A fish trap on a river is necessary if you want to catch whole and unharmed fish. If fishing is a pleasure for you, you need fish to release, if you catch fish for further resale alive, and you don’t want to injure them, then you need to use simple, effective and easy-to-use traps. They can be created from various materials.
How to make a fish trap from a plastic bottle?
Manufacturing plastic traps are in demand because this homemade a model variant can be created anywhere. We take clean water in plastic bottles; they can be found in nature, purchased at the nearest store, or borrowed from people vacationing nearby.
Fish trap from plastic bottle differs in size. If you are planning a small catch, then take a base of 1.5-2 liters. If large production is expected, then 5-liter models are suitable for you.
- Washing the bottle. At first plastic the attribute is thoroughly washed. It is important that there are no foreign odors on it. Remove any existing stickers. If design If it is prepared from a bottle of vegetable oil, it does not need to be washed. This smell attracts fish.
- Remove 1/3 of it. Remove part of the bottle from the neck side. The area of the structure to be eliminated depends on the volume of future catch. As a rule, cut off 1/3 of the part, turn it over, and insert the neck inside the bottle.
- Fixation. Homemade the model must be fixed in its original position. Wire is used for this. It is advisable to create from 2 to 4 fixation points. It must be taken into account that this neck will then have to be removed. So don't overdo it.
- Small holes. River fish traps should have relatively small holes. Then the bottle can quickly sink to the required depth.
- Bait placement. To the created tackle does not fit a large number of bait. This allows you to speed up the fishing process.
- Adding cargo. It is best to place it inside the bottle. Such a load allows you to avoid snags during the dive and fishing process.
Everything is yours fishing the attribute is ready for use. Ways its uses are varied. You can throw the model against the current and secure it with a rope on the shore. Can be placed in standing water in any position.
How to make a fish trap from the network?
The fish won't have a chance survival That is, if you create a trap from the net. It requires a frame. You can create it from any hard materials at hand. This can be plastic, aluminum rods, corners, etc.
- We stretch the mesh. A do-it-yourself fish trap is created from a mesh in which the cells do not exceed 1 cm.
- Formation of funnels. It is necessary to create funnels from the same mesh as the form fitting.
- We insert the narrow part of the funnel into the mesh located on the frame. This must be done from two opposite sides.
- Bait. Once a fish trap is created, there should be no question about how to use it. It is important to place the bait inside and lower the model into the water.
- We lower the model into the water. If the frame of the trap is metal, then the immersion process should go very quickly. With a wooden frame, it is recommended to place additional weight on or in the trap.
Types of fish traps
There are a large number of different traps that you can purchase in specialized stores or make yourself. Let's briefly look at the most popular ones.
- Stationary traps. They are made once and last for many years. They are not put into water - they are constantly in it.
- Tunnel traps. This is a deadly maze for fish. After the prey swims inside, it gets confused in the maze and cannot find a way out of it.
- Spider trap. It consists of a screen and several arcs connected to each other at the top point.
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First try making a fish trap with your own hands in a familiar home environment. Here you have at your fingertips all the necessary items and available materials. Choose a trap that you would like to use in nature. After the skills have been brought to automaticity, you can try to make a trap near a pond, just before you start fishing.
An excellent and non-standard version of the top, muzzle, hem (as they call it) - a do-it-yourself fish trap.
It seems to be the simplest, but with some changes from those made from plastic bottles.
You will always catch live bait with such a homemade fishing device.
Making your own muzzle trap from PVC bottles for catching fish (live bait)
You will need a couple of 5 liter plastic bottles. They also sell water in the store.
Cut off 1/4 of the distance from the neck of the first bottle. It turns out 2 parts. We cut off the neck of the short part completely (this will allow larger bait fish to pass through).
We cut off the bottom of the second bottle completely, leaving the neck with a lid - we get a through plastic tunnel with a lid.
Now let's connect the long part of the first one to the tunnel. We make it in a circle, where the bottles are connected by holes with a soldering iron. And then we tie and stitch with fishing line.
