Minnows are most effective as live bait, so they are best kept alive in a livewell or bait bucket, although some species, such as catfish, will still eat them dead. One of the most common -- and ...
Actually, the minnow fishing improves as the water gets colder. In fact, many of the local fishing guides use jumbo minnows during the winter months. The minnow can be rigged several ways.
Bucksaw Marina reports: crappies fair to good on jigs, minnows along spawning banks; bass poor to fair flipping jigs, plastics in back of creeks; catfish poor. Below the dam: Cody’s Bait and ...
Bucksaw Marina reports: crappies fair to good on jigs, minnows out from spawning banks; bass fair to good on jigs flipped to shallow cover; catfish good on fresh cut shad on juglines in mouths of ...
Crappie are slow with some decent size fish suspended in 16-20 feet of water with minnows. Catfish are fair in 10-16 feet of water stink bait, liver and nightcrawlers. Bream are fair on red worms ...