stu_young 3 Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 hi all not sure if this is the right place for this or not,.... but here goes I'm looking for some simply plans for making eel traps/ nets i know the one with the wool an worms but thats no good to me, so can anybody help Quote Link to post
Guest Ditch_Shitter Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Stu; I believe Im remembering right in that it was on this forum 'we' did this one about a year ago. Anyway, I suggested a hessian sack full of straw. In the middle of the straw ye push such guts and stinky meat as ye have. Then ye just stab some holes in the sack and sink the lot in a likely place. However, I recall there were a fair few other suggestions made too. Most echoed the idea I put foreward, but there were definate advances on that simplistic way. Sadly, none of which I can now remember at all! But there it is. A way I learned to be adaquette. Now I've mentioned it again - and with the turn over of knowledgable people visiting and posting here - maybe we'll get a similar response to before and we can all learn more effective, whilst about equelly simple, methods? Quote Link to post
ianrob 2 Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 hi all not sure if this is the right place for this or not,.... but here goes I'm looking for some simply plans for making eel traps/ nets i know the one with the wool an worms but thats no good to me, so can anybody help Hi mate I had a sucessful trap a few years ago. All it was, was 4 foot high 1/2"mesh chicken wire. roll it into a circle about a foot or so diameter. Make a funnel and fit it to one end and attach a bag of whatever, worms, guts, a rabbit, hedgehog roadkill, to a piece of wire netting and attach it to the other end. I flattened mine so it was oval, but that was just an idea and probably not necessary. A couple of cobbles in it to keep it tight on the bottom, and bob's your uncle. Covering the whole thing with a sack and just leaving the entrance end free might stop the eels trying to get at the bait from outside, but I didn't do that and did alright, I just set it with the funnel facing downstream. Sadly we don't hardly get any eels now, some Japanese parasite is killing them off. Good luck Quote Link to post
FJager 0 Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Buy a simple collapsible yabbie trap, they work well for us. Quote Link to post
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