Chicken Wire Fish Trap

Gate frame is made from 9 ga.

Chicken wire fish trap.

Trap door fastened to gate frame with pig rings so that it swings freely. A trap to catch fish in a s l a e. Cut a section of 9 gauge wire that will fit around the chicken wire. For bait minnows a hardware cloth in 1 4 or 1 2 inch 0 6 or 1 3 cm mesh is fine.

First get all your building materials to erect a brand new fish trap. Trap door made from 9 ga. Catfish and carp 770 198 views. Always maintain your traps in the best condition possible place them in fishspawning grounds and always use an appropriate bait for optimal results.

Wire 7 1 2 square and laced to cut opening of throat 2. Insert a bent wire over the wire edge of the trap and into the ground. With a good chicken wire fish trap you are guaranteed of at least one eating size fishafter every 24 hours you can even get more if you set up bigger traps. Repeat this step all the way around the trap to secure it to the ground.

Wire 7 1 2 square and covered with chicken wire. 1 roll chicken wire 4 feet wide for tail b. Cut a 7 inch square piece of chicken wire for a door. 2 or 3 rolls tying wire.

A typical contemporary trap consists of a frame of thick steel wire in the shape of a heart with chicken wire stretched around it. A pair of pliers. I roll chicken wire 6 feet wide for heart c. Lace the cut ends of the chicken wire to the 9 gauge wire.

Fish in the trap. The mesh wraps around the frame and then tapers into the inside of the trap. Catch tons of catfish bait with slim jims store live bait in keepnet portable live well duration. Make fish removal door and install throats.

For suckers or carp poultry netting chicken wire is less expensive. Form the wire around the square piece of chicken wire. The choice then is the mesh size determined by the size of fish you are trapping. Place the open side of the trap over the sticks.

Cutting and tying now select a good location for your trap.