Maybe with right conditions. They do need flowing water and gravel bed to spawn. A large bait producer out of Wisconsin say's they have methods underway for farm production, but currently their creek chubs are wild caught.
Nice thing about the creek chub is they are very hardy on a hook in all seasons. That is, if you can get them locally.
Back in the day, you could go to the bait shop to get a dozen minnows and walk out with 4-6 dozen. They were all wild caught and mixed, so you might get a lot of different species in one trip. They were fun to try identify, which I did get quite a few. Even had one that was on the threatened species list at the time.
