Thanks for letting me know what kind of minnows would u recken mend. It will be channelcats starting out about 2lbs to 2and a half the fish guy I was talking toabout it was a biology est at asu in pine buff for 1300 I getting 4 25 lbs. Think its about 3.00a pound for them my little ones didnt want to wait a year or so I built it but its really theres and if they really like catching mobys they call them any thing bigger than there arms is huge tothem lol