Red Sided minnows

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[#0000FF]Red-sided shiners are not nearly as prevalent as chubs or fathead minnows. Other than Electric Lake the only two other places I know of to catch them are 1. Twin Lakes...above Brighton...in Big Cottonwood Canyon. and 2. Scofield Reservoir. However the population has been greatly reduced by the recent introductions of more aggressive predators. I did catch a few in a cast net a couple of years ago, when throwing in the shallows around the docks.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Strawberry also used to have a lot of red-sides. But with the heavy plantings of cutts and the new slot restrictions the redsides were the first casualty of the Strawberry ecology. Haven't heard of any there for several years.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]My personal experience is that red-sides are best if used fresh dead...in the waters from which they were taken. Because they almost always turn soft when frozen they do not stay on the hook as well and do not seem to be as effective for most fish as chubs.
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[#0000FF]And, although fatheads also work well in the waters in which they abound, they are good when fresh. But like the red-sides they are not as good after being frozen and in waters where they are not a natural food item.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Even carp minnows are often better than either redsides or fatheads.
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