How to Catch your own Bait (Redtails, Creek Chubs, River shiners)

[@OutsidewithTom]

Sometimes I think I like catching bait just as much as catching the sport fish. Nice work! 👍

[@330Maniac]

It's so much fun thanks for watching!

[@doncaswell1846]

I think is more fun to catch bait at least not sitting for hours waiting for a bite

[@elibreeze1312]

@@doncaswell1846 to me, its all quantity over quality. I'd much rather catch 2 dozen smaller bluegill, smallmouth and shiners, over one big largemouth or something like that.

[@kellykinsey2224]

I agree

[@Murphydoge]

I often have a hard time deciding what to do sometimes. Go fishing for walleyes or creekchubs? I’m usually a lot more successful with the creek chubs 😂

[@adamgee7121]

I catch the same species where I live in Canada. I use rod and typical metal trap with bread and worms. Through lots of trial and error keeping them alive for long periods of time... I've found that keeping them in the same river water in buckets with aerator ( separate the large chubs from shiners if possible) . Once original water is clouded/dirtied up from the minnow purging or puking up stomach contents... you can change water with fresh distilled jugs from any grocery store while matching temp as best you can by feel. Real spring or well water seems fine as long as there's no added chemicals. They usually puke up everything within an hour or 2. So have everything ready at home depending on the size of bucket . I've been able to keep them alive for long periods of time. Hope this helps anyone from losing bait. Keep em cool with sealed frozen water bottles if need. Can be refrozen over again.

[@StormLaker]

Along with the chubs/shiners, there are sometimes some really great fish in this size creek. I used to fish a little creek like this as a kid and caught northern, smallies, walleyes, etc- especially in the spring. With suckers/chubs $6 a dozen, spending half an hour catching bait like this isn't a bad idea.

[@aleckrug1554]

Dudeee I totally thought you were creek fishing adventures at first glance. Just watched a video of his n he was wearing a red shirt too 😂

[@Jaden-tp4rc]

My pb creak chub was 12.75 in and cought a 41 in pike with it.😁🎣🎣🎣

[@mikelosa4564]

Mine was 7.92 and I caught a 10.78 bass using it as chunk bait

[@chrise7884]

Could you include how you rig/ fish these slippery little chubs please! Thanks. Love the videos.

[@caleandlandyn1373]

I can make a video for you

[@caleandlandyn1373]

I use a octopus size 4 hook with a split shot weight(bobber is optional) and for bait use a chunk of worm or ball up a small piece of bread those are the best baits

[@ZGADOW]

here in the east we have minnow species called a fallfish. they're basically chubs that get up to 3-4 lbs. so that huge chub you caught would be a tiny fallfish. they make great bait

[@330Maniac]

I've been catching some nice wall eyes today on them

[@koltonbill9929]

@@330Maniac my preferred northern bait is a 6 to 10 inch chub or spinner

[@LoneAngler218]

Very cool vid bud!! I’ve always wanted to do that!

[@annieseaberg1744]

Another good video ceep it up.

[@330Maniac]

Thanks

[@johnsmalldridge6356]

Nice! I used to catch bait this way until I started using a cast net. Much more effective.

[@LPSodanah]

John, could you recommend a castnet (make/model)?

[@johnsmalldridge6356]

Panzer Medical , I like the Betts Old Salt series. They strike a good balance between price, availability, and weight per foot of lead line. If you’re just learning to throw a cast net then I might would learn on a more economical net. When purchasing a cast net things to consider are size and type of bait and depth of water. I use a cast net to catch shrimp, jumping mullet minnows, and golden shiners for bait. A five to seven foot net works best for me. The five foot is easier to handle, the seven foot covers more area. Catching your own bait can help you catch more and bigger fish and also makes you less dependent on bait shops.

[@LPSodanah]

Thanks John, appreciate the feedback!

[@hodfishing5123]

Cast nets aren't allowed in MN. Dip nets are ok in non infested waters only, last I checked.

[@jeffborchardt4705]

@@hodfishing5123 Actially you can get a permit to use them here in MN. Must be new because I just recently heard it being discussed on another youtube channel.

[@Boldo75]

I think you need to use a cane pole the next time you go fishing for bait. 😀 God Bless

[@JayVanDaele]

This is awesome! Thinking outside the box I love it, keep up the vids they are fantastic man!

[@330Maniac]

Thanks!

[@JayVanDaele]

Btw I made a batch of your pickled fish today using pike, 5 days of salt and vinegar and now their into the sugar and vinegar, onions/peppers and whatnot...how long do you leave them in the jars before eating them? Thanks

[@JayVanDaele]

Nevermind...5 days I rewatched it 👍 lol

[@dansmolen1618]

Tank of redtails in winter time is good as gold here in NW Wisconsin!

[@orionrestinghawk5561]

facts

[@chrisanderson9856]

When I was younger I used to catch Creek Chub and Shiners all the time. I've caught Creek Chubs between 10" -12" in the Creeks around Northeast Iowa. I still catch them today using the same method you are. It's a lot of fun. Wait til that day you are bait fishing and tie into a nice Smallie. We have Smallmouth in a lot of little creeks here in Northeast and North Iowa. You should have kept the River Shiners and froze them for Northern fishing this winter on tip ups.

