Keeping Minnows Alive Longer and What to do with all those Dead Ones???

Buying minnows each time you go ice fishing can be really expensive and lets be honest, most die before you hit the ice. Shinners are a finicky minnow that love clean water and loves of air in the water. Stale water means so to be dead minnows. Salty's are a great way to "preserve" minnows longer and allows you to have bait all the time.
I can't take all the credit on this. I watched Kokemachine, 4eel Fishing making up some salty's and thought it was a great idea. Give him some love!!
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[@dalehammond1704]

Thanks for the salted minnow idea. Ever try vacuum packing/freezing pike size suckers, etc.? Years ago I tried everything I could think of to keep minnows alive at home. I had big tanks, air, water filtering, recommended food, etc.. They all died usually within a month. They would be fine one day and the next morning all dead. After several fails following online instructions I gave up and sold everything.

[@AdamCraigOutdoors]

Freezing them would be a great idea as well. I have a swamp out back that i have trapped minnows in and they are hardy. I keep a 5gal bucket in the garage hooked up to my compressor. Works pretty well. Shiners do not last long and i have never been able to keep them alive.

[@winky_cat]

My chickens love love love minnows

[@Everything-dr1wb]

Thank you for sharing this video 🙂👍

[@MrKokemachine]

I love having a container of salted minnows in my hut at all times.

[@AdamCraigOutdoors]

i'm guessing that 1/3 of the fish i caught on Nip were with salties! why not keep them around!!

[@taddtra]

Are salted minnows only used for icefishing? What are they used for

[@jacobtucker1562]

What tip of salt rock or regular

[@HughButler-lb6zs]

There is something wrong with game laws if you can't use live bait. The only restriction in Arkansas regarding live bait is they must be purchased from a licensed dealer and you can't use carp. But you can trap your own minnows so the licensed dealer thing is unenforceable. The licensed dealer thing forces dealers to pay licensing fees. With game laws like that a person should use cut bait made from politicians.

[@AdamCraigOutdoors]

some of their reasoning is that they dont want invasive species getting into Algonquin Park. The park is full of speckle trout and lake trout.

[@joelsands9334]

guy with a bucket of dead minnows is telling everyone how to keep them alive.

[@AdamCraigOutdoors]

can't slip anything past you bud!!

[@Kildahl1776]

You tried to save shiners? Hard as hell

[@timminstraprs2169]

Freeze them in sandwich bags, use them for mink bait in the fall. 👍

[@AdamCraigOutdoors]

I save all my fish scraps for bait. Have more skin and guts in the freezer then meat. lol

[@timminstraprs2169]

I'm sure the warden just loves that. Lol

[@ToddWittenmyerBackwoodsLiving]

That's good advice Adam! However those salted minnows were looking mighty tasty! LOL! Take care buddy!

[@AdamCraigOutdoors]

funny you say that, i noticed i had a bunch missing and today i started finding them stashed in my shop. Guess the mice liked them too.

[@GoldenValleyTrapper]

Used to do some smelts like this for pike fishing! Great video Adam!

[@AdamCraigOutdoors]

Forgot all about smelt fishing. Works well forsure. Thanks for watching!!

[@GoldenValleyTrapper]

I'll be do for a feed of smelts this spring, if you want to come along let me know!

[@CoffeyOutdoors]

Thank you for sharing this great video

[@AdamCraigOutdoors]

appreciate you watching!!

[@huntnfishnuts5880]

Live bait is tough to keep but sometimes worth it as nothing will out fish it.

[@AdamCraigOutdoors]

got that right. Worth trying to keep them alive.

[@aaronnelson1099]

you running 200 psi? LOL! TFS Adam! Only way to save your dead ones! Cheers! 👍

[@AdamCraigOutdoors]

pump the air into the buggers!! lol

[@nightingaleseraph]

My cat and dog love the dead ones, but I’m gonna have to do this.

[@AdamCraigOutdoors]

i have tossed them in the chicken coop before too.

[@nightingaleseraph]

@@AdamCraigOutdoors chickens go nuts for them. Mine think they’re little snakes and will go to town pecking them.

[@amberhendricks8663]

5.50-6$ doz at that price I would definitely try to save my bait ! There 2.25$ doz here in Kentucky

[@downfrazier9130]

I get em $4 for 50

[@mzeeraza3516]

Nice video Adam 👍🏾

[@AdamCraigOutdoors]

Thanks Raza. Nasty weather up here today. 15mm of rain. yuck!

[@sandragillingham6255]

Great video and info!

[@AdamCraigOutdoors]

my pleasure, Sandra!

[@danielholtxxl4936]

Cut the heads off the dead ones and just put them in a baggie and freeze them. You will always have minnow heads for jigging.

[@FknNefFy]

Why don’t you just freeze them?

[@AdamCraigOutdoors]

yes, you can do that too.