salted minnow not freezing, stay limpy

[Charly]

I been reading allot about salted dead minnows work as good as live. I'm not having allot of luck keeping them alive between fish trips. I got a 30 gal tub setup in the basement with filter and aireator. I think the reason is the water is too warm, stays about 70.

Anyway I have started salting the dead ones and when put in the freezer they stay limber, nothing freezes on them. Articles I've read they say their salted minnows freeze, am I getting them to salty to freeze.

I soak them 1 hour in a brine, keeping the brine cool. Then I dry them on paper towel for 1-2 hrs then put them in a tub of canning salt. They're in the tub for 2-3 hrs then I take them out and rinse the salt off in the brine. Then I dry them for 1 hr on paper towel, put in a bag then freezer. They don't freeze.

[river scum]

bring some to ft wayne and try them! lol interesting charly.

[Charly]

doubt I will make it to FW, so you've never tried them, me neither. Will tomorrow when I go fishin, salted dead on one pole and live on another.

The reason I started salting dead minnows was I found a post on dead minnows this week, https://www.crappie.com/crappie/main...innow-fishing/. After reading it I started researching dead minnows and found info on its better to salt dead minnows. The reason most said they salted is because plain dead frozen minnows will fall apart. So I tried it but as I said, mine are not freezing and made this thread to find out why.

[river scum]

no I never tried any dead bait accept the ones in the bucket. or fresh cut for flatheads.

FW isn't that far from ya. we got some huge crappie over here compared to miss n sally. if you ever want to come try our water drop me a line and came jump in my boat charly.

the only reason I would think they wont freeze it temp or salt level in minnows.