Chicken Wire Fish Trap

1 roll chicken wire 4 feet wide for tail b.

Chicken wire fish trap.

Gate frame is made from 9 ga. 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. Trap door made from 9 ga.

Always maintain your traps in the best condition possible place them in fishspawning grounds and always use an appropriate bait for optimal results. Place the open side of the trap over the sticks. A trap to catch fish in a s l a e. I roll chicken wire 6 feet wide for heart c.

Set the trap by driving the support sticks into the ground along a line at 1 foot intervals. For suckers or carp poultry netting chicken wire is less expensive. Catfish and carp 770 198 views. A pair of pliers.

A typical contemporary trap consists of a frame of thick steel wire in the shape of a heart with chicken wire stretched around it. Cutting and tying now select a good location for your trap. Wire 7 1 2 square and covered with chicken wire. 200 poles about 7 8 feet in length d.

Fish in the trap. When a fish swims inside through this opening it cannot get out as the chicken wire opening bends back into its original narrowness. Make fish removal door and install throats. 2 or 3 rolls tying wire.

Wire 7 1 2 square and laced to cut opening of throat 2. Trap door fastened to gate frame with pig rings so that it swings freely. Repeat this step all the way around the trap to secure it to the ground. Cut a 7 inch square piece of chicken wire for a door.

Cut a section of 9 gauge wire that will fit around the chicken wire. The choice then is the mesh size determined by the size of fish you are trapping. Catch tons of catfish bait with slim jims store live bait in keepnet portable live well duration. First get all your building materials to erect a brand new fish trap.

Lace the cut ends of the chicken wire to the 9 gauge wire.