Live Bait Trap #2

Using a bait trap to catch live bream and minnows for use as catfish bait on trotlines, limb lines, and yo yos. Trap baited with mixture of canned tuna cat food and dry dog food.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• minnow
• trap
• perch
• bream
• sunfish
• live
• bait
• shiner
• chub
• sucker
• yo
• yoyo
• yo-yo
• auto-fisher
• automatic
• fishing
• reel
• limb
• line
• set
• trot
• trot-line
• trotline
• jug
• jugline
• noodle
• catfish
• baitfish
• baittrap
• channel
• blue
• flathead
• mudcat
• mud
• cat
• bullhead
• polywog

[hicohornet]

I like how he gets all muddy after pulling it out the water.

[ttenni]

@hicohornet Yeah, I bet he's not too smart! :)

[jakob10102]

Were do you do your trapping at? Is it a lake, reservoir, or river.

[ttenni]

@jakob10102 Typically lakes. Mouths of creeks, around boat docks, in shallow coves all all good spots.

[jakob10102]

What state do you do your trapping in?

[jakob10102]

@ttenni Thank you for sharing your bait trapping tips and experience with me.

[ttenni]

@jakob10102 I use equal parts dry dog food and moist, canned dog food. I mix them in a zip-lock bag about 30 minutes before baiting my traps. The dry dog food soaks up a lot of the moisture, flavor, and scent of the canned food and releases it slowly once in the water. Moist dog food alone can wash out of the trap quickly, especially in a current. Dry dog food along doesn't put out as much scent. I catch mostly small bream species or wild shiners.

[jakob10102]

@ttenni Thank you for your reply. Do you bait your traps, and what kind of fish do you catch in your traps?

[ttenni]

@jakob10102 You're probably looking at $35 for wire. J-clips pliers with clips might set you back $15. Someplace like a "Tractor Supply" or an SFA Farmers's Coop type store or feed store would have the J-clips. And yes, I need to do a video showing how to built one of these traps. I've had multiple requests.

[jakob10102]

What farm supply store do you go to?