I have a few different spots I place minnow traps but only one of them seems to produce large creek chubs, which seem to be the biggest minnows I can find in creeks and the best smallmouth bait. I have now depleted it lol and I’m on the hunt for a new good spot. That one was a little hole in a shallow rocky creek/stream (not a river.) Are those the best spots for big chubs or should any creek have them? I found another very similar hole about 200 feet downstream from that one but I just checked it and only bass minnows ?

When im trout fishing i find creek chubs in the muddier muck bottom portions of streams where the water moves slower, vs the trout in faster moving rockier areas. Not sure if that translates to creeks with smallmouth.

Just now, Vilas15 said:

When im trout fishing i find creek chubs in the muddier muck bottom portions of streams where the water moves slower, vs the trout in faster moving rockier areas. Not sure if that translates to creeks with smallmouth.

I’m looking for chubs in very shallow rocky creeks that only contain minnows, not the rivers I fish for smallmouth in. 

2 hours ago, Ohioguy25 said:

I’m looking for chubs in very shallow rocky creeks that only contain minnows, not the rivers I fish for smallmouth in. 

Oh. Well I'm not much help, if I want minnows I stop at the bait shop and pick which kind I want.