[@theinvasivespecies1119]

Awesome job!

[@330Maniac]

Thanks Joey

[@Fox1nDen]

when i catch a bluegill or other sunfish under four inches I call it a Bait Volunteer. Have not caught anything on a volunteer yet but it has been a hot dry summer and water levels are very low, most of the river fish have been taken out by birds, nowhere to hide. or larger fish went to the depths I can't reach without a boat. Better days coming, says rain I heard last night.

[@marthajf73]

Beware that there is poisonous algae killing all kinds of critters, including dogs, deer, elk, fish, cows, you name it that is really bad this year.

[@adamsmith8533]

I do this all the time. Better bait and it's free.

[@jacobzinniel3004]

Hi, I am very interested in doing this, this coming spring as I have always bought bait from the local bait shop. I am wondering what time of day is best and should the water be mucky, or kind of clear? Any help is appreciated!

[@subs3964]

It should be clear is and it doesn’t matter when you do it

[@330Maniac]

Honestly it depends on the water system. Where I am at the water is almost always very muddy because these rivers have a clay bottom. You can catch them at any point during the day. I have caught them in very clear streams as well.

[@jacobzinniel3004]

@@330Maniac thanks, for the help! I'm by you located in park rapids

[@FISHINSTONED]

Trout magnet kit works too instead of using actual worms

[@drtdbbt2588]

No Horned Daisy's??? Have any old rock quarry ponds around your area? That's where Golden Shiner's typically use to come from. Sport Shop's around here quit carrying them many moon's ago, but I don't know who even supplied them back then to the Sport Shop's even though I found out later where most of them came from(rock quarry ponds).

[@randolphbehm877]

I like to use butter worms. Thread them on the hook through the tip of the tail and pop the tip of the hook out through the hard head. I usually catch many baits before having to Rebait.

[@grantubl7297]

Are traps legal? In WI they have regulated bait so close due to VHS. We can only use bait in the body of water it was caught in.

[@330Maniac]

Regulations varie quite a bit. Here I'm not sure exactly how it would work in many areas because I am catching minnows in rivers better rate between large lakes. To me that would make any body of water attached to that river part of the body of water

[@bradgarner1507]

My pb creek chub was a 12 incher caught it trout fishing

[@catfishstalkeroutdoorswith530]

I have that same cooler. Great video!

[@stephensmith2458]

Do u freeze and seal packages of bait for ice fishing?

[@RabbiNuts]

Great question

[@i-fatfree2610]

Can i do this in a lake?

[@paulnokio1199]

You mean you don't have to pay 40 bucks for 4 dozen redtails? Awsome

[@joshparsons5105]

20 a dozen

[@330Maniac]

22 Here now

[@northwayoutdoors]

How can you tell the difference between a creek chub and redtail? they look the exact same to me

[@330Maniac]

The design on their body. If you use them enough you can tell pretty easily

[@northwayoutdoors]

@@330Maniac appreciate the response, I’m catching a lot of chubs/shiners in the dried up backwaters puddles of the Minnesota river and hoping to find these red tails and identity them. Do they have bumpy heads like the hornyhead?

[@bcfishing1761]

Your vids are sick you need to make more

[@marthajf73]

Hahahaha. As a child, and were a lot of us kids, we each had a stick with a piece of line tied on it, a piece of dry wood as a bobber and we had to find our own bait. We dug fishing worms I old cow manure around the barn or chicken manure, caught crickets, grasshoppers for general fishing or turned over stumps and rotting logs and chased down field mice specifically to catch really big large mouth bass in the pond. Good times.

[@caleandlandyn1373]

That sounds awesome man

[@joshuasmith2689]

sounds like the life!!

[@patindvik3408]

How would a cast net work?

[@330Maniac]

They would work fantastic I'm sure but they are illegal here

[@christiangroh3185]

I don’t use a bobber or sinkers the creek is shallow enough and you can feel them a lot better avoiding them swallowing hook

[@SawKait]

How many daily limit bag creeck chub

[@BillaBong1]

What canera are you using? Quality is real dang good.

[@330Maniac]

It's a go pro hero 5

[@BillaBong1]

@@330Maniac nice. Quality seems like the newer ones. Or its probably just how you use it lol

[@joshparsons5105]

If you use a trap its way more effective we catch them by the dozens in our traps in Minnesota. Red tails are a high dollar minnow

[@Fishing_guy-o2j]

Fishing always gives me a chub. 🥰😏😝

[@solitudeguard5688]

Have you ever used a bloodworm as bait?

[@quintenbrown1508]

I'll sometimes use a small jig head just incase of a bullhead.

[@hodfishing5123]

I'm surprised you didn't keep the Crayfish!

[@330Maniac]

I've only used cray fish for bass fishing

[@toddlarson883]

Bite should be on for big eyes cool nights, last few times out goose hunt n fish seem to be on feeding frenzy.good vid good luck fishing!

