If you put some bait in the traps it is actually a good thing to check them in about a half hour to an hour. So you could put the trap in and take it back out on the same visit. A slice of bread for bait would tempt any hungry sunfish or if it is a smaller minnow trap, minnows or small sunfish. It does not take fish in the area of the trap long to discover the bait and get to it. Many species of fish are very curious and will come investigate the sound of a trap splashing into the water in their "territory" pretty quickly.
Can you fish it with a line and hook? All I ever seen in Mexico as far as fishing was with mono-filament line, a hook and bare hands. There are some tough fishermen in Mexico with cut up hands to show it.
Last edited by snrub; 11/05/14 01:23 PM.
