Minnow Head Storage

[wirenut45]

Been watching fishing vids to get my fix for ice ,n, the guys are using min. heads on spoons or jigs ,n, i swaer they reach in their pockets ,n, pull a dead min. out ,n, tear the head off . i haven,t seen them use any kind of container. i must be missing something ,but i don,t know . so my q. is; do any of you carry dead mins. ,n, what works best to hold them? don,t want to carry bait bucket because of weight ,n, bulkiness of it help. wire

[brink]

Depending on how many you need, you could maybe just use one of the bigger bait pucks?  Would seem to hold a few dozen heads and wouldn't slime up your ice suit.

[rdhammah]

when I get dead ones, I freeze them in a zip lock baggie. just make sure that they are not frozen together. this way, you can take 1 out at a time. baggie fits in pocket.

[hardwater diehard]

Salt and Freeze ...zip lock slider bag ..should be good to go ...guess you could put them in a bait puck .. could also pre pull the heads (no cutting) then salt and freeze .. going to give it a try this season . I use to salt minnows for trout ...used a cookie sheet keep them separated(could do this outside during the season)  ..freeze through and don't get stuck and clumped together

[ADKLakerTaker]

Nice tip hardwater diehard, thanks!

[wirenut45]

hammah ,n, diehard: what kind of salt do you use? just table salt or rock , or canning salt? thanks, wire

[hardwater diehard]

In the past ...canning ,pickling and kosher ...I don't see why regular table salt wouldn't work ...love the Dollar Store .

[wirenut45]

o.k. thanks. wire

[diesel2012]

I usually just throw a half dozen in a bait puck instead of running back and forth to the minnow bucket.

[tightliner812]

I usually just throw a half dozen in a bait puck instead of running back and forth to the minnow bucket.

This is what I did last year when we were fishing out on Lake Erie . We were tipping pimples with 3 whole minnows at a time and it did not matter if the were dead or not . Saved a lot of time running back to the bait bucket .

[fish-kabob]

In the past ...canning ,pickling and kosher ...I don't see why regular table salt wouldn't work ...love the Dollar Store .

those work so do bait brine by pautkze has good brine's so does this other company i will list in a minute..

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they got good shrimp coloring which does work on minnows!
 
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