I am not talking rivers, I’m talking tiny shallow little rocky streams you can walk across without getting more than the bottom of your shoes wet. I find deep holes in those where minnows congregate and drop minnow traps.
 

If they die do I have to wait for them to be reborn every spring and then to grow? If so wouldn’t it be like the middle of the summer before I have any decent sized ones? 
 

That’s strange because I distinctly remember pulling some big chunkers out of my minnow traps last summer, I can’t imagine those were only 3-4 months old.

 

If not, where could they have gone? Do they hide, or just have yet to make their way downstream when it rains heavily all spring?

The chubs are just fine. They're just not where you are at the moment.

50 minutes ago, The Bassman said:

The chubs are just fine. They're just not where you are at the moment.

They will be back. 

Chubs cannot die and be reborn.....,,

 

when the water is cold most fish will sit still and not move much or eat

2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Chubs cannot die and be reborn.....,,

 

when the water is cold most fish will sit still and not move much or eat

Yeah I didn’t mean come back to life I thought maybe they only survived the season then died and new ones were born.

43 minutes ago, Ohioguy25 said:

Yeah I didn’t mean come back to life I thought maybe they only survived the season then died and new ones were born.

I was just busting your chops. Creek minnows that respawn would be wonderful, unlimited bait for every body!!

2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

I was just busting your chops. Creek minnows that respawn would be wonderful, unlimited bait for every body!!

Haha gonna start petitioning Elon Musk to fund a minnow cloning project. 

That's one fish I'm clueless about is creek chubs. I know they are good bait but I don't know if they are in oklahoma or not. Let alone which creeks they are in. All ive ever seen/caught in small creeks were sunfish and saw minnows.