Minnows And Invasive Fish

[Midwest troutbum]

Way back most fishermen who used minnows seined them near where they were going to fish and odds were that if you bought them they were caught locally. That's no longer the case now and it's unfortunate that more effort wasn't put into keeping fish from other continents out.

This is exactly the case. Best solution is to catch your own minnows in the body of water you will be fishing. Unfortunately many people are lazy and wont spend the time anymore or have the knowhow of our past generations. Were're living and today's youth are growing up in a fast food mentality world in which people have little to no patience anymore. Time is money. No time for prep work. Just buy the bait and go. Were all paying for the quick fix.

Second word of advice is kill all purchased bait that is not used. It takes no effort and can protect your fishing resource for future generations. If you know or see someone selling invasives report them even if your remotely suspicious. Afterall there's not enough conservation agents or public resources available to be the watchdog of the entire state or neighboring States 100% of the time. Preach responsibility and good stewardship of our water resources to those that are unaware of what's happening to our world.

[Mitch f]

Mitch is right...I tick him off all the time

Oh Al, you're a piece of cake!!

[Haris122]

Interesting stuff guys. I don't really fish with minnows, and I've stopped fishing with worms for a while as well (I know it's weird but I felt a little sorry for them seeing them squirm around as the hook went through them), but the worm thing has been eye opening as when I did fish with them, I would generally let some go. Should've known better, but figured they're worms, they're everywhere.