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Sodium Benzoate? Minnows? #8394100 04/27/25 03:31 PM 04/27/25 03:31 PM
Joined: Oct 2020 Piscataquis County, ME M Mainelogger OP trapper
Mainelogger OP trapper M Joined: Oct 2020 Piscataquis County, ME	Anyone ever tried to preserve whole minnows with sodium benzoate for fishing? I was looking at those preserved salted and brined ones they sell at Walmart in resealable bags and the hamster wheel in my head started turning.

Re: Sodium Benzoate? Minnows? [Re: Mainelogger] #8394110 04/27/25 03:47 PM 04/27/25 03:47 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Rodney,Ohio SNIPERBBB trapper
SNIPERBBB trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Rodney,Ohio	Ww always just froze them. If you're banned from using the freezer for that purpose, doesn't hurt to try. Long yerm storage id worry about them turning to mush http://www.sniperstrappingplace.com/tmansearch.php

Re: Sodium Benzoate? Minnows? [Re: Mainelogger] #8394115 04/27/25 03:51 PM 04/27/25 03:51 PM
Joined: Sep 2013 Green County Wisconsin G GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper
GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper G Joined: Sep 2013 Green County Wisconsin	I bought some shad that way at the bait shop one time , wasn't getting any gills for cut bait during the spawn so I tried it , didn't catch anything with them but they keep well. unfortunately the cats were in spawn also so I only got 3 America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.

Re: Sodium Benzoate? Minnows? [Re: Mainelogger] #8394126 04/27/25 04:16 PM 04/27/25 04:16 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 MN F flathead trapper
flathead trapper F Joined: Dec 2006 MN	I haven't tried SB on minnows, but i have salted and froze gallons of them, so salt works reasonably well.

Re: Sodium Benzoate? Minnows? [Re: Mainelogger] #8394135 04/27/25 04:45 PM 04/27/25 04:45 PM
Joined: Sep 2016 MB J Jurassic Park trapper
Jurassic Park trapper J Joined: Sep 2016 MB	I would think Sodium Benzoate would be too expensive to make it worthwhile. Cold as ice! Clique non-member

Re: Sodium Benzoate? Minnows? [Re: Mainelogger] #8394156 04/27/25 05:27 PM 04/27/25 05:27 PM
Joined: Mar 2020 W NY Turtledale trapper
Turtledale trapper Joined: Mar 2020 W NY	If you do your own, canning salt works great. If you don't want the corrosive salt use cornmeal. You can't compare anything to that Walmart garbage. Never tried SB Last edited by Turtledale; 04/27/25 06:54 PM. NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers

Re: Sodium Benzoate? Minnows? [Re: Mainelogger] #8394160 04/27/25 05:38 PM 04/27/25 05:38 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Wisconsin G Green Bay trapper
Green Bay trapper G Joined: Dec 2010 Wisconsin	People up here make "Vodka Minnows". Here is a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOSc75Jt_Is Author of The Lure Hunter: A Guide to Finding Fishing Lures

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