What have you got how did you make it?
Want to make something quick cheap and easy for the kids out of shit lying around. Ie free or cheaper if possible.
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What have you got how did you make it?
Want to make something quick cheap and easy for the kids out of shit lying around. Ie free or cheaper if possible.
Have any chicken mesh? Cut a rectangle and make it into a cylinder. Make a cone and push it in backwards. Make a small door on the back and either cable ties or thin wire to hold it together. Chuck some meat into a sock and face it down current so when thet swim up they go right in.
How I've always made it
lace all the joins with s/s MIG wire,that should be free:evilish:
We used to fish for them on a pole with about 5 foot of line and some cat food ( Jelly Meat was the best brand ) inside a piece of pantyhose .
Their teeth get caught in the stocking and you just haul them out of the water .
I spent a lot of time as a youngster doing that .
Good memories :)
Yea i can catch them no worrys but with kids being in bed at 7 usually and it not being dark till 930 thought we could set a trap one evening and pick it up in the morning.
Might keep one.
Will have to hide it from the wife tho lol
Bait - Marmite in a 35mm film canister, cut a couple of holes in the sides of it.
DO NOT use vegemite.
Yep no danger of me using vegemite, might catch orstraylyins.
Might make one myself, plenty of materials about here.
Is that gonna be long enough or should i make two sections ?
Its 900,time i put a cone in it effective length will be more like 700.
I know eels swim backward into holes so if one say a meter long swims in its tail could be still in the entry and back out, or will it just get right in there regardless?
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So long as your looking for the tasty small ones your fine. Its surprising how small a space they will go into.
I just know there is big ones too.
No not under durvil hut jetty :D
In all likely hood i would only keep one, but it would be cool to get some big Buggers for the kids to see.
Should be good. My one was about 3/4 that. For the door I cut a circle out and wrap the end in a garden hose by slicing the pipe. Stops it hooking on shit
Brings back some great memories of being a young we lad this thread. We used to do the same but used a whole chicken from the local farm... dip it in meths and burn most of the feathers off it, and in it went, our biggest ell was over 2m long and about 80mm diameter... completely destroyed out trap .
A good mate of mine is a commercial eel fisherman. He always offers my son a net or 2 he doesn't use anymore. I will see if he will part with one.
Yea the main motivation here is get the kids into outdoors.
I have been watching them turn into townies.(not their fault, its where we live:thumbdown:)
Basic shape mate, cones at each end are even better.
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If that works with no cones then i can't fail!
Famous last words lol
He nak ee spelt hinaki. Get your kids to do some research and make it more educational, then they will want you to make a flax one next :D
They are in the nz educational system so can count and spell better in Moari than English.
I don't care what its called I will call it a trap, I just want my kids to catch some eels and have some fun doing it.
Dead possum in the shallows and the old man's slasher was always fun. Caught a lot of eels that way.
Hows the progress? The eels love hare legs to a quick wizz in the microwave before baiting the trap.
Pretty much done.
Just got to lace the ends on.
Will just zip tie one end so can get them out.
Pics??