Chicken Wire Fish Trap

Cut a section of 9 gauge wire that will fit around the chicken wire.

Chicken wire fish trap.

1 roll chicken wire 4 feet wide for tail b. Lace the cut ends of the chicken wire to the 9 gauge wire. 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.

Cut a 7 inch square piece of chicken wire for a door. Place the open side of the trap over the sticks. Form the wire around the square piece of chicken wire. Trap door made from 9 ga.

The mesh wraps around the frame and then tapers into the inside of the trap. A pair of pliers. 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.

Gate frame is made from 9 ga. Make fish removal door and install throats. Catfish and carp 770 198 views. Cutting and tying now select a good location for your trap.

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

Wire 7 1 2 square and laced to cut opening of throat 2. When a fish swims inside through this opening it cannot get out as the chicken wire opening bends back into its original narrowness. Wire 7 1 2 square and covered with chicken wire. Fish in the trap.

For suckers or carp poultry netting chicken wire is less expensive. Set the trap by driving the support sticks into the ground along a line at 1 foot intervals. For bait minnows a hardware cloth in 1 4 or 1 2 inch 0 6 or 1 3 cm mesh is fine. The choice then is the mesh size determined by the size of fish you are trapping.

200 poles about 7 8 feet in length d.