How to use Gees-Feets G-40 Minnow trap

Have you ever wondered how to catch your live bait quickly? The Gees-feets G-40 minnow trap is an easy and affordable way to secure a few dozen for the day’s fishing adventure. If you have not used a bait trap before, no worries; in this article, we will show you how to use and how to catch live bait with it.

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Bait swims in but can’t get out! The Bass Pro Shops® Galvanized Minnow Trap is easy to use: Just place bait in trap, join 2 halves of the trap with wire connectors, and secure with included snap fastener. Attach a cord or chain to trap and anchor.

How does the G-40 live minnow trap work? 

The G-40 Minnow trap has a coned entry hole much larger than the exit hole; therefore, they cannot escape once a minnow or other similar-sized fish enter the trap.

How do you bait and close the G-40 minnow trap?

To bait this trap, you put your bait of choice on one side of the trap. Next, you will latch the curved hook lip into the receiving end. Once you have correctly installed both sides, as shown below, you can close the G-40 minnow trap with the provided hook, but keep in mind that you will need your rope; it is not included.

I usually attach about 20ft to the hook so you could have enough rope to swing the g-40 into the area you would like to place the trap. The hook’s job is to lock the trap so it does not open up while set in the water.

What is the best bait I should put in a minnow trap?

I have had my best success with crumbled-up white bread, but a close and second favorite is large pellet dog food mixed with peanut butter. The scent of these baits attracts minnows, bream, tilapia, crawfish, and other exotics into my trap.

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How do you retrieve bait from the minnow trap?

First off, make sure you have a portable aerator and bucket with water from where you placed your trap. I always like to turn on my battery-powered aerator beforehand and have the water oxygenated for 2-3 minutes before pulling my minnow trap.

I want to make sure those baits I caught in my trap have the little stress as possible for them to be in the best possible condition when I start fishing.

The second step would be shifting the trap to one side, so when I unlatch the closing hook on the G-40 trap to open it, all my baits are on that side of the bucket, which is more manageable and easier to dump into the live bait bucket quickly.

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Where should you place your minnow trap?

I like throwing the G-40 minnow trap near shore in 1-2ft of water in areas of the lake or pond with underwater grass—the small fish the trap catches like to live in very skinny water.

Conclusion

The Gees-feets G-40 minnow trap has been around for many years with good reason; it’s a long-lasting solution to catch minnows and other small fish. It can be used relatively easily by kids to adults with low maintenance costs.

It’s made of 1/4-inch galvanized steel; I wash mine off with a hose the day it was used and then put it back into my garage shelf to be ready for the next bait catching duty.

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