-7 dozen. They have plenty of room to move. The net makes changing the water quick and easy too. If you will be moving it from car to boat or using it bank fishing I would recommend the 13qt one. I love it and would buy another one in the future. I got super lucky with mine. I entered a raffle for $11 and won it. Before having it I would not have paid that price by just seeing it online or on the shelf but after having one and using it I would gladly buy one now. So far it's kept most of the 1/4lb of minnows alive for 2 weeks. We lost maybe 10-12 and used a few fishing and my dad has kept them on his porch since 2/16 and said most are still alive. They may be alive when I get back down there next weekend.
I pay $5.50/lb for mediums here locally. 1/2 lb is $4.20 with tax. They also sell them by the dozen for $1.15, but never understood why anyone wouldn’t just buy a 1/2 pound when you figure the cost. Asked one of the girls working one day if people bought them by the dozen and she said “you’d be surprised, more people do than not”. Sure is nice to have a bait farm close.
No problem with how the thread is going. I am sure it is good information. We need to work together and be friends!
Tony
$2.00 doz in Fayetteville. I usually only get to fish 1 day a week so by the dozen works best for me
Around 2.00 plus Tax per dozen at most gas stations around here and their is no such thing as an xtra or 2 like it used to be! No one in my area sales by the pound ! Closes place that does is 35 miles out! :banghead
The reason I am asking as a friend started to sell minnows and thinks $3.50 a dozen for fatheads is a good price. I do not agree. However guys are buying them!
they are pricey now man its a rip off use to my city had about 6 places now it is down to 2 in the city 15 cents per minnow lol and all in 1 size
use to could get 12 for 99 cents or 20a dollar at some places
speaking of minnows why do people freak out of they die crappie still hit my dead minnows just as well when i fish pre spawn
Dead minnows deteriorate pretty fast so if I paid for them, I want them alive until I use them.
I agree dead minnows can work fairly well in cold water. Fish are sluggish and just a very scuttle movement to help catch there eye is all that is needed. However as water temps. warm they become more active and a lively minnow seems to worm much better. I ice fish for them and you can dead stick a dead minnow and do very well. However by mid May I like to use medium fast swimming jigs. Friends fish for largemouths in summer and catch some really nice crappie on crank baits retrieved at a fairly high rate of speed. I do not believe that would work at all right after ice out do to the cold water. Also as above poster stated dead minnows deteriorate fairly rapidly especially in warmer weather and warmer water. We freeze dead minnows and give them to guys who may run out of minnows while fishing. Or if we run out of live minnows we can atleast give them a dozen of frozen ones and not loose a customer.
I was completely wrong on the price I listed per dozen at my local bait shop. They’re $1.15/dz for mediums. I typically just buy a half pound and don’t pay much attention to the dozen price.
I assume everyone has had a chance to respond so thank you very much. This helps the shop owner sell them for a fare price. Also that is a great price for medium minnows DHC. Not sure he is making much or even any profit assuming he pays about the same price per LB. as we pay.
If your buddy is paying retail price for minnows, I'd suggest he shop around some. Surely there are bait farms up that way too. Around here the stores pay $11 per pound for shiners and toughies. The owner of a store told me that and I believe them. I know they lose a lot and I know they gotta make money and I don't begrudge them that at all. I do know that I wouldn't pay $3.50 per dozen more than once though.
The dead minnows also work good at night time.
LittleJohn
In my area bait shops that sell minnows are pretty few and far between and the one I am familiar with charges about 1.85 per dozen for a sm/med size.
Another place to check is if you have a pet store that sells feeder fish. We have one that sells rosie reds for 1.59 dozen and sm/med goldfish for 1.89 dozen.
Seems also that the pet place fish are in better shape and survive longer perhaps because the people there have more experience in keeping fish healthy.
Just another option to look into for bait.
We can only get fatheads. Small are $3/doz and large are $3.50/doz. A "dozen" is 40 or so minnows though. Buy 2 doz and you wont be able to see the bottom of a 5 gal bucket.
16$ lb southern in fat head or shiners
I like to use live bait,minnows a lot of the times will catch fish when jigs or other artaficial baits wont work.But my thinking is changing about learning how to use jigs and such just for this reason that minnows have too high if you give 3.30 for a dozen minnows,for each minnow will cost you if my math is right is about .35 cents apeice.That might not sound like much, but my Social security tells me I cant spend a whole lot on fishing equipment.
This year Im going to learn how to use jigs a lot more so I wont have to buy minnows,then if I get skunked at least the jigs will not rot
in my tackle box till next time I go fishing, I have been watching a lot of youtubes just so I can learn how...Please forgive I hope this did not hijack you posting thanks for bring it up here. Here minnows are about 3.40 a dozen.
Shiners $1.75-$2.25 a dozen at the two bait shops I use in West Tennessee.
Cent Tx coast ther 3-4 bucks a doz and a 40m drive one way for me...Guess its due to Salt Water country
I pay .99 cents a dozen where I buy them but down the road from there they are 1.50 per doz
$15 a pound for shiners or rosies.
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When i worked nights I kept a tank of fathead minnows in the garage. That way i had bait even late when all the places were sold out . They are not hard to keep as long as the water is cool
When I buy them our local bait shop is pretty generous. Depends on if they are small(1-1/2" to 2") or big(2-1/2) crappie minnows.
1 dozen($1.87) they give me about 3 doz if small and 2 doz if big.
2 dozen($3.74) I get 4-6 doz if small and about 4 if big.