03-27-2024, 05:10 AM
Good stuff Pat. Thanks for the refresher. I need to restock. Had an unfortunate freezer mishap and lost everything. I'll never use a black trap again. After being side by side and seeing your green trap gather several dozen to my 3 lonely fish, it was obvious that green had an advantage.
I have to agree with Skunked, I sometimes get more excitement out of a successful minnow trip than a normal day at the lake. One of my favorite trips with my son was a bait run. While I was floating some crawlers he wandered over to a small section of the river with a 'waterfall' to toss stones. Just a few small boulders were sticking up in the current and created a choke point for upstream travel. When he got there he noticed several minnows swimming upstream through his waterfall, much like salmon heading up to spawn. He spent a couple hours kneeling in the rocks catching minnows with his hands as they jumped forward out of the water. He put more in the cooler than my traps did.
I have to agree with Skunked, I sometimes get more excitement out of a successful minnow trip than a normal day at the lake. One of my favorite trips with my son was a bait run. While I was floating some crawlers he wandered over to a small section of the river with a 'waterfall' to toss stones. Just a few small boulders were sticking up in the current and created a choke point for upstream travel. When he got there he noticed several minnows swimming upstream through his waterfall, much like salmon heading up to spawn. He spent a couple hours kneeling in the rocks catching minnows with his hands as they jumped forward out of the water. He put more in the cooler than my traps did.