??? Attracting Minnows ???

That is the seed for a great idea: take a Rugrat and an Old Fart fishing
today! Do this every once in a while, and you will probably better
appreciate fishing alone.

Old Fart First Class,
--
Bob Rickard
(AKA Dr. Spinnerbait)
www.secretweaponlures.com
--------------------------=x O')))


"Allen" wrote in message
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Why are you busting the old farts or "you have friends ?"
whom you " assume ", don't have the skills to go flipping..
and."You" don't even know how to catch minnows ! Give everyone
a break, take a old fart or someone who is good @ fishing,
and he can show you ,"Mr. Flipping Know it All" how to
catch bait (minnows...) and save the bandwidth for those who
know how to fish,.or at least don't put people down since they
don't "flip" as good as you think they should.
Allen @ http://sea4two.net



" 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.

Assume? Now what make you think I haven't already taken a lot of those self
same people fishing, and learned from experience what their limitations are.
I am always pressuring people to share the fishing experience. It is good
for the sport as a whole. However I simply do not have the patience to deal
with snag after snag after backlash after snarl from my fishing partner when
I am trying to fish.

As to not being able to catch minnows. That simply is not true. As with
many people I was trying to improve on ym knowledge and skills. I am pretty
good with a throw net, but there are times when it just doesn't work. In
addition on the river I have to be very careful to only use it on the
Arizona side as throw nets are not legal to use on the California side of
the river.

Do you have something productive to suggest or did you just decide you
wanted to complain about something?

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"Allen" wrote in message
. ..
Why are you busting the old farts or "you have friends ?"
whom you " assume ", don't have the skills to go flipping..
and."You" don't even know how to catch minnows ! Give everyone
a break, take a old fart or someone who is good @ fishing,
and he can show you ,"Mr. Flipping Know it All" how to
catch bait (minnows...) and save the bandwidth for those who
know how to fish,.or at least don't put people down since they
don't "flip" as good as you think they should.
Allen @ http://sea4two.net



" 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.

"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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dry dog food works well

chum



"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
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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www.YumaBassMan.com

Have you tried a frozen block of Tubifex Worms ?

Dave





"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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| Fishing & Boating Link Index
| www.YumaBassMan.com
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