From $85 · #4 to brooder, 250 to 26 per lb
Golden shiners
The farm’s benchmark species. It hatches a billion of them a year and keeps them in stock twelve months a year, in 1, 2, 4 and 5 lb boxes.
Shiner sizes and boxesThe fish and supplies
Every fish is sold by the pound, and every price starts at a box.
Below is everything Anderson Minnow Farm raises, freezes and stocks, grouped the way the farm sells it. Each line opens its own page with the size tables and the care notes. The farm itself is on the about page.
All fish are graded by width, so length and counts are approximate.
Live bait fish
Which minnow belongs in your bait tank?
From $85 · small, medium, large
Fathead minnows
As forage species go, the farm says there is no substitute for the fathead. It is also excellent live bait.
From $99 · 30, 15 and 9 per lb
Black Salty
Neal Anderson’s patented, farm-raised baitfish for fresh and salt water. If it eats baitfish, the farm says, it will eat a Black Salty.
Pink minnowsFrom $90. Pink fatheads, 167 to the lb, 1 to 2¼ in.
GoldfishFrom $104. Feeder, trotline and pool grades.
Pond stocking
What goes in a pond that needs a food chain?
Forage first, then the fish that eat it. The same farm that raises the minnows ships the bluegill and bass to build a pond around them.
$135
Northern bluegillPermits are required in AZ, CT, FL, ID, NV, NM, SD and WY. Call 501-676-2716 before you order for those states.
$179
Largemouth bassF1 hybrid or northern strain, same starting price.
$199.95
Triploid grass carp, 9 to 11 inNewalla Fish Company fish. Ships Mondays only.
$179.95
Rainbow trout juvenilesAlso Newalla Fish Company fish, for cold water.
All prices are “from” prices for the smallest box. The pond stocking page has the rest.
Frozen, freeze-dried and supplies
Can the bait wait in the freezer?
It can. Frozen fish ship free in 1 lb bags and solid blocks, and the supply shelf covers the chemistry, air and bags a live tank needs.
Blocks from $126 · bags from $164
Frozen solid blocks and 1 lb bags
Blocks come in 8, 20 and 30 lb with no water used in freezing, guaranteed to arrive frozen.
From $108.50
Freeze-dried minnows
Bulk golden shiners, grain and gluten free, USDA APHIS inspected and certified.
Anderson’s freeze-dried pet treats, $9.9970% crude protein, 3% fat, 3% fiber.
- Aquaculture supplies, from $1.99
Better Bait, Finer Shiner, Foam Off, LCR chlorine remover, Tranquil fish calmer, fish bags, air pumps and stones, and a $2.99 dip net.
Ordering
Live fish leave the farm on Mondays and Thursdays.
Orders for a ship day close at 10:00 a.m. Central. The shipping and care page has the holding-tank checklist and the live arrival guarantee. If you would rather talk the size through first, call 1-800-206-4666 (1-800-20-MINNO) between 7 and 4 Central, Monday to Friday.