creek chubs

[foods]

does anyone have any tips on catching creek chubs for cat bait? i live very close to minnehaha creek and due to the fact that most of the bait shops within 10 miles have closed or are selling less that perfect bait i figure i should give it a go. also could anyone clue me into if netting them is within the rule of the law?

thanks,
-fho

fishing report for the weekend (7/2-7/5)... 12 hours spent on the minnesota and mississippi, 0 decent fish broght to shore, 1 brewery kept in business, and 1 fantastic weekend anyway.

[little buddy]

Foods, I believe the answer is no. At least not from minnehaha creek, as this is infested water. The law states that minnows taken from infested waters may only be used in the infested water they came from. Find a creek not listed on page 70-71 in the regs. and you can use those. just not a designated trout stream. Good luck

[Lockness]

If you do find a good creek that has chubs, find the deeper holes(under bottom sides of road culverts are ussually good spots) use a small crappie jig tipped with a chunk of crawler. If you catch small minnows pinch there heads off and put them on your jig. This will get you some bigger chubs. Its fun catching 8 to 12 inch chubs on the ultra lite. In a good spot you can ussually catch 15 to 20 in about an hour.

Good luck

[Cooter]

foods - Ive had my best luck catching chubs near bridges, which also makes getting to them easy. A small gold hook with a chunk of worm or crawler will work as will ice fishing jigs tipped with the same. As someone mentioned, trying the deeper holes will probably get you larger sized chubs, if that is what youre after. Best of luck to ya.

[foods]

so then would it be illegal for me to catch them out of minnehaha and then use them for bait in pool 2 of the mississippi being that they are connected directly?

-fho

[Cooter]

foods - I duno as I live in WI, guess you are on your own there. Somebody else probably knows.

[little buddy]

technically, probably, foods. Just get a local warden to say it's fine and you'll be okay.lol Just remember, your seining net must be less than 25 ft. long and less than197 meshes deep w/3/16 bar measure or 148 meshes deep w 1/4 - inch bar measure. wow, remember when we were kids. who gave a rip....26 ft 3/8's , no problem.

[foods]

ok thanks for the advice everyone,
-foods

[WrightCoFisher]

whats a good creek to fish for um??