rosey minnows

[Crossin' Eyes]

Can you be more specific? Are you talking about Rainbows?

[shadrapla]

no it is not rainbow it is rosey minnows (red or orange minnow) that i bought it at lake of the woods and it work great at mille lacs lake

[Insp Gadget]

Holiday at 169 and 27 near onamia had them a few weeks ago. they have been dyed orange-red like a gold fish.

[upnorthbum]

Shad you can get the red or orange minnows at tutts bait in Garrison.

[City_Slicker]

Petsmart and Petco carry them. In the fish hobby world they are used to feed to other fish.

[Cyberfish]

Vados bait sells em, they are not dyed, but just a gold colored fathead, they lack black pigment on their skin, but they are not a true albino either, they still have black pupils. I have yet to determine if they work better than normal fatheads.

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[The Yeti]

I would think that these are more of a gimmick than effective technique? Is this minnow catching fish or the fisherman? Simply because of the fact that an orange minnow is not a natural element of most lakes in this state. Anyone have thoughts on this?

[Cyberfish]

I think that might be the case, actually it is a natural color , not man made, it is just that those in the wild don't live long because they are easy to see for predators. Since we already use glow or flash to get the fish's attention, I don't know if the color of the minnow matters...

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[shadrapla]

where i can buy minnows i cant find it around here to mille lacs

[bturck]

The bait shops that I've gone to refer to them as Rosy Reds. They are a true Fathead and are produced this way naturally as Cyber said without the dark pigmentation. I use them last year on Lake Alexander, and did catch some fish on them. But I honestly can say they did not outfish the standard fathead. Bill

[Northlander]

We have used them on LOW and like any other debate some days they work and others they dont. Never did any better on them than on shiners or chubs.

[Adam Adler]

I've had some positive outings with rosey reds, but not enough to go out of my way looking for them. In a tough bite it is good to experiment with different presentations to get them to go. At times the cadence you jig with has as much of an impact as the minnow you have on the end of your line.

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[shadrapla]

thank you for fast reply back i will check it out and i use rosey for pumbo perch it did really good we use it at big winnie lake last year and my friend and i fishing and catch alot of perch and 5 guys right next to us and they did catch but not much as us i haev not try it for walleye so why not try it

[Finlander]

Used the rosey reds last weekend on LOW and the rosey reds definetly outproduced the other minnows for sure!
I caught and released a 26" walleye that was suspended at 15' in 28' of water on a rosey red with a glow/rainbow colored forage minnow.