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If no one in your family is bothered by bait in the fridge, that is where you could store it between trips. That won't work for live minnows but for worms, crickets or shrimp it works and as long as it is in a container of some type, it isn't like it is going to escape. Dead minnows can be kept in the freezer and if your time is short, just take out, what you can use on the short trip. As Albinotrout said, using spinners or small lures, even plastics is another thing that will work and works great in certain locations, when time is short.
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