Scott and Critterhunter: I have two booklets on culture of bait fishes. One is from Colorado State University (Steve Flickinger), and covers pond culture of fathead minnows and golden shiners. The other is entitled "Manual for Bait Fish Culture in the South," and is a joint publication of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service (J. Giudice, D. Gray, and J. Martin). Both are about 40 pages long. Scott- neither publication says much about cage culture. The "southern" booklet does say that golden shiners are more difficult to handle and transport than other bait species because this shiner has large, easily shed scales. Loss of scales can be a "portal of entry" for disease problems, of course.
Anyway, if either of you are still interested, send me an e-mail with your mailing address, and I can make a photocopy of a booklet for you. Let me know which one you prefer. They both have tons of factual information.
Dave
