How to Bait a Minnow Trap
- 1). Choose your bait. Bring a variety with you, but start with the bread. Roll the slices of bread into one large bread ball and set it in the middle of the trap.
- 2). Place your trap in shallow water with the current. The trap should be mostly under water and laying flat.
- 3). Try another bait. If the bread hasn't worked or has dissolved too quickly, try the can of dog food. Puncture eight holes in the lid of the dog food with your knife and set it the middle of the trap. Replace the trap. Try the cat food next, using the same procedure.
- 4). If by now the bread and the pet food hasn't worked, try the crab meat. Set the crab meat in the middle of the trap. Replace the trap.
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