preserving minnows

[Moldman]

We also use the alcohol method but buy wintergreen scent. If you have some old cheap vodka around it works just as well. We also preserve leeches this way, they work GREAT and catch fish just like the live ones do...

[sloch24]

We've been salting them for years now. We just keep them in a zip-loc bag and bring a little lunch size cooler filled with ice when we fish. We've never had a problem re-freezing because if you use enough salt, they don't really freeze solid anyway.

I'm going to try the alcohol method though. That will keep the salt off of my reels. I have one reel that has been damaged due to the salt. The chrome was eaten right off the handle!