So I went down to the river to catch minnows. I got 55 in an hour using hook and bobber. My minnow trap 15 feet away got zip, the little buggers got all my bread eating it through the mesh, but I had zero in the trap. Any ideas?
__________________
“One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce, and canonized those who complain.”
I would wrap your bait (bread, dog food) in a window screen like material and place it inside the trap.
__________________
From Wikipedia
"No safe threshold for lead exposure has been discovered—that is, there is no known amount of lead that is too small to cause the body harm."
I like those comments on the trap
Very appropriate before the election...Vote for Trudeau...
__________________
From Wikipedia
"No safe threshold for lead exposure has been discovered—that is, there is no known amount of lead that is too small to cause the body harm."
For baits use old panty hose pieces for a mesh bag. Tied closed with dental floss.
__________________
___________________________________________
This country was started by voyagers whose young lives were swept away by the currents of the rivers for ten cents a day... just for the vanity of the European's beaver hats. ~ Red Bullets
___________________________________________
It is when you walk alone in nature that you discover your strengths and weaknesses. ~ Red Bullets
I use pantyhose with hamburger in it. I just tie it back on itself and keep it positioned in the trap so they can’t get it from the outside. Ground meat will get you minnows and leaches.
There's a dip net I bought from cabelas I believe that I use sometimes. Works very good about 5 foot square, strings come off the corners up to a pole just lay it on the bottom or suspend it and the minnows swim.over it you just scoop em up. Works good in murky water too I just stir up the bottom where the minnows are and lay it out there and give it a quick pull straight up.and you get all.you need. If you can see them just stand still and back aways and same thing quick deliberate upward motion and you gottem. The outside edges have wire sew into them about number nine in thickness that keeps the net square. I never had much luck trappin them either. Seems people like to steal my stuff too. Minnow traps no exception.
Need a better minnow trap
Linear Mode
