I've got one of the black plastic coated crawdad traps similar to the Gee but not a Gee crawdad trap. I have a half dozen of the Gee minnow traps so just modified one of them by opening up the entrance with a pair of diagonal cutters.

I use these two traps when I want to catch the larger fish (up to about 3 or 3.5" on BG and probably 4" on GSF. Use the minnow traps for the smaller fish.

I generally only leave the traps in for 15 minutes or so using the crawdad traps. The fish will leave as soon as the food is gone. Been using dog food for bait about half inch in diameter chunks (that makes gravy!). Fish seem to go in for it pretty well and it does not fall out of the trap mesh like the smaller fish food. Mesh bags work for the bait but are a pain. Just drop the dog food in the opening.

John

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