minnows

[iceman1]

Where is the best place to get them, and the best price.
and what size works best.Little help please.[]
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[fencekid]

fishtech outfitters in holliday and sportsmans wharehouse in midvale sell them. you can also get them at smith and edwards. when you open the bait freezer, you usually have a choice between chub minnows or redsides. i think chubs work best at the berry. just tip whatever you are fishing with with a dime size chunk or just soak a chunk on a hook. if there is fish down there, hang on! good luck.

p.s. if you really want to save some money, take a casting net up to the berry early summer and net yer own. look around the docks. in 2 hrs you should be able to net 80 to 100 dozen of em. should last you all year. don't forget to make sure they are all dead before transport. i usually hunt minnows one day a year. it's nice to have an unlimmited amount of these pricy little buggers on hand. i always seem to have better luck with hand harvested minnows anyway. kind of like fish you catch taste better than fish you didn't catch. laters
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[ramp_tramp]

If you're useing whole minnows match them to the size hooks youre useing. I beleive in the saying, big bait+ lite line = big fish, but what do I know?
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[bassrods]

Just make sure they don't swim away...[][][cool]
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[sjgabby]

Here's a dumb question. This spring I want to net my own minnows but after I have them how do I freeze them? Do I just put them in baggies or do I have to add something to keep them from getting soft and mushy.
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[Kent]

Here is the way that I prepare them. I put a layer of coarse salt (non-iodized water softener type salt) on the bottom of a styrofoam cooler. I put a layer of dry minnows on top of the salt. I add another layer of salt and keep repeating the process. DO NOT ADD ANY WATER. I put a frozen milk jug of water on the top of the last layer and put on the lid. After letting them sit overnight I remove the minnows and quickly rinse them off in clear water. I spread them on my patio and let them dry in the hot sun, turning them over once or twice to get both sides dry. I then put them on a cookie sheet and partially or totally freeze them. The final step is to seal them in my vacuum sealer. Depending upon the size of the minnows, I seal anywhere from six to a dozen or so per package. The salt draws a substantial amount of moisture out of the minnows (the cooler is full of water after sitting overnight), and toughens them up. The added salt seems also to help attract the fish.
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[sjgabby]

Thanks for the information. I will try it out this summer.
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[fencekid]

i just put a dozen fresh dead minnows in a zip-lock, fill bag with just enough water to cover the minnows, squeeze out any remaining air and seal. ready for the freezer. covering them with water will elliminate freezerburn. laters
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[Coldfooter]

Agree'd Fence..
In the "old days" it was a common practice to use milk cartons to slip the days catch in and then top of with water before freezing. I was young feller at the time but dont recall hearing any complains from the folks about "freezer burn" when the fish were frozen in that fashion..
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