bait night before

[BILLY JOE]

put minnows in zip lock no water and keep on ice

[eriedeerie]

put minnows in zip lock no water and keep on ice

Thanks. I wondered about ice. Ended up with floating .minnow bucket!

[Markbrews]

A variation of Billy Joe's: Keep in zip lock bag on ice. Any left over, when back home add a good amount of K salt in the bag and place in a freezer. This sort of "Mummyfies" them. They get quite tough, and stay on the hook for 3 or 4 catches! You can do the same with live minnows too.

[Moldman]

many articles on the internet on ways to salt minnows, Ohio DNR has a good one. Most have a brine to soak minnows in before salting. I did that before using the alcohol method, salting was a pain.