CONTENTS 



Page 



Foreword i 



Introduction 1 



Propagation of bait species 2 



The minnow pond 3 



Selection of species 24 



Operation of the minnow pond 25 



Special considerations in the propagation 



of suckers 41 



Disease and parasite control 53 



Control of predation 60 



Handling of minnows and operation of holding tanks 63 



Causes of loss 63 



Reduction of loss ^ 64 



Source of materials and equipment 76 



Earthworms, crayfish, and crickets 76 



Earthworms 76 



Crayfish 78 



Crickets 79 



Leeches and insect larvae 80 



Leeches 80 



May fly nymph or vfigglers 81 



Hellgramirfites 82 



Caddis fly larvae 83 



European corn borer 84 



Catalpa worm 84 



White grubs 85 



Goldenrod gall worms 86 



Wood borers 86 



Life histories of important bait fishes 86 



Northern creek chub 91 



Northern pearl dace 92 



Horny-headed chub 93 



River chub 94 



Western black-nosed dace 95 



Pine-scaled dace -■ 96 



Northern red-bellied dace 96 



Southern red-bellied dace 98 



Western golden shiner 98 



Lake emerald shiner 100 



Northern common shiner 101 



Spotfin shiner 102 



Brassy minnow 103 



Pat-headed minnow 103 



Blunt-nosed minnow 105 



Central stone-roller 106 



Common sucker 107 



Northern black bullhead 109 



Stone catfish 110 



Western mud minnow ' 110 



Bibliography 112 



