Minnow Prices, "Got educated today"

I hate buying minnows since I almost never use more than a few each time out ....I started throwing 5 or so in a bag with some sea salt and freezing them...no fancy procedure and it's been working well enough that I'm not wasting minnows anymore.

Haven't used minnows for lakers or whites for 5 or 6 years. Same goes for spawn for trout. No complaints. Catch just as much maybe more.

thats just absurd! the bait shop at minets point sell a scoop for 5$ and there open at 6 sometimes earlyer

I have been buying my minnows at Casey's for ten years or so and it has always been $5 a scoop and what a scoop. Haven't been there this year but hoping the same. Either way I'm driving 6 hours to get there so $5 isnt going to stop me from one of my favorite things to do.
It's alot cheaper to buy the perch in the store already cleaned

I have a place north of the soo and they charge between 8-10 dollars for medium sized duce minnows per dozen and they count them out. Now that hurts when you miss a bite and they steal your bait. It's almost criminal
I use alot more artificial than ever

I try to stay away from live bait whenever possible, but I always kick myself when the bite is slow (or non existent) on artificials...

Minnows fart so you can add the carbon tax as well:)

If you live in the Toronto area, there's a place I found called All Nation Fishing (around Jane and 400)... they sell Large emerald shiners for $3.99 per dozen; here's the link:

http://allnationfishing.ca/2015/01/

They open at 4:30am on Saturdays and Sundays and 5:30 the rest of the week.

This is definitely the cheapest price I've seen around

-Denis

Wow. This thread is still alive! (Too much freezing rain to even get going this morning so I checked here.) I'm obviously onside with using artificials, as others have been for many years. Yesterday was following on a hunch to try something different and go a bit "old school" -- without this plan, I hope I would have refused and offered them back at that price.
I remember bait shops in the morning being a place you and your buddies (and several other "red-eyed" souls!) would wonder along the tackle walls and B.S. about catches on various lures. Hell, some of us would just have to add a couple more "new weapons" before leaving. Yesterday's "stinger" sure spun my head away from the walls and quickly prompted me to flee the barn. I know I would have looked for something unique, ....or just another backup lure(s). Be safe when back on the ice (+oC temperatures for the next week -- yukk!)

Nobody likes paying for live bait when it appears costly, but it is what it is. there are places that are still reasonable enough, so I try to hit those.

Going back in time tho.

I recall.

gas 45 cents a gallon!

brick 3 bedroom home in Toronto 20. K

First new car 2. k

first new fishing reel 40.00 bucks...Mitchell 308........wtf

smokes 40 cents a pack.

We can whine, In the end you want to go, you pay. all you can do is look for best deal

Minnows are a staple of the bait shop industry, guess we are seeing the price of hydro and short seasons affect the price. I don't mind for decent minnows but my last $7 scoop were dead by the time I got to the lake, the minnow bucket supplied was bought from the bait shop previously. $7 for a dead bucket of minnows makes me lean towards a $5 scoop.

How much was a 17 ft Lund with a 90 HP on it back then?

How much was maintenance back then?

How much for a pickup truck to haul all our gear..

... And we're complaining over 2 dollars?

You got it Mike m

byw, what's a case of beer now?

I put em in a bucket with clean water and an air pump, leave it in the garage, usually last me until the next week even had some last 3 weeks sometimes.

I used to live in scarborough and there were alot of bait shops there for some reason and some of the best value IMO.

Hey Shank
I can remember when the dead sea was only sick LMAO