guys i have noticed that the black plastic coated minnow traps hardly ever catch anything......is it due to the dark color?... you can put 2 right beside each other the older ones and the new black ones and see which ones work better....9 out of 10 the old ones work better here..... what could i do to get these new black ones working... someone said to paint the cage a light grey or brown.......  i was wandering about the paint smell.......they said it worked for them...what  do you think

thats all i use is the black coated ones - off ebay for like 20 bucks for 6 i think......chicken liver or canned pet food works good - frsh crab is the chit here tho.....

i would think the BAIT would make the differance not the trap ?

andy the one that i was thinking of is on page 23 of cc. Its the galvanized one but i have to think that it may be your bait more than anything as well. i use dry dog food which takes a little longer to start giving off "smell" but there are times i can use the same bait for 48 hours straight. last week i was out of dog food and tried bread and dog biscuts and only got a VERY few minnows and several crawdads. i typically am trapping a small creek though with a very light current where i put it. im not sure what kinds situation your using it in. i certainly think bait does make it or breaks it for getting plenty of bait. good luck!!

ill have to try some liver never had though of that.  i have used dog food cat food.bread/chips crackers the same thing i use in a older grey trap it works but no luck with these black ones