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Post by ScoutB on Apr 5, 2013 20:21:02 GMT -5
A few years ago I bought one of those black steel mesh minnow traps. I've tried it a couple of times on a couple of lakes using dry cat food for bait but I've had no luck at all. I'd like to trap some minnows in my lake from the end of my dock. What should I try for bait this time? Anybody had any luck?
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Post by jodeew1004 on Apr 6, 2013 17:11:00 GMT -5
I've tried before to with no luck but I didn't try very hard!!!  |
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Post by cp on Apr 6, 2013 19:13:08 GMT -5
You need one of the glass jar traps and I recomend ritz crackers for bait or dog food.
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Post by ScoutB on Apr 6, 2013 19:20:49 GMT -5
Got it soaking right now with bread balls and hot dog chunks. If hot dogs are good bait for walleyes, why not minnows?
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Post by cp on Apr 6, 2013 19:45:50 GMT -5
You suck!
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Post by ScoutB on Apr 6, 2013 22:27:02 GMT -5
Do not.
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Post by cp on Apr 7, 2013 9:35:54 GMT -5
Car battery, jumper cables, 2 pieces of re-bar.
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Post by OJ (Original Junkie). on Apr 7, 2013 18:44:05 GMT -5
Sliced up potatoes. you should throw a crayfish trap out off the dock too, good eating and always available, i miss doing that at the cabin.
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Post by ScoutB on Apr 7, 2013 21:34:28 GMT -5
I never thought about a crayfish trap. I've seen them on Swamp People - they look homemade. Can you buy them?
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Post by OJ (Original Junkie). on Apr 8, 2013 19:15:11 GMT -5
Yeah, you can easily make them or buy them. Just google it and you will find plenty. mmmmmm mudbugs.
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Post by ScoutB on Apr 8, 2013 20:12:35 GMT -5
For the record, hot dog chunks don't seem to work. I'll save the rest of the package for trolling for walleye.  |
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Post by OJ (Original Junkie). on Apr 9, 2013 19:47:41 GMT -5
I would too. You do have to grill them first. |
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Post by ScoutB on Apr 9, 2013 21:33:46 GMT -5
Ohhhhhhhh. That's what I'm doing wrong.
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Post by Fobbitcrusher on Apr 10, 2013 20:12:53 GMT -5
I catch all my minnows with an umbrella net.
Minnows are all over the boat launches in the river, because kids like to feed the ducks there.
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Post by SPLASH on Apr 13, 2013 12:06:14 GMT -5
I have a throw net I ordered from Cabella's way before there was a Cabella's in Michigan lol. It works great once you learn how to throw it, but the holes in the netting is too big for our minnows, works gret on frogs though......
As a kid, my Dad's friend who lives on a lake had a sein (sp?) net. One guy on each side holding the wooden poles and walk towards shore. That thing was GREAT! We had traps and it seemed like the turtles just tore them up.
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