woodman Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 I can't find the plastic minnow traps any more all you see is wire. Back in the old days 60's we used glass ,mom still has her dads glass trap. Used many times on the elk river. I don't understand why the plastic traps have disapeared. We always bated with saltine crackers and the traps would be black with shiners. Excelent catfifish bait. How do these wire traps work on the ripples in the clear streams and what is used for bait? http://s147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/scrawford_photos/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kevinkirk Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 I can't find the plastic minnow traps any more all you see is wire. Back in the old days 60's we used glass ,mom still has her dads glass trap. Used many times on the elk river. I don't understand why the plastic traps have disapeared. We always bated with saltine crackers and the traps would be black with shiners. Excelent catfifish bait. How do these wire traps work on the ripples in the clear streams and what is used for bait? can get the glass ones on ebay and so prob the plastic ones too. kk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjtroutbum Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 plastic minnow trap for 20bucks. I think not!!!! http://cgi.ebay.com/Fish-Trap-for-Aquarium...p3286.m20.l1116 edited to add just googled them and found them for 7.99 at http://www.eangler.com/product/476971957.h...m_source=google Jon Joy ___________ "A jerk at one end of the line is enough." unknown author The Second Amendment was written for hunting tyrants not ducks. "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdmidwest Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Glass traps can still be found for about $30 in places. If you find a gallon glass jug that a mason canning ring will fit, use a mason ring and a piece of screen wire for a funnel and make one. Usually can find the glass jars in pickle isle in restaurant food sizes. You may have to eat a few pickles. I have used a quart jar in the past on float trips. Now days, glass is forbidden in most river, check local regs. "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodman Posted August 19, 2008 Author Share Posted August 19, 2008 How do the wire ones work in runing water ,and what bait do you use that won't float out or get lodged in the wire mesh? I have a plastic one that is geting old , just wondered ,since everything is made of plastic. why stop making minnow traps that work? This type of trap...... http://www.minnowtraps.com/royaltraps.html http://s147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/scrawford_photos/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bclift65706 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I dont know how they work in very fast water bot in a hole with a little current they work good baited with bread or crackers I even use bacon sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trav Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I use the wire type. I take cornmeal and ball it up inside a piece of cheesecloth and tie it with a rubber band. Works well enough. "May success follow your every cast." - Trav P. Johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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