Catching Minnows

[hunt4crappie]

The ponds by my house are full of minnows, so instead of buying minnows I decided I would just get a minnow trap and catch my own. What is a good bait to use in the minnow trap? I have heard things like a potatoe, or an onion. Somebody please help.

[grubby]

old bread in the sack and punch holes in it.

[hopsing the crappie king]

dog food,works every time.hopsing

[Downwind]

Be carefull when trapping minnows. Put my basket out in a pond and when I went back it was full of a very large and stuffed snake. Dead thank godness. He had eaten so many minnows he was too big to get back out.

[paleocaver]

I've put trap after trap out but never got more than a few. So I bought a 1/4" mesh cast net last year and never have trouble catching enough bait. Bread, dog food, potted meat, just about anything for bait.

[Rowdy]

I slice of white bread in each trap leave it over night but check it early the next morning

Rowdy

[Bushrod]

....dry dog food/bread/crackers/etc. will work, but in my experience the bait will sink to the bottom/sides of the basket and the minnows will eat the bait from outside the basket, rather than swim inside...so...here's what I did: place crushed dry dog food in a small net mesh bag suspended from the center of the upper portion of the trap-may have to use a small weight on the bottom of the bag to make sure it's suspended halfway down in the trap......they gotta go in to get to the bait....hope this helps...

Bushrod:-)

[deathb4disco]

My dad always used a slice or two of white bread -- worked every time.