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Minnow trap bait

Started by Guest_DooSPX_* , Jul 11 2008 03:21 PM

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#1 Guest_DooSPX_*

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Posted 11 July 2008 - 03:21 PM

What is the best bait for a minnow trap

#2 Guest_Newt_*

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Posted 11 July 2008 - 03:30 PM

Crumbled bread or styrofoam will work, if you're after minnows. Honestly you don't really need bait in most situations; you'll get plenty of fish (and tadpoles, and insects, and crustaceans, and sometimes snakes) just wandering in.

#3 Guest_dafrimpster_*

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Posted 11 July 2008 - 03:34 PM

I have tried several things. Shrimp,hotdogs, bacon, etc. Nothing worked any better for me than bread and/or lil chunjs of white styro foam

#4 Guest_jblaylock_*

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Posted 12 July 2008 - 11:10 PM

I've seen success with many things. Usually I take a piece of bread, tear some off, and roll it into a tight ball. I've had success with hotdogs and other lunch meats. My sister's house is right next to a creek, when they cook out, they throw scraps into the creek and the chubs go crazy on almost anything; corn cobs, watermelon hull, etc...

#5 Guest_redfinpickerel_*

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Posted 03 August 2008 - 12:38 PM

i dont use bait anymore because i get the same amount of fish either way.

#6 Guest_bart_*

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Posted 15 November 2008 - 09:08 PM

Use whole raw shrimp if you want sunfish. I got green, pumpkinseed and bluegill all in the same trap last time I used it.

#7 Guest_sandtiger_*

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Posted 15 November 2008 - 10:11 PM

I always got good results from dry dog or cat food.

#8 Guest_travishaas_*

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Posted 15 November 2008 - 10:11 PM

Some people recommend using turkey and chicken necks. I think I've heard of people using bar soap, but I've never tried it and don't really see why it would be a good idea.

Travis

#9 Guest_ashtonmj_*

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Posted 15 November 2008 - 10:55 PM

I've seen frozen tator tots fill up a trap full of creek chubs, dace, and minnows in under 30 minutes. Chicken necks would also probably attract alot of crayfish, but they are dirt cheap and last a long time.

#10 Guest_Radioguy_*

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Posted 16 November 2008 - 11:51 AM

I can add my support for the use of dog food..... the dry biscuit type. Just 3 or 4 biscuits in the cage works well.

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Lee

#11 Guest_truf_*

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Posted 16 November 2008 - 12:20 PM

I always got good results from dry dog or cat food.

Some kind of dog jerky? :tongue:

I rarely even use a trap anymore. It's just not interactive enough, because I love the thrill of the hunt! When I do use a trap I've tried all of the following for bait (plus some): a sardine can with holes punched in it, dry fish food in a nylon bag, dog treats, beef liver, and different kinds of bread. Bread appears to beat out all the others. Also, it seems fish prefer expensive multi-grain bread above plain white bread, or bagels, or flour tortillas. I'll have to try some of the other suggestions listed here.
Just my three cents.
-Thom

Edited by truf, 16 November 2008 - 12:21 PM.

#12 Guest_sandtiger_*

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Posted 16 November 2008 - 12:50 PM

I seldom use my trap either but when collecting it never hurts to toss it in, sometimes its the only way I ever catch anything. I never get much species diversity though.

#13 Guest_camber1981_*

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Posted 16 November 2008 - 04:51 PM

I noticed no one mentioned cheese.... [-X

Awesome stuff.... I've used it as bait for sunfish, catfish, minnows, crayfish..... oh, and those stupid carp, too. It seems just about anything will eat a ball of Velveeta. You could also try making cookie dough without sugar, I've heard of people using that before. Same principal as bread, but it lasts longer.

#14 Guest_fundulus_*

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Posted 16 November 2008 - 06:03 PM

Another minnow trap fave is a small can of cat food, just slightly opened or punctured. It's especially killer for attracting eels if you're in a coastal creek.

#15 Guest_adirondackpond_*

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Posted 17 December 2008 - 01:19 PM

I've had the best luck in my pond using Beef liver.

#16 Guest_nativeplanter_*

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Posted 17 December 2008 - 01:41 PM

I've had the best luck in my pond using Beef liver.

Raw or cooked?

#17 Guest_Ouassous_*

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Posted 17 December 2008 - 05:46 PM

In Puerto Rico, I baited traps with both dry catfood and punctured tins of moist catfood to catch long-armed prawns (Macrobrachium spp.), filter-feeding Atyid shrimp (Atya spp. and Micratya sp.), and carrot-nose shrimp (Xiphocaris elongata). Incidental catch included Puerto Rican river crabs (Epilobocera sinuatifrons), American eels (Anguilla rostrata), and big-mouthed sleepers (Gobiomorus dormitor). Crushed snails and fruit were pretty ineffective (banana chunks landed me only a single slider turtle), but I apparently would have had better luck had I singed my coconut strips instead of using them raw.

In San Marcos, Texas, soft plugs of store-bought catfish bait (chicken blood & crayfish or shrimp scent) gave me satisfactory results with crayfish, cichlids, and sunfish ... but nothing phenomenal.

Edited by Ouassous, 17 December 2008 - 05:51 PM.

#18 Guest_farmertodd_*

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Posted 18 December 2008 - 03:30 PM

The best bait I've ever used is salami. I don't know why or what it is that attracts them, but they just come running. Sunfish, minnows, darters, everyone.

Todd

#19 Guest_CatfishHunter_*

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Posted 03 August 2009 - 03:29 PM

I use bread for minnows, hot-dogs or chicken nuggets for the crayfish. Both really seem to like Combo's, i throw some crushed and some whole in the trap. It is super easy and not time consuming. I usually get 20+ minnows per (and sometimes as little as an hr's time) I usually return the small and or ugly ones and keep 5 per person (3-4inch chubs are great). If you are threading the minnows you will use a lot less since they slide up the line a lot when you catch a fish and after they've been chewed on the head works great to catch nice bass and cats.