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Last summer I decided I
wanted to try my hand at catching crawfish.
Now when I was a kid I
remember my brothers and I snagging these elusive little buggers, one
by one out of the lake, with our make-shift fishing poles (which we cleverly
made out of sticks and old, used fishing line found on the banks of the
lake). With worm-baited hooks we’d all patiently wait,
watching as these skittish little creatures would slowly crawl out of
their rocky, underwater hideaways, and make their way over to the delicious
worm dinner that was on offer. As soon as the crawfish grabbed that fat
worm with their claw we would pull the line up and BOOM, he was
caught! It was all a fun catch-and-release game that we played and
had hours of entertainment doing it
This time I wanted to
make a trap to see how many I could catch. Surprisingly, it was pretty
easy and inexpensive to make!
Supplies:
§ A 2ft x 3 1/2ft sheet of chicken
wire (use the type with 1/2in x 1/2in square holes)
1.
Two rubber bands
2.
Small chain about 6in in
length (used to make handle for carrying trap and also for hooks to close trap
door)
3.
Package of zip ties
4.
Strong string or rope
(to retrieve trap from water)
5.
Plastic water bottle (to
serve as a ‘bobber’ for locating traps)
6.
4in piece of wire (for
securing water bottle to rope)
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Tools:
§ Wire cutters
§ Needle nose pliers
I started by
cutting out a piece of chicken wire that was 48 squares x 43 squares in
size
I rolled it up
lengthwise to make a cylinder
…and zip tied
it together
…making sure to cut the
ends of the zip ties off
I then cut 2 more pieces
of chicken wire that were 21 squares x 21 squares in size. These
were to be the end pieces of the cylinder. Each piece would
be shaped into ‘cones’
To shape each piece into
a cone, I marked an X with a marker to find the center
…then cut one corner up
to the center
(Continued Pt2)