We turn the short part of the first bottle down with its bottleneck and insert it into our resulting structure.
Using a soldering iron, we make holes in the connection of the funnel and the tunnel next to each other and tighten them with fishing line.
We repeat (making holes and pulling the fishing line together) on all four sides.
We make a lot of holes throughout the form so that water can pass through and tie a good handle to the beginning of the funnel.
Here you go homemade trap for fish with your own hands from improvised means.
The video is below to make it clearer.
Homemade fish trap made from PVC bottles – Video
The method of catching fish with a plastic bottle will not require a lot of effort and time from you to make a simple fishing tackle.
With such a trap you can catch fish in almost all regions and in all continents where there is a river with fish.
All you need is a plastic bottle, hot glue gun, soldering iron, knife, fishing line or rope.
Take a five liter plastic bottle.
Cutting off top part.
Turn the top over and insert the other side into the same base.
Fix with hot glue. You can take a stapler and fasten the parts together, but I was afraid that the staples might scare away the fish.
Next, using a heated soldering iron, we make holes 1-0.5 cm in diameter on all sides. 6-8 pieces on each side.
We need another bottle, from which we need to cut off the neck and cap.
We lean this neck against the bottom of our trap and outline it with a marker.
Cut a hole.
Insert the neck with the lid.
Fix with hot glue.
Through this neck with a lid we will take the catch and throw in the complementary food.
We tie a fishing line, or if not, a rope. It’s better, of course, to use fishing line, since it’s not visible.
That's all. Let's start testing. First of all, we throw the bait inside. This could be crushed bread, or some other tasty fish bait.
Carefully throw the trap. We are waiting for her to dive under water. And we wait about 15 minutes, it all depends on your area.
We take out the trap and wait until all the water drains out through the side holes. Then we unscrew the side cap and pour out the catch with the remaining water.
Of course, such a trap big fish not catch, but still it can be useful to you for various needs. Although, if you take a larger bottle, like a 50-liter cooler, it can turn out to be a trap for big fish.
Small bottle fish trap for fry
Another trap. We take two bottles (I took them with a volume of 0.6 liters). And we repeat with them everything the same as in the first case with a large bottle. With the exception of the side hole for the cap, we will cut off the bottom, not the top, of the first bottle.
Fishing is one of the simplest and most effective ways not to go hungry. People have been fishing for a long time. Today, when technology has stepped far forward, we should not forget about the “primitive” but proven methods of fishing. After all, you never know what situation you will find yourself in.
An ordinary plastic bottle can be used as a material for making simple, but quite effective fishing gear. The resulting trap can be used in any corner of our planet where there are rivers. To implement the project, you will need to get hold of a plastic bottle (two pieces), a hot glue gun, fishing line or rope, and a knife.
It is best to use a five-liter transparent bottle as a basis. First, cut off the top part of it. We turn the cut top over and insert it into the base with the reverse side, after unscrewing the lid. Fix the resulting structure with hot glue. You can also use a stationery stapler.
Now you need to make 6-8 holes on each side of the base of the trap. To do this, you can use a soldering iron or a nail heated on a fire. The diameter of the hole is 0.5-1 cm. They are needed in order to pass a current of water through the bottle. Otherwise, the trap may be carried away.
Now we take the second bottle and cut off its neck and cap. We apply it to the base of the trap, draw a circle and cut out the resulting hole with a knife, after which we insert our neck with a stopper into it and fix everything with glue. This opening hole will be used to retrieve the catch and place the bait.
Now all that remains is to attach a fishing line or rope to the structure. The trap is ready for use: put the bait and throw it into the water for 15-30 minutes. Remember that the size of the container directly determines the size of fish such a trap can catch.
Here's a couple of videos:
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The best survival experts can make the most of all the resources at their disposal. These include a variety of human waste that you can likely find in almost any part of the planet.
This morning, while exploring the river bed, I came across a pile of garbage in the coastal thickets. Among other garbage, there were also quite useful things that immediately attracted my attention and will be discussed in detail in this article. We will talk about plastic bottles and how to use them.
