Trapping Minnows through the Ice

[SkunkedAgain]

I guess we have carp and fatheads here and last summer I seen those other minnows that I forget what they were called, but I didn't see any of them this summer... Lots of little blue gill and crappie in the summer when I use the cast net and I'm sure they get foraged plenty as well.. but yes fatheads are probably the main minnows... Funny as a kid we used to catch lots of chubs, but I haven't seen a chub around here since I was in high school... Early 80's.... I wasn't plugged into what the fish and game was doing at that point in life so I don't know if they poisoned them out, or why they disappeared, but something sure changed over the years... Anyway the fatheads are good if you catch and kill them and fish right away, but if you freeze them, they get so soft they aren't much worth using and fall off the hook too easy... Later Jeff