| It is very important to understand a few simple | | | | fish they sell many times they list their baits as |
| pointers when you go to purchase your crappie | | | | they are called by the local fisherman in the area. |
| minnow bait fish at your local bait shop or at any | | | | For example they may be selling rosy red |
| bait shop. Many times we do not have time to | | | | minnows but they advertise them as tuffies |
| catch our own bait fish for our fishing trips so we | | | | which in truth they are not. Rosy red minnows |
| go to our local bait shop to purchase some. In | | | | are actually a type of commercially raised fathead |
| most case this works out just fine. Unfortunately | | | | minnow used for crappie fishing that is sold |
| there are so many bait fish that make great live | | | | throughout the United States and Canada to bait |
| fishing bait presentations that you cannot | | | | dealers. My point here is you need to be able to |
| purchase in at at bait dealer, but for the basic bait | | | | identify what type of bait fish you are wishing to |
| fish types or worms bait shops work fine. | | | | purchase. It does make a difference depending on |
| One thing you may not know, bait shops do not | | | | what type of gamefish you are targeting. |
| adhere to any set standards on naming the bait | | | | |