Anyone else here use minnow traps for catching bait? I like to supplement my store bought minnows with some I catch from the creek, NC law says the trap must be under the "immediate control" of the owner so I set mine up where I am going to be for a few hours.

I can usually get 2-3 dozen in an hour or so from 3 traps spread out about 100 feet. At home I get a mix of suckers, hornyheads, some kind of shiners, crayfish and some lizards in my traps. When I bank fish near a creek I can usually catch bait faster than I use it.

With traps as cheap as they are it pays for itself pretty fast. I just bought 6 on Ebay for $38 shipped, they will be waiting on me when I get home.