A very talked about topic......... http://www.tidalfish.com/boards2/viewthread.asp?forum=AMB%5FAP934078799&id=221100&sr1=minnow+trap&sr2=&ExMth=no#post221114

 

cast net is by far the best..find a nice creek and throw your net near the mouth at low tide...

 

chicken liver is the absolute best and fastest producing bait for a minnow trap by far. I have tried crabs and dogfood and bread, and lots of other stuff too but consistantly have the best luck with ckicken liver.

vr/
Kevin

 

A dawn or dusk incoming tide and it doesn't matter what you put in there! Broken up menhaden are good for big bulls.

 

ditto on menhaden.

 

gravy train dog food works for me

 

hands down chicken livers

 

I buy cheap cans of cat food from Walmart. Usually something with fish smell. Less mess to deal with, when done just throw the can in the trash. If you use a can don't pull the top completely off just partially open.

 

I just use cheap hot dogs. They don't stink up the frig keep for a long time.

 

Hot Dogs

 

THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT INFO

 

Well I prefere Bunker, and if I can't get that then elye, and then menhaden.

 

Any of these baits will work. I use bread and sandwich meat. Some people say that the minnows will eat themselves to death with the bread but that has never happened to me. I think 'where' you put the trap is more important than the bait. Minnows don't go into open water because they will get eaten. Throw the trap onto some rocks or into the bullrushes in shallow water. Just enough to cover the top of the trap. You will also find that some spots produce larger minnows. I have one spot that I can get a trap full of finger mullet size minnows every time!

 

Amen to the location!!

 

I agree with chicken livers.....by far the best.....I catch a 100 in an
hour in the creek at low tide.