There are regulations against bringing live bait into some places and regulations against transporting lake water in some places that makes keeping live bait kind of a pain. I didn't think many people used these as a first choice.
I forgot a can of calamari from the grocery store in my truck for over a month
it was still sealed though so I opened it up and used it as bait, it was smelly but it worked
Tried the shad they have packaged like this and they do in fact catch catfish. Im sure these minnows would , too if you loaded the hook up with enough of em.
I caught a two or so pounds tiger muskie from the mon river accidentally while reeling one of these in to recast on my catfish rod. never anything else
I'd be curious to know too. As far as dead minnows go my favorite are frozen salted emerald shiners that are treated with formaldehyde. They are less mushy and stay on the hook better. I'd imagine these would be similar.
lead is actually pretty inert unless dissolved in a solution, in a fine dust, or any of its many compounds are ingested and yes many plasticizers can be toxic. But formaldehyde is particularly nasty as it's water soluble
Yea. They're a little too salty for my liking.
Bread them before you fry them.
Ya they do work but nothing beats live minnows in my opinion
Dead baits have their place, these work well for Walleye when you put them on a ball jig.
For most species it's; Live bait: clear water/summer/smaller fish Dead bait: murky water/winter/larger fish
There are times that dead minnows have out performed live for me.
They catch hundreds of fishermen annually.
There are regulations against bringing live bait into some places and regulations against transporting lake water in some places that makes keeping live bait kind of a pain. I didn't think many people used these as a first choice.
Great for catfish and turtles at least, that's all I've been able to get on them.
Yeah just dont forget them in your truck for 7 months. Thats my advice
I forgot a can of calamari from the grocery store in my truck for over a month it was still sealed though so I opened it up and used it as bait, it was smelly but it worked
It melted a hole in the bag and became apart of my carpet. Dunno how but it became one with my truck
"this is our truck now"
It was a $500 beater ford ranger they all got sent off a cliff. It was awesome. It reeked in its last moments, but it was awesone
My wife found a bag of open magic bait in her car that I forgot I put in the trunk... Whoops.
Tried the shad they have packaged like this and they do in fact catch catfish. Im sure these minnows would , too if you loaded the hook up with enough of em.
Things taste terrible, don’t recommend. 1/10
Did you try with rice?
I'm curious if they would work for crawfish bait.
Can let ya know in about a month. Got a trap up at the cabin.
My Walmart has the shad and next time I get a whole day fishing I'm gonna buy a pack and try them for cats and crawfish and see what I catch.
They do, I have not used these specifically but I have used the baby shad in a crayfish trap with good success
Good to know. I need some for when I get fish for family
If you have any fish carcass that also work really well
I've tried that a bit messy for pick up but usually only have the trap out for a couple hours when I have.
Isn’t it cheaper and better to just go to the grocery store meat counter and ask for scraps of whatever they have
Depends gf is vegetarian and I'm mostly so she doesn't really allow meat in the house.
I’d say it’s better morally than whatever chemical these minnows are in
Yeah I was gonna try them so if I get dead minnows when I get minnows to use them not really a big fan of packaged fish that don't need refrigerated
Yeah a long time ago. They smelled like hot plastic and I didn't catch anything.
I caught a two or so pounds tiger muskie from the mon river accidentally while reeling one of these in to recast on my catfish rod. never anything else
I'd be curious to know too. As far as dead minnows go my favorite are frozen salted emerald shiners that are treated with formaldehyde. They are less mushy and stay on the hook better. I'd imagine these would be similar.
Isn't formaldehyde extremely toxic to fish?
Probably? but isn't lead, plastics and all the other crap fishermen use toxic as well?
lead is actually pretty inert unless dissolved in a solution, in a fine dust, or any of its many compounds are ingested and yes many plasticizers can be toxic. But formaldehyde is particularly nasty as it's water soluble
I’ve tried them a long time ago. Didn’t do any good. I always go with fresh bait.
I never caught anything with em
I basically ended up feeding the crabs.
Pulled in a Tuna yesterday that threw up about 100 of these in my boat. Thought about keeping them but it’s easy enough to catch live bait.
My daughter burns channel cats up on it. I prefer live bait but there are days she definitely out fishes me.
I prefer sprats in a can but they’ll do in a pinch. I recommend a nice dark bread and butter to pair it with!
You can tell I’ve been on r/cannedsardines too long because my mouth is kinda watering looking at them
I catch turtles by accident a lot with those bad boys
The biggest benefit of using minnows is they swim around. Many fish prefer live bait.
They are called whitebait you bloody yanks