08-18-2015, 05:15 PM
Hey Pat, glad to see a report from you, good read as always.... Hey I seen the advantage of fresh bait last trip. I had caught a single carp minnow the night before and then took a pack of frozen minnows about twins to the fresh one size wise. Put out the fresh one first and couldn't keep the hits away until I caught a 25" channel that sucked it down it's stomach... changed to a frozen minnow in the same spot of the previous constant hits and nothing... Took over an hour before I picked up another cat, it was a big boy that wrapped around my anchor and broke off, but I was sure surprised how much better fresh bait is compared to frozen... I guess I need to try my minnow trap out there in the open water and see if I can get some more fresh bait... Too much seaweed to use a casting net and I tried a hand net in that spot and broke it after I caught the one carp minnow... Lots of minnows in the weeds, but most were sunfish or bluegill so they had to be returned.. I did pick up a fathead that was too small and the carp that I put to work.. I need to figure out the open water minnow technique to get bait now for the kitties... The minnows are perfect size at about 3" now and I'd love to get a bunch of those little carp even though they don't seem to work as well after being frozen... Well thanks again for the report... J
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