[@330Maniac]

Thank you

[@tlomeo7722]

What’s river you fishing

[@SlayermikeFishingandMORE]

Nice Flathead bait

[@keeganposton1210]

This is epic

[@330Maniac]

Thanks!!

[@illmuskyhunter3313]

Isn't it technically illegal to use fish from a different waterway as bait?

[@330Maniac]

Depends. You have to check your regulations where you are. I just made a video on how to catch them. How someone uses them is their responsibility.

[@330Maniac]

From what I've read you can't take them from an infested water.

[@TheWaterSwatters]

You should do one of you digging worms. Call it how to catch bait for catching bait!

[@MissAlissaxX]

Little bit of dawn in warm water. Dump it in your lawn and wait. They’ll all come up

[@YouBetchaOutdoors1]

What are the regulations on this process? Are you limited by number or season? What about transport from between bodies of water? Sure seems like a great idea to save a little money and still be catching fish!

[@330Maniac]

There are a bunch of regulations and they varie depending on where you're from. I urge people to check their regulations before catching or transporting any

[@JosesoledadGaytanlopez-mz7jn]

Can you eat creek shub

[@annettemcpheron9398]

Are you Canadian?

[@MrJigginjim]

I'll take the shiners, all day long.

[@elibreeze1312]

Shiners are very fun fish to catch, they instantly take your bait and run.

[@grasser82]

Why dont you just use a cast net?

[@330Maniac]

They are illegal in Minnesota

[@grasser82]

@330Maniac dang that's crazy

[@daniels4227]

This video could be a perfect drinking game. You have to take a shot of booze every time you hear "creek chub"

[@NewbCoinNerd]

Giant walleye video tomorrow then

[@JimHenderson70]

what is that cooler , and where can I get one !!!!

[@330Maniac]

That is an engle bait cooler

[@werties9098]

Fly rod with dry dropper catch one every cast

[@330Maniac]

I was catching one every cast this way also

[@sargodhajanwarmandi4225]

Nice

[@jimpowers2047]

bacon works really good....i used to kill pike on tip ups with river shiners i'd catch in Michigan winter creek

[@330Maniac]

I bet that would work really good because they seemed very aggressive

[@jimpowers2047]

@@330Maniac it stays on your hook good and when we were kids we caught all kinds of creek creatures with it👍those nice creek shiners caught beautiful pike and would outfish others because of the reflective scales😉baby creek tarpon

[@dalehammond1704]

That's a great idea but just a word of caution here, some states have strict rules about using minnows taken from other bodies of water. It has to do with the transfer of fish diseases. Sport shops are supposed have their minnows all tested. I'm sure you know this but some who read this may not. Check the rules first.

[@330Maniac]

Yes I'm aware of it. These were taken out of a river that runs through quite a few bodies of water. So they technically came from every lake it runs through. Everyone else should be responsible enough to read the regulations as well.

[@SixkSikxSix]

Never seen a crayfish caught on hook 😂😂😂

[@jtn-minn8105]

You forgot to mention that your catching them from the same body of water you'll be fishing in.😉😉😉.

[@330Maniac]

I just show people how to catch them. They gotta read the full regs themselves. Plus if you are catching them from a river every single body of water if flows through is considered it's body of water

[@hodfishing5123]

Best read your regulations! Some bodies of water you can't even take bait!

[@330Maniac]

@@hodfishing5123 I know the regulations. But its not my job to teach everyone what their regulations are. Everyone needs to be smart and responsible for their own actions

[@1979johnson85]

check your laws in alot of states it is illegal to transport live baitfish from one body of water to another, unfortunately. i used to always catch my own bait. :{

[@330Maniac]

It is here also but if you're catching them in a river between bodies of water then you aren't doing that.

[@kevinamack6]

I’ll take a dozen please

[@shaneterral5758]

Better shit that lid to that cooler... They will jump out any and every chance they get.. m

[@cubbie9499]

Next time your at second spot i dare you cast to otherside instead close up.

[@330Maniac]

I'm not sure what that means exactly lol

[@cubbie9499]

@@330Maniac cast from ehere you were and aim to the otherside of creek. Like if your tryimg to cast the whole creek

[@ifishcatfish]

to make the video perfect you should have caught your own worms first! HA!

[@330Maniac]

I should have!!

[@kirkg97]

I used to love doing that but now the great State of NY makes us buy bait from a certified bait shop🙄😡

[@drewandcharlie7583]

Hello again bad audio guy!

[@330Maniac]

Hello captain complainer 🤣

[@gregoryvrooman9546]

Dude, use a cast net.

[@330Maniac]

It is illegal

[@rridgerrunner]

tFor crying out loud! Haven't you ever heard of a Minnow trap??????

[@330Maniac]

Of course, but they aren't near as fun!

[@jeffrobertson8840]

try not using a bobber buddy. plus look for deeper holes in the creek. trust me buddy.

[@ime.tdontputmeinthumbnails1973]

I just go down to my private creek and get tons of crawfish big and small