Currently up to 10 LMB caught, all in the 6-8" range. Thanks for the heads up on Walmart Pat, they are $3.50 for 18 nightcrawlers. I thought about shiners but I am worried about using a bait fish that I have no intention of stocking. I stocked LCS a few months ago (hopefully still alive) and all I can buy here is golden shiners. Starting to cross off hitchhikers as a possibility, I am still leaning towards upstream source. Anybody have thoughts/experience on using straw bales across the inflow ditch to filter small fish from upstream?
for golden shiner as bait, clip the tail agressivly before baiting or put the hook deeper than ussual. Then any escapey should not last long. It would be diffacult for a dozen mortal wounded shiners to start a population but still slightly posible. Catch some of your young res and use them! Hehe, ya you'd probably use the shiners....
