Easy, Cheap Fish Trap

Every been sitting around a lake without a pole, staring at those little fish who are mocking you with their freedom and safety?
Now, you will never have that position again with this Instructable. You will be able to build a fish trap with nothing but:

Tin Snips (or scissors, but tin snips make it SO much easier)

Scissors (okay, you'll need these anyway)

Duct Tape (God bless duct tape)

2-Liter Soda Bottle (preferably Coke, I'm from Georgia and it helps the economy)

Step 1 Top-ectomy

Right above the label, start cutting with your scissors.
If you have tin snips, you can make a crease and cut that to start it.
From there, continue to cut all the way around until the bottle has been completely decapitated.

Comments

[SIRJAMES09]

fish heads are my favorite thing to feed them....mainly because I have so many of them & I would normally toss them out anyways.

[qbott2000]

bless you Georgian im there now born and raised

[Otterkins2]

To both Matt and Rimar: Great instrutables but you need to add a warning. It is not legal in all states and provinces to trap or net fish. Check with the local authorities first. In Canada it's possible they could confiscate your vehicle and boat permanently!

[burdockwing]

what bait should I use and does it work on crawdads?

[MattSwan]

I would say anything really, crawdad's love most crap you find in stream. Little tiny bits of cut up meat would work well though. It works pretty well with the bigger ones, since none of them can crawl out and they're too big to slip through the cracks between the plastic strips.

[UseDaGreyMatter]

Great idea! Putting small holes in the bottom would drain it as you lift it out of the water.

[supremedragonx]

Great Idea!! can't wait to fish trap when get hot warm

[rimar2000]

Look
http://www.instructables.com/id/FEC_FastEasyCheap_fish_trap_with_two_soda_bott/

[MattSwan]

But that one doesn't have as much room for other fish, also, I have found out that you can gill (catch it in it's gills) a catfish with it. Since the gills are hard and rigid, it really doesn't hurt the fish that bad if u want to release it. Anyway, I really did think of this design on my own, but did not see your instructable later. If i did use it as inspiration, I swear I would've put it in the instructable.

[MattSwan]

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[rimar2000]

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[rimar2000]

Maybe 8 inches, the fish.