minnow traps

[buckaroo]

Help! I put two minnow traps in a creek that does have minnow's, I put bread in them and caught one minnow and one crawdad. What am I doing wrong? I used the vinyl covered wire traps.

 

[rebs1]

I do the same except I use a honey bun. Always had good luck.

 

[lung-buster]

If the hole is a smooth circle ide cut the ring and bend the wires in some making it harder for them to escape or dont leave it out long.

 

[stik]

it's all in placement. make sure the holes are facing the current. eddies behind rocks are good as are undercut banks near current. just where a run goes into a deeper hole is good. sometimes the deeper holes are good but i have better results in faster,shallower water.

 

[TNLynn]

I have one coated trap and i can't catch anything in it. My old wire traps do all the catching.

 

[buckaroo]

That's kinda funny, what's the difference in them, I cut the smooth ring out of them, I'm goin to try again next time I fish.

 

[CATCHDAWG]

I have one coated trap and i can't catch anything in it. My old wire traps do all the catching.

I have one coated trap and i can't catch anything in it. My old wire traps do all the catching.

X2! Im pretty sure you can still buy them from Bass Pro.

 

[pledbetter]

I prefer a seine myself

 

[Hollar Hunter]

Also when you use bread take a couple of pieces and squeeze them as hard as you can into a hard compact ball of bread it will turn into a dough ball and last 10x as long as just a loose piece of bread.