So this year I thought I'd give it a try for bows on local rivers. There are quite a few spots where you can fish near the vehicle so lugging a pail is not much of a concern. Our local bait shop didn't have minnows when I was there so I figured it would be fairly easy do do. Apparently not. I have tried several local places incl 1 where my granddaughter and I C & R'ed about $20 of minnows, mostly suckers, last year. I have tried the river and a creek as well as a quite shallow lake known to hold bass, pike etc. I assumed that there would be bait fish in there for those bass and pike to feed on but NOPE!
I was using stale bread and a few crackers as bait as that was what I was told to use.
Anybody else trap minnows? Any suggestions?
(I know there are restrictions on the number and type I can keep---I've checked the regs)
Thx