Just a little tidbit you shouldn't leave a minnow trap sit for anywhere close to 24 hours. When the bait runs out or the minnows get their fill they will start looking for ways out. I generally use smushed up hot dogs and have well over a hundred minnows in 15-20 minutes.

Best way to relax is watching your videos. Keep them coming!!

The fish you called beautiful was a baby large mouth bass

@johndesalvo27

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah..he clearly says that after counting?? Your point?

@thetacountry4487

5 жыл бұрын

It’saboi 565 or was it a large baby mouth bass 🤔

@ryleycongoo8663

5 жыл бұрын

Number 51 of rye first trap

@gkanyong4457

4 жыл бұрын

Which one?

Nice video! Enjoyed watching & learning! Thanks!!

Yup this is exactly what I was looking for, well done 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 thanks 😊

I never heard of using hot dog. I've always used bread. Great video.

I just bought two if these traps! Hopefully it will keep my kids entertained for hours.

Amazing that small hole has so many fish

Thanks, that look like fun! At the price of bait I may have to dig out my antique torpedo trap!

Yer awesome brother! I'm a Western New Yorker, 2 miles away from the Southern shore of Lake Ontario, midway between Buffalo and Rochester. Albion, NY is one of three, in the middle, of Erie Canal towns/cities in Orleans County. I catch many different kinds of fish in that canal! Saw tons of minnows last night...now I know how to catch them. Thank you my (new) friend.

I cut my minnow trap inlet holes just a little bit bigger to allow larger minnows in. Bigger bait = bigger fish! Good job

Looks like it will do what I bought it for. Not a bad buy. Would recommend :) cant wait to try it out!

Banded killifish and largemouth

That’s cool that you caught bass in a minnow trap! I never new that could happen I never did that before

@FishHawk

5 жыл бұрын

I thought it was pretty cool too :)

Very helpful I think I'll try it tonight

Its awesome... Like your videos and its the first time i see you on youtube😂😂🤘🤘

@FishHawk

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! :)

Awesome video keep the minnow video traps coming

Barely subscribe and so far I'm loving your channel! Great video

@FishHawk

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I really appreciate it!

Thanks it was very helpful

great vid! excellent release as well!!!

Great demo! Thanks!

@FishHawk

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great channel! Keep it up! Wish you luck on your channel!👍

@FishHawk

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a bunch! I really appreciate it!👍

Great video, from which I have learned quite a bit from your video. Thanks a lot.

@FishHawk

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

Anybody else read "1 day later" with a French accent?

@LoveRupee

6 жыл бұрын

Yes. lmfao. Every damn time.

@resqjason2

6 жыл бұрын

Just like on spongebob.

@huntergray1631

6 жыл бұрын

Fleece Johnson me

@traestinwagner9234

5 жыл бұрын

Fleece Johnson yes lmao

@gkanyong4457

4 жыл бұрын

No

I think that went from Warmouth, Bass and the final and coolest, a rare Logperch. That's just from the brief look you gave us so could could definitely be wrong but that was my take on it.

I like it because I learn something new now thanks man

@FishHawk

5 жыл бұрын

No problem! Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching!

I found a square trap at Wal Mart very neat nice never seen one like it

I have better luck by using the silver traps for some reason thanks for posting 👍

Não sabia que existia essa forma de pesca, gostei muito!

@FishHawk

6 жыл бұрын

Obrigado! Eu gosto disso também. É divertido!

Thanks. Finally something to do with those cheap $1 hot dogs

@willhemby6322

3 жыл бұрын

Better than trying to eat one isn't it

Nice experiment clearly the hot dogs won with the most fish and thanks for releasing the bass. And if there were trout I'd hope you'd release them as well. I'm enjoying your channel so far keep pumpin out Vids. Longer 1's would be great.

@FishHawk

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Absolutely, I release all minnows. Thanks for watching and for the feedback!

@uncleheffe309

5 жыл бұрын

Why is it the CLEAR winner. It was practically a tie. If you make dough balls with the bread it's as good or better. Cheaper too.

Very good video, many thanks

@FishHawk

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Good video, never used hot dogs before! I'm going to have to do a video of my own on my channel now!! Thanks a million sir!

@FishHawk

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

I caught my longest fish on minnows 52"gar, and my heaviest fish 57 lb. Flathead on minnows. I have since started using skipjacks and mooneyes for bait, but the records stand.

