Chicken Wire Fish Trap

Trap door fastened to gate frame with pig rings so that it swings freely.

Chicken wire fish trap.

Place the open side of the trap over the sticks. 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. A trap to catch fish in a s l a e.

The choice then is the mesh size determined by the size of fish you are trapping. Set the trap by driving the support sticks into the ground along a line at 1 foot intervals. Always maintain your traps in the best condition possible place them in fishspawning grounds and always use an appropriate bait for optimal results. Repeat this step all the way around the trap to secure it to the ground.

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. Catfish and carp 770 198 views. Wire 7 1 2 square and covered with chicken wire.

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. 1 roll chicken wire 4 feet wide for tail b. When a fish swims inside through this opening it cannot get out as the chicken wire opening bends back into its original narrowness.

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. Catch tons of catfish bait with slim jims store live bait in keepnet portable live well duration. Insert a bent wire over the wire edge of the trap and into the ground. Form the wire around the square piece of chicken wire.

200 poles about 7 8 feet in length d. A pair of pliers. Cut a 7 inch square piece of chicken wire for a door. Fish in the trap.

The mesh wraps around the frame and then tapers into the inside of the trap. Trap door made from 9 ga. 2 or 3 rolls tying wire. For suckers or carp poultry netting chicken wire is less expensive.

Gate frame is made from 9 ga.