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I've been throwing the sunfish back. But the last few times I check my traps it's been 100% shiners. I figured out that when I pull the trap and check bait daily and replace the dog food that's when I get all the sunfish. If I let the dog food sit for 2-3 day it's all shiners. Make any sense to anyone?
I think that I finally have this thing figured out, three days ago, I had moved a trap to a new spot, pulled 5 doven, moved another trap over there, yesterday, pulled 9 dozen, moved a third trap over ther, today I pulled 24 dozen, yes 291 shiners! I brought home 2 of the traps and left the black trap painted white(had no fish at all today) and put it in one of the holes that had all of the fish in it. I am statring to wohder if it is just a bad trap? makes you wonder, it looks just like the galvanized traps just dipped in something. I am going to screw around with that trap for a while to see what I have to do to get it to catch fish, I am a mechanical test engineer, it is what I do. I may try another color next.
IMG_0224 1.psd by chrisminmaine, on FlickrI assume this is a dace? Can someone confirm? It is about 1 1/2 inches long.
need some help guys.... im trappin this pond that i've trapped since the summer time... the other day I trapped 3 dozen out of 4 traps... the past two times I pulled them I have gotten 10 minnows out of 5 traps.... i've been screwin around with depth, but I cant seem to find them... in the summer time they're breaking the surface for food... this place is PACKED with minnows.... only about 8 feet deep..... cant find em -- any suggestions?
just under the ice is where I have had them.... and nobody is messin with them, its my buddys pond and private... i have not put any on the bottom though -- i have been gettin way too many tad poles... I will def try it. there are some weeds that I put a trap near today, just under the ice -- there's also a dock, should be droppin traps near that dock? been usin white bread.... any suggestions??
so here's a question..... i set em at night, and check them the next night... ive heard that during the day they leave the trap, and then come back at night.... truth to this rumor?