Minnow trap: So I bought a minnow trap, the one shaped like a cylinder with a funnel with a 1 inch hole on both sides. Put in a can of smelly cat food and put it in about 1 1/2 foot of...

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Sep 1, 2021 14:14:29 #

Ibe Loc: Near Hilton Head SC

So I bought a minnow trap, the one shaped like a cylinder with a funnel with a 1 inch hole on both sides. Put in a can of smelly cat food and put it in about 1 1/2 foot of water. Right next to a school of mud minnows. Come back 15 minutes later and nothing. Should I have smeared some of the cat food around the opening?

Sep 1, 2021 14:45:14 #

fordman06 Loc: Clarksville,Tenn.

back in the 60's my daddy always used white bread, and it worked.

Sep 1, 2021 15:05:49 #

CamT Loc: La Porte, Texas

Bread, but that was for fresh water minnows
I dont know what mud minnows eat

Sep 1, 2021 15:06:47 #

charlykilo Loc: Garden Valley Ca

Ibe wrote:

Could you see the trap? Were the minnows hovering around it? If not change bait;

Sep 1, 2021 15:07:02 #

woodguru Loc: El Dorado Ca

CamT wrote:

Bread, but that was for fresh water minnows
I dont know what mud minnows eat

Apparently not cat food

Sep 1, 2021 15:22:11 #

charlykilo Loc: Garden Valley Ca

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTKHeJHZMU0

Might help

Sep 1, 2021 15:50:00 #

Slimshady Loc: Central Pennsylvania

We always used white bread also but have had success with dry dog food. It dissolves in the water and attracts minnows

Sep 1, 2021 16:08:41 #

CamT Loc: La Porte, Texas

woodguru wrote:

Apparently not cat food

Lol

Sep 1, 2021 17:01:27 #

Ibe Loc: Near Hilton Head SC

Thanks. Guess I could throw some bread in as well.

Sep 1, 2021 17:03:16 #

Catfish hunter Loc: Riggins idaho (Paradise)

Put Cheerios in it. Works for me.

Sep 1, 2021 17:05:54 #

Ibe Loc: Near Hilton Head SC

Thanks for the replies

Sep 1, 2021 21:51:54 #

Whitey Loc: Southeast ohio

Ibe wrote:

Thanks for the replies

Peanut butter sandwich folded in half then tear that in half to get two pieces. piece of rope to it throw it out leave it for a day

Sep 2, 2021 14:04:29 #

USAF Major Loc: Sea Bright, NJ

A piece of bunker is what the commercial trappers use. Incoming tide near sedges works well in NJ.

Sep 3, 2021 18:08:02 #

qmshiggins

Any type of cheap, throwaway meat. If you can find it, pork fat works great. I used to get it free at Publix, but they stopped giving it out because somebody got sick from eating it?!

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