crafish drop nets from bike wheels

[ratcatcher]

yup, its secured to the net with 4 plastic ties, your right about keeping busy, I tend to place them around 8ft apart along the sretch of river, luckerly it has a footpath alongside so its easier to move along, then starting at the first, lift them one at a time every 90 seconds or so, probably after the 2nd or 3rd lift, all nets get slowly moved up one place, so we gradularly move upstream,

 

[tuxdad]

Great !! I'm kind of anxious now to get things rolling with mine !! I'll be giving this a shot at a couple of lakes at first.. I need to find some decent steams for trying as well...

Thanks again for sharing the knowledge !! Well done !!

 

[santaman2000]

Those look similar (in the theory of operation) to some of the crab traps here in Florida. The ones here for crabs are a simple topless wire mesh box. You tie the bait (usually something like a chicken neck) to the floor of the box and drop it into the water. When it hits the bottom, the sides fall outward to lie flat. Wait a few minutes for crabs to crawl onto it after the bait then pull it up. That pulls the sides back up into a box and contains the crabs until you get them to the surface and put them into a bucket.

Looks like the only difference is that you're using a round shape and netting rather than a square one with wire mesh.

 

[ratcatcher]

spoke with the EA yesterday, their plans to start charging a fee reguarding crayfish trapping in 2012 has been scrapped
they will also be issuing certificates/licenses for longer than the present one year period

 

[hedgerowpete]

i love the wheel rim traps, we used to use a similar net but with a longer drop for sea nets when fishing on the piers etc

does anyone know where there is any plans for the spiral net traps you can buy on flea bay

 

[asemery]

If you want to make your own nets for this project you can start in the center and work out http://pineapple.myfunforum.org/about1715.html or start at the outside and work in http://pineapple.myfunforum.org/about1402.html basic net making skills are required.
Many sets of net making instructions can be found here as well.
http://pineapple.myfunforum.org/forum99.php Cheers. Tony