Im making a fish / eel/ crayfish trap

[Matt Weir]

Jon,

Fantasic job you've done there matey it looks really good. Maybe the light colour of the wood is off putting to any potential prey? Hopefully it will darken with age.

Best of luck,

 

[Fenlander]

For something like crayfish I'd be trying something like offal or roadkill as bait. I suspect it would also work with fish - why not try some butchers trimmings?

Red

Bacon is a very good bait for crayfish in my experience.

 

[torjusg]

Thanks for the pine cone idea!

I think it may be possible that the hole in the funnel is too big in relation to the overall size of the trap, making it too easy to find an exit.

 

[jon r]

thanks for all your help everyone. Ive been putting the trap in a lake, does this matter? There ate no rivers imn my area. Is it possible yo catch fish with this trap in non moving water?

 

[jon r]

I caught a fish!!! i caught one........ But it got away!

I had a fish in my trap it was a little Rud. I pulled the trap in and left it in the shallows whilst i went back home to get my camera. When i got back to the trap with my camera it was still there but when i went to take a picture it vanished!! Must have got through the cage wall somehow! Dam. Oh well.

Ive improved the trap so that the little ones can't escape. I'll post some pict in a bit. Its in the water at the moment.

If i get another catch i will post some other pics.

By the way, does anyone mind all these pictures, does it clog your internet connections up?

Cheers

Jon

 

[fredcraft]

Bacon is a very good bait for crayfish in my experience.

No crayfish is gonna get my bacon ! No sir !

 

[madrussian]

Nice trap Jon. I don't know if it will work with crawfish though. Here in Louisiana they us a small mesh plastic coated wire fencing to make crawfish traps. The spacing on your trap looks a little too big for crawfish, from what I can tell. They usually bait them with dead smelly fish. Wish you success.

 

[jon r]

Just been back to my trap and look!! Ihave caught three fish! I think the modification on the trap and some extra bait did the trick!

Three nice little rud.

That other thing in the trap next to the fish is a stone whick im using to weight the trap down.

This is The trap now that it's had a bit of modification

 

[Fenlander]

Well done Jon :You_Rock_

I think a tutorial is now needed for the final working design

 

[leon-b]

thats a real nice trap jon, is it legal to use ? where can it be used ?
a tutorial is defo in order, would love to give making one a go as im into fishing
leon

 

[torjusg]

Nice!

What sort of modification did you do?

The trap looks stunning, good to see it worked! :You_Rock_

 

[Fenlander]

Nice!

What sort of modification did you do?

The trap looks stunning, good to see it worked! :You_Rock_

I assume it's the lines of cord wrapped around it

 

[jon r]

I assume it's the lines of cord wrapped around it

yea the string round the outside made a lot of difference.

 

[jon r]

Im going to write a tutorial! I'll post it as a new thread but i will put a likk through to it in this thread.

 

[leon-b]

nice, im going to give this a bash, does hazel have to be used ? i havent seen any in our local woods
leon

 

[jon r]

You could use willow and other woods that are alike

 

[leon-b]

ok thanks, im going to start it tommorow, are the ends open or are they netted ? how do the fish get in ?
i take it you attached a rope to the top of it
leon

 

[madrussian]

You gonna eat those baby fishies Jon?

 

[jon r]

No thanks Madrussian