Minnow traps: Looking to buy a minnow trap. Standard silver? Foldable would take less room in vehicle but do they work as well. Looking for opinions ,experience. Thanks !! tight lines...

waterdogshale Loc: Portage county Ohio

Looking to buy a minnow trap. Standard silver? Foldable would take less room in vehicle but do they work as well. Looking for opinions ,experience. Thanks !! tight lines to all.

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

waterdogshale wrote:

Looking to buy a minnow trap. Standard silver? Foldable would take less room in vehicle but do they work as well. Looking for opinions ,experience. Thanks !! tight lines to all.

The regular one that breaks in two and just clips together work great and don't really take up that much room when you take them apart and stack them together.

Grizzly 17 Loc: South central Pa

saw1 wrote:

The regular one that breaks in two and just clips together work great and don't really take up that much room when you take them apart and stack them together.

I have oneof those Saw. It does work good. 👍

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

Grizzly 17 wrote:

I have oneof those Saw. It does work good. 👍

Yeah, they do. They trap crawdads really good too.

Mark V Loc: Colorado,now RV full time we winter in MesaAZ

saw1 wrote:

Yeah, they do. They trap crawdads really good too.

I also have one. The couple times I have used it I caught nothing. I have tried a can of cat food and also some bread in a mesh bag,and ( yes I did punch holes in the cat food can) just in case anyone was going to "offer" that suggestion.
What is the better options for bait.

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

Mark V wrote:

I also have one. The couple times I have used it I caught nothing. I have tried a can of cat food and also some bread in a mesh bag,and ( yes I did punch holes in the cat food can) just in case anyone was going to "offer" that suggestion.
What is the better options for bait.

I have always used a cheap can of liver flavored dog food for mine. I too punch holes in it.

Mark V Loc: Colorado,now RV full time we winter in MesaAZ

saw1 wrote:

I have always used a cheap can of liver flavored dog food for mine. I too punch holes in it.

Thanks I will give it a try!

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

Mark V wrote:

Thanks I will give it a try!

Good luck Mark. Let us know how ya do.

OH, and by the way I freeze mine so it doesn't wash all out and everything.
After you catch your minnows, just put the can in a plastic bag and freeze it to use again next time.
I still have a can in my freezer in Tahoe and it's probly been in there 5 or 6 years. Maybe longer.

Frank romero Loc: Clovis, NM

waterdogshale wrote:

Looking to buy a minnow trap. Standard silver? Foldable would take less room in vehicle but do they work as well. Looking for opinions ,experience. Thanks !! tight lines to all.

I used these until I learned about minnow nets.

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

Mark V wrote:

I also have one. The couple times I have used it I caught nothing. I have tried a can of cat food and also some bread in a mesh bag,and ( yes I did punch holes in the cat food can) just in case anyone was going to "offer" that suggestion.
What is the better options for bait.

Shrimp

Whitey Loc: Southeast ohio

saw1 wrote:

The regular one that breaks in two and just clips together work great and don't really take up that much room when you take them apart and stack them together.

I've got one in the creek right now 🤗. I believe that's about the only one you can use in Ohio. Well one with a maximum 1" hole

Fishing Fool Loc: redding, ca

bacon works great for crawdads

Namvet69 Loc: Ohio

waterdogshale wrote:

Looking to buy a minnow trap. Standard silver? Foldable would take less room in vehicle but do they work as well. Looking for opinions ,experience. Thanks !! tight lines to all.

I use the one Whitey showed you a picture of. I spray painted mine black. I use corn flakes, corn bread or crackers in mine. Seems to work well. Only thing I don’t like, seems to catch larger minnows up to chub size. I also seine for minnows. Burns me when the bait shop counts one at a time. They buy them by the pound. Many dozens and dozens in a pound.

waterdogshale Loc: Portage county Ohio

Hey stagers This is why I asked about the collapsible minnow trap.I don't have much room I'm wondering if anyone is using the collapsible to see if it's worth the money to buy. II know how to use the Silver kind. Bar talk is the only the silver works as I know they do. Dog food ,flour, shrimp ect. I think its location location location. Just looking for other opinions.
Thanks and tight lines

nutz4fish Loc: Colchester, CT

Namvet69 wrote:

I use the one Whitey showed you a picture of. I spray painted mine black. I use corn flakes, corn bread or crackers in mine. Seems to work well. Only thing I don’t like, seems to catch larger minnows up to chub size. I also seine for minnows. Burns me when the bait shop counts one at a time. They buy them by the pound. Many dozens and dozens in a pound.

Namvet69, Bait shops have overhead, just like any other business, and it's considerable. Bait is not a huge profit maker according to a guy I know who's been running one for 40+ years. The biggest trouble for him is in spite of his best efforts, many of the shiners he sells die off in his tanks, and he's got a great setup. Chiller / great bubbler system filters etc. Uses the dead ones to feed crappies in the pond on the property. Sometimes I walk down to the edge and they school up in anticipation of being fed. Even without the shadows, the feel my footsteps.
Fortunately for him the eels & crawfish have a much lower mortality rate. The bait gets lots of foot traffic into the shop then he needs to sell
tackle, nets, line, coolers, etc, to keep the lights on.
Wife runs the shop when he gets customers for his charter boat. Nobody gettin' rich doing bait shops, with Bass Pro type competition plus other online sales.