Chicken Wire Fish Trap

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Chicken wire fish trap.

Fish in the trap. Cut a section of 9 gauge wire that will fit around the chicken wire. 200 poles about 7 8 feet in length d. Wire 7 1 2 square and covered with chicken wire.

Cut a 7 inch square piece of chicken wire for a door. Form the wire around the square piece of chicken wire. Trap door fastened to gate frame with pig rings so that it swings freely. The choice then is the mesh size determined by the size of fish you are trapping.

Make fish removal door and install throats. For suckers or carp poultry netting chicken wire is less expensive. Gate frame is made from 9 ga. 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. 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. A typical contemporary trap consists of a frame of thick steel wire in the shape of a heart with chicken wire stretched around it.

First get all your building materials to erect a brand new fish trap. I roll chicken wire 6 feet wide for heart c. A pair of pliers. A trap to catch fish in a s l a e.

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. Cutting and tying now select a good location for your trap. Repeat this step all the way around the trap to secure it to the ground. 2 or 3 rolls tying wire.

Always maintain your traps in the best condition possible place them in fishspawning grounds and always use an appropriate bait for optimal results. 1 roll chicken wire 4 feet wide for tail b. Set the trap by driving the support sticks into the ground along a line at 1 foot intervals. Place the open side of the trap over the sticks.

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