When I was little papa used to take a small met full of minnow put the in a mason jar with water. The seal lid had many small punters and a hole in the middle. The hole he ran his rope through with a knot, the screwed the lid down, lowered it to the bottom, then tied it to the cleat.

He said the boat moving kept the jar going up and down stirring up the mud, and the minnows kept the fish there and interested when his pole was not in the water.

He also out perched everyone in the boat.