BAM Bait Blog

PM Sent....

We waited in Petaluma till almost noon for minnows at the csba earlier this year. Late delivery and they had to come down off thier minnow shipping drugs for an hour, the wait was pure agony.

I'm buying in Petaluma on Friday and I hope they have some Jumbos before noon. So I can be Driving north by noon.

I called around the east bay today from Hayward.
Mikes bait (not sure of the name) said that they have jumbo minnows but they are not as big as normal.

1805 14th Ave. (I don't think its 14th st.)
Oakland
(510) 532- 8505

Hello folks, I am getting my minnows in Napa Friday morning. His large
minnows he claims are 31/2 long. How big are the jumbos I hear you
guys talked about? And where is the bait shop in Petaluma located?
Thanks for the help fellas.

Jedmo

Got my minnows this morning from CB&T!  They definitely had jumbos!  These were about 3in - 3.5in length.  One surfaced belly up after dropping in the bucket, so he tossed in two more to make up for it.  Feed the floater to my cats

Unfortunately I couldn't find a better aerator (Mel's was out of them) so I fixed my old one by finding the leak in the plunger thingie and patched it with some super glue and a small piece of electrical tape. That and the other one I bought, I guess ill run two of them until my patch fails.

The jumbo's are $10/dozen.  They have 60 right now and will have more arrive tomorrow.  In case someone don't know the location, below is the address & phone:

Petaluma Sport Shop & Dive
(707) 763-0930
884 Bodega Ave
Petaluma, CA 94952

Sailfish

hey y'all    this is my bait transporter-I figured I spent about $70 bones so far, ($50 for the pump) but some parts I had on hand.
Start by getting 3 beers out of the fridge. good beers none of that crappy beer please!, Get a couple car cig lighter extensions Radio shack, some bullet connectors (osh), wire ties, shrink wrap, transformer (1 amp), 9 volt battery connector, fuse holder/2 amp fuse. velcro, a rivet and some black tape, twisty lock cable ties and a 5 gal osh bucket! I will write more detailed instructions at a later date.. and post to the gear up page but for now here it is...What is nice about mine is no only did I make it, but it will work on the car 12 volt, the battery pack 6 volt or the wall plug (with transformer, not shown) and  I can move it to my empty cooler afterwards to take home my winning fish(es)  

Hey Al If you don't see this tonight I'll let you know tomorrow when I get to the lake.  West Marine (In Santa Cruz store) has a smaller version of an aerator like what I got. and half the price!  $24.95.