02-26-2007, 06:29 AM
I don't know of anywhere that sales fresh minnows. There are a few places that sale frozen minnows. I don't know who has them in stock right now. The gas station (?Bingham Co-op?) in American Falls that sales some fishing equipment and licenses has sold minnows. This winter I've caught fish on the minnows in a jar from Sportsman's Warehouse. I would be surprised if ACE Hardware and some of the other places that sale fishing equipment in the Pocatello don't have frozen minnows on occasion.
I've caught minnows to fish ever since I was a little kid but I've always used my Dad's trap or net. Driving an hour just to borrow his net/trap is not worth it. I bought a minnow trap a few months ago and still haven't used it. I've used bread in traps with good luck. The two biggest tricks I've found with a minnow trap are finding a good place and giving the trap enough time to work. I will leave a trap out over night. I've also used nets to catch minnows. Check page 12 of the regulations before you buy a net. Learning to throw a net will take practice but they are very effective.
IMO, right now will be about the most difficult time of the year to catch minnows in the Pocatello area. The reservoirs are frozen, almost all the canals are empty and Portneuf was running high and muddy a few days ago. If the Portneuf slows down sometime in the next couple weeks I think I will go out and try to catch some minnows. I’ve never caught minnows out of the Portneuf by Pocatello but have a couple places I've seen a fair number of minnows. I don't know any spots on the Portneuf close to Pocatello that have a large number of minnows but I have never really looked for them either. I'll send you a PM if I go out and get some minnows. Normally I can catch more than I will use and you would be welcome to have any extras. If you know of any spots that you've seen a lot of minnows close to town, send me a PM and we could go out there and see if we could catch some minnows.
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I've caught minnows to fish ever since I was a little kid but I've always used my Dad's trap or net. Driving an hour just to borrow his net/trap is not worth it. I bought a minnow trap a few months ago and still haven't used it. I've used bread in traps with good luck. The two biggest tricks I've found with a minnow trap are finding a good place and giving the trap enough time to work. I will leave a trap out over night. I've also used nets to catch minnows. Check page 12 of the regulations before you buy a net. Learning to throw a net will take practice but they are very effective.
IMO, right now will be about the most difficult time of the year to catch minnows in the Pocatello area. The reservoirs are frozen, almost all the canals are empty and Portneuf was running high and muddy a few days ago. If the Portneuf slows down sometime in the next couple weeks I think I will go out and try to catch some minnows. I’ve never caught minnows out of the Portneuf by Pocatello but have a couple places I've seen a fair number of minnows. I don't know any spots on the Portneuf close to Pocatello that have a large number of minnows but I have never really looked for them either. I'll send you a PM if I go out and get some minnows. Normally I can catch more than I will use and you would be welcome to have any extras. If you know of any spots that you've seen a lot of minnows close to town, send me a PM and we could go out there and see if we could catch some minnows.
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