Having a bobber would maintain your baited hook off the bottom. Now hook the “L” and the “7” by their shortest end. Tie the longest end of the “L” to your spring pole and tie the shortest end to your line and hook. Green wood doesn’t work well because it will stay bent and won’t be springy. I’ve tried this trap before and to me it doesn’t seem to be better than just having a line with a baited trebble hook and bobber and it does take more time to set up.įind a way to position your spring pole next to the water. This is a mix between a trap and a fishing line with hook. When you want to retrieve the minnows just close the entrance and scoop them out. Placing bait or vegetation to shade the pool should help. Leave an opening and wait for a long time. Using the same funnel principles our hunter-gatherer ancestors used stone or wood weirs to close up streams and lead fish into big “M” or funnel basket type traps. The downside is that other than bait and shade there is no other incentive to go in there. I like the fact that it is super easy to check if there are fish and retrieve them. This trap might not be super effective but it is very quick and simple to build. This is the trap that Zack built in the Alone show. Insert more sticks wherever there are holes and make sure the funnel opening matches the size of the fish you want to catch.Īdding vegetation on top to create a shaded spot attracts fish.Īdd bait in the trap and then the waiting game starts. Insert long sticks into the mud or sand to form a big “M”. This is the easiest and fastest trap to make! This set up would use the current to lead the fish straight into your belly. This trap would work much better placed in a small stream and creating a stick funnel from shore to shore that leads to the trap. Nevertheless you could make one without even using a knife. The downsides of this type of trap is that it takes a long time to build (5 hrs), and it is not super easy to re-bait or retrieve the fish. When I was in the forest for six months I made one of this traps and tried it out without much luck. Tie it to a float or shore for retrieval. You must insert some bait into the trap and rocks to keep the trap submerged. Insert the small funnel into the main body of the trap. Tie a second circle the same diameter as the end of the main body of the trap. Then tie sticks for the body of the inner funnel. Now tie another smaller ring exactly the size of the fish you want to catch. Thick bark makes it much faster to weave. Insert and tie the ring inside the middle of the trap.Ĭontinue weaving until you are close to the top. Tie a flexible stick into a circle with the same diameter as the middle of the trap. Insert a rock to spread the sticks and continue weaving.Ĭontinue weaving until you reach the middle. Tie one end of the bundle of long willow sticks. Remove bark from other thick willow sticks to use as weaving material and cordage. 1 Primitive Funnel Basket Fish Trap (Fastest Method)Ĭollect very long thin sticks of willow or bamboo for the main body of the trap. You will find the best types of primitive traps for lakes, rivers and coast below. An effective primitive trap could be the best method for catching fish in large quantities.
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