A Hello And Some Information

[Quillback]

Good to see you back rps, you must have got that flu bug that was going around.

Little Sugar creek, upstream of lake Bella Vista is stuffed with minnows, couple of guys with a seine could probaby get some good wallie bait. I'd recommend wearing waders instead of jeans, LOL.

[rangerman]

I like fatheads ALOT...They are fairly easy to raise as long as you got a small pond somewhere. I had a well stocked stock pond that was teaming with them. The drought the past couple of years killed alot of them off due to the low oxygen levels. The best place down there to buy them is the general store in Galena. The size range was very good however, I havent had to purchase any there in a LONG time so I dont know if they still carry them, but I imagine they do.

I have been seining creek shiners (bleeding shiners). They are hardy for being of the shiner variety and work great on either a jig or bottom bouncer.

I have cages built that I put them in after catching them. Keep them well oxygenated and they will live fine. I use a Frabill Bait Station Bucket. Put a small amount of shad keeper in the bucket to keep the ammonia down and calm them a bit. The only enemy is warm water. Once the water warms to a certain point they become a nightmare to keep alive unless you change the water a bunch.