Second Cast
Bait

Live Minnows

$4.00
Street price
21 fish
Used for

Ballpark, not a live price

Small baitfish for crappie, perch, and bass. Hook one lightly under a float and let it do the work.

What it's for

Hook through lips under a float, drift near submerged brush

Drift a live minnow on a bait hook through slow deep runs at dawn or dusk

Hook through the tail, fish live near deep holes at night

Freeline or under a float near current breaks for a natural bite

Suspend under a float near cover to mimic natural prey

Saugerbait

Fish on jig head near bottom in slow winter current

Hook through lips on a fish-finder rig, drift over sandy bottom

Slow troll or free line near bait schools and structure

Slow drag or drift live minnow along bottom near drop offs and channels

Live minnow on a jig head fished slow near bottom at dawn or dusk

Fish under a float near river mouths and current edges where whites feed

Hook through the lips, fish slow near brush and pilings

Hook through lips on size 8 hook, drift or slow retrieve near bottom

Burbotbait

Hook through the lip, still fished right on bottom near structure

Still fish on bottom rig near deep humps and drop offs

Free-lined or under a float, twitched slowly to mimic wounded fish

Drift or slow troll live minnow on fish finder rig near bottom

Live bait like sardines or mackerel fished on a fly line near kelp edges

Slow troll or drift rigged minnows near bottom in cold depths

Suspend under a float near weed lines for a sure bite

Sardines or similar baitfish free lined into current along kelp

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