11-26-2009, 03:21 AM
Dead minnows will come picked in a jar "unkle josh" is the one I use.
Dead minnow will come salt packed in a ziplock plastic see though baggie.
most bait and tackle stores carry them.
I dont know your locatioin, I do know that some states dont allow the use of live or non processed minnows as bait at all.
check your states fishing regs, and if they are allowed you have a couple options. live traps in streams in the winter or live bait and tackle shops.
some states require you to catch live minnow from the lake you are fishing to only be used on the lake you are fishing so as not to spread desease and invacive species.
When I jig with dead minnow I like to cut them in half and put the tail half on the end of my jig and wiggle, it makes the tail look like it is swimming..
Jigging with dead or artificial lures is best learnt in a clean five gallon bucket.
rig up your rod and pull up a stool and sit over the bucket of water and pratice making your jigging motions.
do it for several hours, and do it a couple times a week. pratice makes perfect. and at the bottom of a 20 foot ice hole you wont have the advantage of seeing your jig to make sure you are making the presentation you desire.
if you cant find them give me a genneral location of where you are fishing and I can see if I can locate them for you...
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Dead minnow will come salt packed in a ziplock plastic see though baggie.
most bait and tackle stores carry them.
I dont know your locatioin, I do know that some states dont allow the use of live or non processed minnows as bait at all.
check your states fishing regs, and if they are allowed you have a couple options. live traps in streams in the winter or live bait and tackle shops.
some states require you to catch live minnow from the lake you are fishing to only be used on the lake you are fishing so as not to spread desease and invacive species.
When I jig with dead minnow I like to cut them in half and put the tail half on the end of my jig and wiggle, it makes the tail look like it is swimming..
Jigging with dead or artificial lures is best learnt in a clean five gallon bucket.
rig up your rod and pull up a stool and sit over the bucket of water and pratice making your jigging motions.
do it for several hours, and do it a couple times a week. pratice makes perfect. and at the bottom of a 20 foot ice hole you wont have the advantage of seeing your jig to make sure you are making the presentation you desire.
if you cant find them give me a genneral location of where you are fishing and I can see if I can locate them for you...
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