creek chub/stone rollers/small suckers

[snagged in outlet 3]

1 hour ago, BilletHead said:

            I think you should talk to our buddy JohnsFolly. We know he is the expert on chubs :),

BilletHead

Expert on MICRO chubs

[Johnsfolly]

20 minutes ago, dan hufferd said:

Interesting. I have couple great spots. I have always considered chub as an irritation when smallmouth fishing. Now I need them

May have to barter for these guys. I'll help catch bait for a day on the lake using them  !

[dan hufferd]

1 hour ago, Johnsfolly said:

May have to barter for these guys. I'll help catch bait for a day on the lake using them  !

We will go sometime even if we don't have bait. No deal necessary. I have some really nice spoons.

[Al Agnew]

6 hours ago, dan hufferd said:

Interesting. I have couple great spots. I have always considered chub as an irritation when smallmouth fishing. Now I need them.

Chubs weren't the sought after bait for walleye, stonerollers were.  If you could find a creek with 6 inch stonerollers you were golden.  Chubs and striped shiners were second choice for big minnows.  I once had a creek that had 6-7 inch chubsuckers, and I thought they would be good but I never caught much on them.  The biggest walleye I ever caught bit a 4 inch bleeding shiner.

[dan hufferd]

Funny how they know. I sure am thankful for all this info. After all who else are we going to talk to about this stuff. Our wives ?

[Johnsfolly]

40 minutes ago, Al Agnew said:

If you could find a creek with 6 inch stonerollers you were golden. 

In my experience, you'll need a net or trap to catch a bunch of these guys. They just don't take bait readily. With a good school, should be able to catch a couple dozen bleeding shiners or around Dan's area cardinals or duskystripe shiners as well as striped shiners.

[BilletHead]

9 hours ago, Johnsfolly said:

In my experience, you'll need a net or trap to catch a bunch of these guys. They just don't take bait readily. With a good school, should be able to catch a couple dozen bleeding shiners or around Dan's area cardinals or duskystripe shiners as well as striped shiners.

                  I second this. I seen some of the guys at jig fest set a trap and when it was checked you couldn't of squeezed  another minnow/chub in that trap,

BilletHead

[bfishn]

10 hours ago, Al Agnew said:

Chubs weren't the sought after bait for walleye, stonerollers were.  If you could find a creek with 6 inch stonerollers you were golden.  Chubs and striped shiners were second choice for big minnows.  I once had a creek that had 6-7 inch chubsuckers, and I thought they would be good but I never caught much on them.  The biggest walleye I ever caught bit a 4 inch bleeding shiner.

++ on the stonerollers as best, shiners a close second. My comments were just to Dan's query of "creek chub/stone rollers/small suckers". Even if you don't know the species well, you can easily tell by holding one in your hand, if it feels like something you could easily swallow whole (texture, not size), it'll work, and slicks (stonerollers) fit that bill best. An added benefit is when it's walleye time, the slicks and shiners will also be heavily congregated in prespawn mode, and easy to get a couple dozen in a single toss of a small net. After losing many traps to thieves,  I'll no longer use them.

[bfishn]

10 hours ago, Johnsfolly said:

In my experience, you'll need a net or trap to catch a bunch of these guys. They just don't take bait readily. With a good school, should be able to catch a couple dozen bleeding shiners or around Dan's area cardinals or duskystripe shiners as well as striped shiners.

I understand your love of catching them on a hook, but when the time is right it's kinda like trying to tunnel into a bank vault the night the teller forgot to lock the door. Gotta make hay when the sun shines... :-)