Quote Originally Posted by HOGMONSTER View Post
FishNnut,
My dad used to have a minnow trap and a seine that he would use to get minnows out of a creek that connected to the white river. Mostly we would have chub minnows, but we would have other minnows as well and I am sure even some shad on occassion. Now I was only 5 or 6 years old, but I know for a fact that when we were done fishing he would dump our minnow bucket back into whatever pond or lake we were fishing. It was not done maliciosly, but it was done because that is what EVERYONE did at the time. Now think of all the people who fish with minnows and think about what happens when they are done fishing. Most people, even today, dump their buckets back into the lake. Very few actually put them in the trash. Now lets think about the fact that just a few gizzard shad can become millions in just a few years. What are the odds.... I would say pretty good.


Have a great day!
Did we not all grow up like this? I did not know the consequences until about 6 years ago. I can't think of one person in my life (all avid fishermen) that did not used to dump their minnow buckets back into the water to give the fish extra food.