@FishHawk

5 жыл бұрын

Wow those are some great fish. Nice job!

Very Awsome video you inspired me to make a video like this tomorrow

@FishHawk

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Good luck!

Try using milk bone dog biscuits for bait,they always worked for me and stay together longer!!

@FishHawk

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the idea!

great job

Thanks for the tip

Great content!! 👍🏻👍🏻

@FishHawk

5 жыл бұрын

CIA Agent thank you! 👍🏻

Enjoyed

cool - thanks

awesome!

Not sure if its been said, but use both. That's what I'm gonna try.

Really cool test. Nice video!

@FishHawk

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

@stephaniehansen2894

5 жыл бұрын

Prime Catch 

I love ur videos

@FishHawk

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😃

About equal. Interesting experiment.

@FishHawk

6 жыл бұрын

Pretty equal :) Thanks for watching John!

always wondered

Live bait for days!!

I seen the baby bass you had so cool

cool video man just subbed

@FishHawk

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

Bass fry pan fish minnows and chubs... Good bait hole

Looks like they both work good buddy!

@FishHawk

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah they both worked great! Thanks buddy!

@rynodynomyte2755

6 жыл бұрын

Your Welcome Buddy!

Awesome video buddy. New subscriber. Happy helping you reach your 1000 subscribers

dry dog food works good, the cheaper the better. Canned cat food works really good too, somethin oily like tuna draws em in as well, works good for crayfish as well

@FishHawk

6 жыл бұрын

I've heard dog food and cat food work great too. Definitely a good bait for minnows and crawfish.

I use dog food a lot and it works really well only problem is I get a lot of baby bluegill as well

Dry dog food or horse feed are the best minnow trap bait.

Kool video man.

@FishHawk

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

@kingchristopher7091

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the love fish hawk.

Loved it! Try a Hotdog vs Bread vs Both? Oh, And maybe a shorter duration one? Instead of 24 hours maybe 6?

@FishHawk

5 жыл бұрын

I like those ideas. Thanks!

@logandibble9662

4 жыл бұрын

Both will win obviously.

question what is the name of the species of minnow (not shiners) that are small silver and commonly sold in bait stores as bait for crappie please answer because i need to know for an aquarium build i am thinking of and i need to know if they can fit in a 38 gallon tank

Aquarium fish beautiful species

I usely squish the bread up and it lasts about 4 hours more. Depending on how u smush it

@kennethbrowning5923

3 жыл бұрын

I gave a thumbs up because you said squish and smush.

Cooooool

I know this video is old but maybe you should have counted them by weight! I would love to see how you deal with catching minnows in more technical areas like rivers.. All I seem to catch is is crawfish and a little bluegill or two when I put it in a river by some fallen brush

Love these vids do more plz

@FishHawk

6 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that! I will definitely make some more. Have any ideas for what kind of minnow trap video you would like to see?

@mkresio5948

6 жыл бұрын

Fish Hawk I️ don’t have anything specific but keep it up 1000 subscribers will come in no time I️ like some of the ideas people have already put though.

@mkresio5948

6 жыл бұрын

Fish Hawk maybe dog food bacon etc I️ agree with those ideas keep up the hard work it will pay off for sure you are a awesome KZreadr !!

@FishHawk

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! They did have some good ideas.

Smoked salmon works great

Any chance you know the species the hotdogs caught?

This man has a beard

Reason why I'm watching videos because I'm getting my dad a minnow trap for his birthday and I want to know which bait is better

51, that beautiful fish, and 59 were baby bass

How often do you do the traps with the hot dogs how many days will you think they will be safe

@FishHawk

6 жыл бұрын

I haven't done a lot but from what I can tell I would say it should last 2-3 days.

@FishHawk

6 жыл бұрын

Just now seeing this. Thanks man. I appreciate the kind words!

@DontarrestmePLZ

5 жыл бұрын

Brian Landers I'll be trying it in spring with homemade traps and comparing dog food with fish food flakes.

I trap minnows frequently and I use a handful of floating catfish bait wrapped in some stocking material and placed in the minnow trap. In half an hour I generally have hundreds of minnows in the trap.

@FishHawk

5 жыл бұрын

That is awesome! I need to try that! Do you trap in creeks or ponds/lakes?

