(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best fishing bait traps & storage products

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Here are some examples, maybe not as cute but they would work!

Think this is the same one, picked mine up locally. It is a bitch to pull when full though, better off just tossing it in the back for a short paddle.

I use these to catch bait. Usuaully I catch chubs and craydads. occasionally minnows.

I have the Frapbill traps:

http://www.amazon.com/Frabill-Black-Minnow-Vinyl-Trap/dp/B002QFU5IO/ref=sr_1_2?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1377703011&sr=1-2&keywords=Frabill+bait+trap

I cut the inner holes to big a little bigger to catch bigger chubs instead of just minnows.

I also manufactured some of these:

http://suretrap.com/i/846239.jpg

I'd go for a spinning combo personally, but a push button may be more your style i find they always get tangled and make it a pain to cast.


Go to walmart/bass pro/gander mountian. But something in the $30-$50 range. Depending on the age of your kid, those cartoon flavored ones in the pack may work too.


Get hooks, Size 10 arberdeen grab some bobbers Personally I like the balsa slip floats. Like this


Youll need some bobber stops too.


Get some Split shot sinkers


I'm a fan of 4lb zebco fishing line. it's like $2 at walmart for 500 yards. It'll give you line for 2 poles.


Now you'll rig up with your bobber stop, then bead, then bobber, then a couple weights and then a hook. Try to keep the weights about 12-18" above the hook. The bobber stop you can slide up and down your line and set it to whatever depth you want. If your slip bobber isn't pointing straight up that means your weights on the bottom and you need to adjust your slip bobber knot.


Pick up some worms or leaches and go to town. You'll want your bobber to barebly be able to keep up your bait, so you can see the strikes. If you have a big ass bobber a fish will never get it down.


These tube jig kits are usually a great deal too and catch anything. If they don't have hooks, you'll need jig hooks too. Something like this you could throw under a bobber too and try to keep your bait going up and down. Maybe put a worm on it too.


Here's a video where he uses some little jig heads and sutff too


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmOiylyTltk



Should be able to get everything under $75. I added it all to a gander mountian cart. They had some specials on rod combos for $24.95. My cart total was $71.92


Rods :http://www.gandermountain.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?pdesc=Gander-Mountain-Competitor-Series-Spinning-Rod-Reel-Combo-56-Ultralight&i=694266


How to rig a slip bobber: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAQUo7H4gYs

Depends on how many you want to get.

Largest amount + easiest effort will be a baited trap of some kind left overnight in a deep pool.

More effort but also productive is the old bacon-on-a-string method. Just drop a baited line with bacon or something like this on it and drop it into nooks and crannies in the rocks. If there is a 'dad under there they will make themselves known very quickly when the bacon gets near. Give the greedy bastard time to grab on and bring it up deliberately - they usually are too dumb to let go.

You can also just walk the stream with and flip rocks as you go, getting ready to grab the ones that jet out. If you have a lot of people a variation of this is to get a bunch of people upstream flipping rocks and causing a ruckus with a guy downstream with a net.

source: catching mad signal crayfish since day one in the PNW.