I want to catch minnows for live bait fishing when I take my kids out.
Also, old farts and friends who really don't have the skills to spend a day
flipping heavy cover in the current.

Attracting to draw bigger fish would backfire on me as i fisha a lot of
tournaments in the area, and no hot spot goes unknown for very long.

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"Marty S." wrote in message
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Ok.. here's my question from this post....

Are you trying to attract the minnows to catch them to use them as bait?
Or are you trying to attract the minnows into your fishing area so that
the
larger fish will follow the minnows and, hopefully, onto your hook?

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"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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What is the best way to attract minnows for bait. I have a throw net,
and
that works pretty well for catching them in water less than 5 feet deep
when
you know they are there, but that isn't always the case, and of course
if
they are running through the weeds or brush it doesn't work at all.

I just bought a couple cage type minnow traps. How can you attract them
to
minnow traps so you can catch them more consistantly? In the past I
never
had any really great luck with minnow traps.

What baits do you use for them?

Mostly around here threadfin shad is the predominant bait fish followed
by
red shiners, and small sunfish and tilapia.

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