Do I need to feed bait minnows kept in a minnow bucket in a freshwater lake for up to a week?
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No, there will be natural food in the water. No need to feed them anything extra. check out this added info from guys who have kept minnows alive as you want to:\n\nhttp://www.ctfisherman.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi/ubb/get_topic/f/27/t/002481.html?
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I'm guessing you are talking about using it as bait I hope. I think walmart has the mix in the outdoor section, depending on where you live. It would still need a preservative still though to make it keep for as long as commercial brands.
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Natural baits for trout includes a wide variety of items -- worms, minnows, crayfish, fish eggs, grasshoppers, crickets, mayflies, caddis and crane fly larvae, waxworms and numerous other insect larvae. Hooks used for these baits can range from No. 6 to 14, more or less matching bait size with hook size. Worms should be threaded on the hook in at least two places and the entire hook concealed. On occasions trout will pick up a worm, crush it, drop it, and then pick it up again. This nibbling habit makes a cautious fish tough to catch on an exposed hook point.\n\nThere are two types of hooks that are best for worm fishing. The first is a split-shank hook, which has sharp points over which the worm can be threaded. The other is a tandem hook rig where two hooks are joined by a length of leader -- the lower with the bend directed downward, and the upper one about an inch above and the bend directed upward. Hook the worm so the head and tail extend about an inch past the points, leaving a loop in the middle. Worms are probably the best all-around trout bait and work especially well in spring and fall, particularly after rainfall.\n\nGrasshoppers and crickets are most often used in the fall. They can be hooked once through the tough portion of their body, above the front legs, or simply threaded on to the hook. These baits are most effective when drifted downstream into likely trout cover.\n\nMinnows are occasionally used for trout, particularly for large Brown's. Hook the minnow lightly through the back or lip and drift it into the deep pools that have hiding habitat structure. Small, soft-shell crayfish and fish eggs, usually from salmon, can also be productive when drifted in a similar fashion. Egg hooks should be used for salmon eggs. Insect larvae are productive at times, epecially while they are abundant in streams and are beginning to emerge. Most of the time they are fished like worms, but take care in casting because they come off the hook easily.\n\nPrepared trout bait ranges from commercial products to homemade concoctions. Most varieties have a cheese base and come in small chunks or balls. Cheese baits are usually cast across a pool and the bait allowed to drift with the current. Other popular baits include whole kernel corn, marshmallows, and cereal types. It doesn't take much imagination to fish for trout with these items, although all of them have enticed many trout to bite.
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Minows are the best bait for lake and river fishing..grasshopers are second best then night crawlers
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Well, it depends really on what part of the country you are in.  Some places go out in the morning and catch Shad.  They are the flat, wide and really shiny minnows.  The others are just minnows that they caught I am not sure of the technical names of them all.
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i have been using 6in pumpkin colored Zoom worms. they have worked well. in the post-spawn season, try using a wacky worm. the fish are fickle, but can't seem to resist them. buzz bates and other top water lures are working really well in the early morning hours.try using these over fallen timber.
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Live minnows for the flounder. Normally you can net them in the canals on the way there.\n\nRedfish love crabs. If you can get them alive. Hook them in the corner and take off their claws.
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You'll get 1000 different answers to this question. I stick with 3 baits year round. My #1 is the hank parker classic spinnerbait 3/8 oz chart/white with the colorado/indiana blades,#2 is the electric grape 7" power worm and #3 is the 6" black/blue tail power lizard.These are the only lures i ever take with me and 9 out of 10 times i outfish every other guy on the lake.Good Luck
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Minnows:  buy a minnow trap and bait it with bread crumbs\nworms:    pick them up off the road after a heavy rain. Keep them in the basment or garage with coffee grounds and dirt\n\ncickets:  catch them as you find them.
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You have to check with your state, but here in Michigan it always starts the last Saturday of April. this year its 4-29-06. Be careful there are other species of fish that have restrictions too. Also watch your bait, on certain rivers you can only use certain bait, and a certain size. And some parts of streams are only catch and release. When you get your fishing licsends a book, or guide should be available for free. And if all else fails go to your states website, then find your department of natural resources, or something of that sort, and it will be all listed on that link. Most of it is printable too! Good luck, and i hope you catch lots of fish.
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Bass will be coming up to the shallows looking for spawning areas and food, try a plastic worm with a small weight in and around the lilly pads (texas rig style)hook point in the worm to prevent hooking the pads. Try green spinner baits around the timber letting it sink close to bottom. Most people reel crankbaits so fast only the most active fish will bite, slow down :D
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Other minnows.  Seriously.  My Dad owns a bait shop in MN, and we put out minnow traps in the lakes and rivers around here.  The best thing is to put other minnows (of the same variety you are trying to trap) in the trap so that others see them and go in there.  That's really the best thing you can do!  Good luck!
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Depending on where your fishing at on a river or a lake? \n\nIf a lake i would use a bell weight around a 1/2 once. put it about a foot from your bait. \n\nIf a river I would rig a egg weight dont tie it down let it sild on the line. Tie a swivel at the end then put on your bait.\n\nBait is another big thing I use whole or cut shad works the best for me. \n\nUse 20 + lb line when catfishing.
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Maggots, worms are good as the trout is very predatory. Also they will take bread flake, infact they love it. Its cheap and can be used with ease. A top bait, and it works at night, they can really smell it. For me, it would be bread then maggots then worms TIGHT LINES
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Try a Rapala "shad rap" in a perch pattern.  I have found it to be very productive for lake perch. A few years ago, I caught almost 30 perch in 3 hours using this lure.  Tight lines.
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When I go fishing for trout I use small spoons & spinners.  Sometimes a spinner with a crawler at the end works good.  If your going to just bait fish use a slip bobber, jig (green & yellow), and now for the bait you can use corn, night crawler, red worms (best), minnows, and crickets.  Marshmellows I heard works good but i never tried it.  Good luck!
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If it's legal in that particular lake   Fish after dark..I've caught huge,finicky clear water bass on black,shallow running plugs at night...squirt some scent on the lure,fish close to shore ..and keep quiet...