05-23-2009, 08:50 PM
If you go fishing almost anywhere in the United States - especially anywhere east of the Rocky Mountains - and you use golden shiners, they probably came from Arkansas, and the chances are pretty likely they came from I.F. Anderson fish farms.
Arkansas is the No. 1 producer of farm-raised baitfish, accounting for more than half of all cultured baitfish sold in the United States.
I can't help you out on live bait fishing for Bass because I just never have done it. I have always used artificial lures for Bass.
But some people use live bait for bass here and mostly it is minnows, shiners and golden shiners trolled in rivers behind boats. Live bait is primarily used for Striped Bass here and not for smallmouth or Largemouth Bass.
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Arkansas is the No. 1 producer of farm-raised baitfish, accounting for more than half of all cultured baitfish sold in the United States.
I can't help you out on live bait fishing for Bass because I just never have done it. I have always used artificial lures for Bass.
But some people use live bait for bass here and mostly it is minnows, shiners and golden shiners trolled in rivers behind boats. Live bait is primarily used for Striped Bass here and not for smallmouth or Largemouth Bass.
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