Minnow Trap Bait

  • adam-bartusek
    New Prague, MN
    Posts: 578
    May 8, 2011 at 11:44 pm #1272169

    What is the best bait to put in a minnow trap? I have always used bread but I know that is elementary. Any suggestions would be appreciated

    herb
    6ft under
    Posts: 3242
    May 9, 2011 at 12:10 am #964323

    Elementary? Sometimes simple is the best.

    sandmannd
    Posts: 928
    May 9, 2011 at 12:10 am #964324

    I’ve heard dog and/or cat food works as well.

    Pete Bauer
    Stillwater, MN
    Posts: 2606
    May 9, 2011 at 12:39 am #964332

    A cheap bag of ‘kibbles n bits’ dog food from Wal-Mart.

    Holds up much better than other dog food I’ve used. Doesn’t fall apart right away when submerged.

    cat dude
    Arlington, MN
    Posts: 1389
    May 9, 2011 at 1:58 am #964341

    Whatever dog food my dog is eating at the time I need some.

    Works well for creek chubs when I am cat fishing.

    woodenfish
    st.croix valley
    Posts: 62
    May 9, 2011 at 2:32 am #964348

    Oyster crackers work well for us.

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    May 9, 2011 at 2:40 am #964351

    Left over pancakes work great when we trap minnows up in the BWCA. Even better if we throw some oatmeal and some extra oil in any left over mix we might have before pulling the griddle off the coals. A couple oily oatmeal cakes is our “secret” bait that never fails.

    HYBES
    SE MN
    Posts: 284
    May 9, 2011 at 11:18 am #964381

    Cheetos if you can spare them.

    Bob Gordon
    Washington,IL
    Posts: 606
    May 9, 2011 at 11:32 am #964384

    Un-salted crackers is real good .

    Czech
    Cottage Grove, MN
    Posts: 1574
    May 9, 2011 at 2:22 pm #964412

    What are you after? For most minnows, the above stuff works good. For bullhead, I’ve found nothing works better early season than ground bloody meat. I use old veni trimmings and grind it up, make balls out of it, then freeze. Each trap gets a ball once a day. Traps just started producing this last weekend in my favorite pond, water temp finally up, 10 days later than last year.

    adam-bartusek
    New Prague, MN
    Posts: 578
    May 9, 2011 at 6:49 pm #964546

    Thanks you guys i appreciate all the feed back!

    Michael Saal
    Merrill, Wi
    Posts: 675
    May 10, 2011 at 2:24 am #964667

    Has anybody tried the collpasable net type minnow traps? I got one to keep in the boat and throw out while I’m fishing and have fresh minnows later in the day. Just wondering if they work I won’t get to try mine out for a few weeks yet.

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