Where Do Minnows Live?
“It’s a beautiful sunny day, and a lot of people who live in Florida where I live are going to be off fishing. I’m Janice Creneti. I’ve been teaching animal science and environmental science for about twenty years, and I’m here to answer the question “Where do minnows live?” Minnows are a very common bait fish. A lot of people use the term minnow to apply to just about anything they use for bait. And minnow species are very numerous, but there are some specific things that you’re going to look for if you’re actually going to know that you’re looking at a minnow. Minnow bodies tend to be kind of round, a little bit chunky. Minnows tend to live in areas where there’s a little bit more cover. Their bodies are built more for hiding than they are built for speed. They don’t have that forked tail like you’d see on a tuna fish, something that lives in the open ocean. Minnows are an incredibly diverse species of fish. There’s over 1,600 in North America alone. Minnows are also found in Europe,
