Don't put the trap in very deep water. Try throwing it out with a rope attached to the clip that holds the halves together, then pull it in to where the top of the trap is only covered by two or three inches of water, parallel to the shore line. Check it in a half hour to an hour.
I can throw two minnow traps in either my forage pond or sediment pond, and one might have five dozen minnows and the other have only four or five. And the traps only be 20 feet apart. Next time around the opposite trap might have lots and the other one few. Or they might have even amounts or both have hardly any.
No rhyme nor reason that I have been able to figure out. Only thing I have found to be consistent is if I put the trap too deep or too far from the shore line, I likely will not catch very many minnows.
I started using dog food for my bait as the larger chunky size does not fall through the trap mesh like my fish food did. Put the trap together, dump 4-6 dog food chunks in through the end opening, and toss it in the water.
Also, put the trap parallel to shore, vs. perpendicular. The fish seem to go in a trap quicker placed parallel to shore
Last edited by esshup; 05/31/15 09:18 AM. Reason: added last sentence
