Preserving Minnows

Going up to LacSuel in a week and was wondering if anyone has a good method of preserving minnows. Last year it cost us $150 for minnows at the resort. Thought we would try and use dead ones if we could preserve them. Help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

On our way back from Canada we stopped at Gander Mountain in Bemidji and they had preserved minnows pre-packaged. They looked to be good quality and there were quite a few per bag and many different sizes to choose from. Didn’t buy any so not sure on how good they are.

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I’ve bought fathead minnows by the gallon and layered them …layer of minnows cover in salt another…and so on…let them sit in the garage for a couple days..bag a couple dozen per zip lock bad & keep refrigerated….great bait onfly ins!

My boss who is a bait shop owner has a cooler and he drilled a hole in the top of it and put little areators in it and he said he keeps them alive for a week or more in wisconsin when he goes all you have to really do is keep refreshing the water and keep them nice and cool hope it helps i will post more on the specifics of it i went to his house and i saw it there

JBB,
This sounds like what I was looking for. I need to bug you with a couple of questions . What type of salt do you use? I assume non-iodized? I was thinking about trying something like Morton Quick Tender or rock salt? Are they completely dried out when you remove them from the salt? Or do you put the salt in the bags with them? Refridgerate to keep cool or can I freeze them?

Thanks Guy’s
Your help/ideas are appreciated.

use canning salt.the minnows will be moist, the salt will be wet. i put the minnows in fresh salt before i leave and pack them in zip-lock bags. i use them in the bwcaw every year…….tom fellegy