Chicken Wire Fish Trap

Set the trap by driving the support sticks into the ground along a line at 1 foot intervals.

Chicken wire fish trap.

A trap to catch fish in a s l a e. Cutting and tying now select a good location for your trap. A pair of pliers. Fish in the trap.

First get all your building materials to erect a brand new fish trap. Catch tons of catfish bait with slim jims store live bait in keepnet portable live well duration. The choice then is the mesh size determined by the size of fish you are trapping. A typical contemporary trap consists of a frame of thick steel wire in the shape of a heart with chicken wire stretched around it.

For bait minnows a hardware cloth in 1 4 or 1 2 inch 0 6 or 1 3 cm mesh is fine. Trap door made from 9 ga. I roll chicken wire 6 feet wide for heart c. Catfish and carp 770 198 views.

Make fish removal door and install throats. Cut a 7 inch square piece of chicken wire for a door. 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 fastened to gate frame with pig rings so that it swings freely.

When a fish swims inside through this opening it cannot get out as the chicken wire opening bends back into its original narrowness. 200 poles about 7 8 feet in length d. 1 roll chicken wire 4 feet wide for tail b. Always maintain your traps in the best condition possible place them in fishspawning grounds and always use an appropriate bait for optimal results.

Cut a section of 9 gauge wire that will fit around the chicken wire. Form the wire around the square piece of chicken wire. Insert a bent wire over the wire edge of the trap and into the ground. For suckers or carp poultry netting chicken wire is less expensive.

Lace the cut ends of the chicken wire to the 9 gauge wire. Gate frame is made from 9 ga. Place the open side of the trap over the sticks. Repeat this step all the way around the trap to secure it to the ground.

2 or 3 rolls tying wire.