Fish Trap

[chiangmaimav]

Fish traps are very popular here. I saw an exhibition of several different types here a couple of weeks ago. Mostly made from bamboo. If I talk to someone who knows how to make them I will pass along the information.

[canid]

well, the cam is still fine. the lense cover sticks more than it did before, but it never worked quite right since i got the thing, i just have to click it open by hand.

here is the trap, though not the best picture. i started by making a 12" tall band of chicken wire about 2' long and 12" wide. i cut out and wired on an ovoid piece of chicken wire as a bottom, to which i attatched an ovoid section of rebar as weighted rim.

i next cut about 3' into the rop rim of the chicken wire band at the ends, and at two points where the bends start on each side. i folded these parts of the sides in about 45 degrees and wired together, so that the top sides would be domed. to this i wired a pre-cut top piece along one side, so it could open like a hinge. i'm putting small hooks on the other side so i can fasten it closed better.

after this, i cut small 3" round holes at the ends near the bottom, fastened tapering funnels out of spare chicken wire, tapering from 3 to 2" and wired these onto the holes pointing inward and up, so they rise to half way up the height of the trap. this lets the crawfish enter from ground-level but makes them jump down to enter, making the funnel traps more effective.

all that remains is a little bait cage in the center, and maybe a bit of foam flatation material at the top so that it sinks upright if i throw it out.

[crashdive123]

Thanks for the explanation and picl

Oh, and congrats on the camera. sob, sob.

[Runs With Beer]

well, the cam is still fine. the lense cover sticks more than it did before, but it never worked quite right since i got the thing, i just have to click it open by hand.

here is the trap, though not the best picture. i started by making a 12" tall band of chicken wire about 2' long and 12" wide. i cut out and wired on an ovoid piece of chicken wire as a bottom, to which i attatched an ovoid section of rebar as weighted rim.

i next cut about 3' into the rop rim of the chicken wire band at the ends, and at two points where the bends start on each side. i folded these parts of the sides in about 45 degrees and wired together, so that the top sides would be domed. to this i wired a pre-cut top piece along one side, so it could open like a hinge. i'm putting small hooks on the other side so i can fasten it closed better.

after this, i cut small 3" round holes at the ends near the bottom, fastened tapering funnels out of spare chicken wire, tapering from 3 to 2" and wired these onto the holes pointing inward and up, so they rise to half way up the height of the trap. this lets the crawfish enter from ground-level but makes them jump down to enter, making the funnel traps more effective.

all that remains is a little bait cage in the center, and maybe a bit of foam flatation material at the top so that it sinks upright if i throw it out.

Thanks, Ilike it, and the pic. Is the trap of your own design?

[canid]

it is a trap of my own design in the sense that i didn't copy any other trap in making it, or the first one like it i've built, but it's fundamentally similar to many other traps made by others.

[Styric]

Here's a How To with pic's and a great step by step (from my Making Stuff Sticky).
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/index.php/DIY/Fish-Trap.html

Great fish trap and well made. Thanks for the link.