@71160000

5 жыл бұрын

In ponds and I meant floating catfish feed as in pellets not bait. The pellets send out the fish oils that really draw minnows. Usually in about five minutes the water is boiling with minnows trying to get into the trap. It's necessary to wrap the feed in hose or similar mesh to keep it from floating out of the trap. The trick is to find a body of water with lots of minnows. There's a public pond a few miles from my home that's filled with millions of red fin shinners and I've stocked them into the small lake next to my home as food for my fish. The red fins are active swimmers and are also very prolific so there's always large amounts of them present.

@FishHawk

5 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! I need to find a pond like that. Where can I get the catfish pellets?

@71160000

5 жыл бұрын

Feed store, tractor supply or in a pinch the local fish store should have some pond pellets for koi.

I usually use dog food. Cut apart a shower scrunchy use a piece of it to suspend bait in center of trap.

try slim jims they work well too.

Where do you find hotdogs that sink? Everytime I try them they just float at the too of the cage and they eat them from the outside

How about a trap for Bluegill's ? Anyone ? Great video & information ✌

Hmmmm I wonder how the beef suet left over from deer season will work?

Holy moly

The creek I get minnows,is a swift moving creek,, do you have any secrets,,,thanks jim

@mystic_tacos

2 жыл бұрын

5 - 6oz weights tied in sections of ofthe middle

I know this is late but my dad used my moms leftover pancakes and they worked like a charm

@FishHawk

6 жыл бұрын

I like that idea! Never heard of that before but I bet it would work great! Thanks!

Dang. Never seen that much in a minnr trap

@FishHawk

6 жыл бұрын

That was a lot of minnrs! lol

@montellwilliams811

3 жыл бұрын

@@FishHawk say , do you know of a trap for Bluegill's ? Great video & information 👍

#59 in the bread trap looked like a largemouth bass.

Try one test using tuna fish in can. Use tuna in oil. Poke holes in it with knife. A kid showed this on his KZread video and it worked when I couldn't get anything else to work.

@FishHawk

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the idea! Hopefully I can try it out sometime!

I like using minnow traps but i had alot of mine stolen before

What species did the hotdog trap catch?

the first one you showed us was a baby sun fish and the 2end was a baby bass

So hot dog and bread in one minnow trap. Got it

I think those fish with the doted line down their sides were baby spotted bass

I wonder if having the traps right next to each other actually skewed the results. Perhaps the hot dog or bread drew the minnows to both traps and they just swam into the one closest to them (with no real preference for the bait).

@FishHawk

4 жыл бұрын

good point

My trick is to use either a donut or something else like that, I’ve used other foods, but donuts work best for me. It’s basically just like the bread but more smelly

That 59th one in the bread is a largemouth

51 was a bass

@843_bassin7

6 жыл бұрын

nolans Reptile room in my cast net i caught a Guatemala bass

@hgibby38

6 жыл бұрын

That’s what I’m saying

@hgibby38

6 жыл бұрын

And 59

nice video where did you get the traps?'

@FishHawk

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Walmart lol

the ones you said were cool. are baby large mouth bass

Awesome. How about a Slim Jim?

@FishHawk

6 жыл бұрын

Good idea! I might have to try that. Thanks!

is itok if u mix the hotdogs and bread together in one trap?

@FishHawk

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah for sure!

The beautiful fish is a largemouth bass

And if you leave those traps in for 3 days and you'll be in the snake buisness

@RameHD

5 жыл бұрын

Keith Morris oh believe that happened to me got 2 in one trap

Take copper wire and make wire cluster suspended in middle of trap make doe ball aply to wire ther for they cant get to it unless they go on side

@FishHawk

6 жыл бұрын

I like that! I might have to try that out.

Another thing to consider is the chemicals in processed meats can kill minnows within hours. I experimented with this a couple years ago. I fed a tank full of minnows one of those beef sticks you see at gas stations. I ground it up into tiny pieces. The next day the entire tank was dead. Another thing is, many "minnows" are really fingerling game fish. The DNR considers these game fish and size and number limits apply.

can you do some fishing in that creek

@FishHawk

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I have 2 videos of me fishing in that creek. Here is one of the videos: kzread.info/dash/bejne/in-Y0LqbYLancaw.html