WHAT ONE IS TRASH, OTHER IS WEALTH
Unfortunately, life in modern world literally wrapped in a layer of plastic. There are no places left on Earth that are guaranteed to be free from such garbage. Some parts of the ocean have been found to contain thousands of plastic debris per square mile, and I suspect the same is true on land.
Our rivers and lakes, roadsides, even dense forests and deserts are filled with an absurd amount of polymer waste, which indicates the urgent need to take global measures to protect the environment on a planet-wide scale - this is the only way humanity can survive.
But for the seasoned prepper, plastic trash has a wide range of uses and could very well save a life. As you can see in the picture, I found a couple of empty two-liter bottles that, following the downstream, became entangled in the alder thickets. In a real survival situation, such a find is worth its weight in gold!
But what to do with them?
PRACTICAL APPLICATION IN EXTREME SURVIVAL SITUATIONS
Surely you already know that water is one of the most important resources during survival. You can live without food for more than two weeks, and without water for several days. Even a daily lack of water in the body can lead to very serious consequences. Considering the above, using plastic bottles as water storage containers may be the smartest solution.
In addition (especially in southern latitudes), plastic bottles can be used to purify water from pathogens using sunlight (Solar Water Disinfection, abbreviated SODIS - in English terminology). This may come in handy if it is not possible to boil water over a fire.
To make water drinkable you only need two readily available materials - a clear plastic PET bottle (green and brown bottles will not be effective) and sunlight. Try to find a bottle with as few scratches as possible. this can make it difficult for the sun's rays to penetrate, and disease-causing organisms can find shelter there. Rinse the bottle thoroughly and remove any dirt or chemical residue. Fill the bottle with water and leave it in the sun. The procedure can last from six hours to two days. During this time, ultraviolet radiation and rising water temperatures will destroy almost all bacteria. If the water temperature exceeds 50 degrees Celsius, disinfection will occur three times faster.
However, I plan to stay at this place for a while. There is a large amount of fresh water from the stream and, in addition, such wetlands with beaver lodges are excellent sources of a variety of food for survival.
With a fire, shelter and water provided, I could focus my efforts on foraging for food from the abundance of local plants and animals, and plastic bottles can be a huge help in achieving this goal.
TRAPS SAVE TIME AND EFFORT
The superiority of traps over active hunting or fishing is that once set, the trap will operate twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week; even when you are sleeping. This saving of time and effort is an obvious advantage in the situation extreme survival. Properly placed traps can protect you from hunger in case of unsuccessful hunting or fishing, and even become a constant source of food for a long time.
The process of making a good trap takes some time and requires quite a lot of effort. For example, to make one of the most common fish traps using only natural materials, you need to find and collect suitable rods, weave rope and have the appropriate skills to implement a smart trap from all this material.
Thanks to plastic bottles, most of the work of making traps is already done for you!
HOW TO MAKE A TRAP FOR SMALL FISH FROM PLASTIC BOTTLES
Although I used both bottles to make the trap, you can make a working trap using just one of them. Several bottles allow you to conveniently remove caught fish. Soon you will understand everything...
First, peel off the top of the bottle where it meets the cone and remove the cap. I used the scissors of the Leatherman Wave multitool, but any suitable tool on hand will do: yours, a sharp stone, glass shards, etc. Similarly, separate the lower part (bottom) of the other bottle.
Then, neck down, place the smaller section into the larger section of another bottle with a cap. Using an awl, make holes along the outer edge at intervals of 2-3 cm, as shown in the figure. Instead of an awl, you can use a hard, sharp stick or a piece of heated metal to melt the plastic.
Now you need a way to securely join two pieces of plastic bottles together. For this I decided to use 550 paracord, which is always present in my emergency kit. Instead, you can use natural fibers, fishing line, shoelaces or part of your clothing.
Paracord, parachute line, cord (English paracord or 550 cord) is a lightweight nylon braided (English kernmantle rope) rope, which was originally used as lines for American parachutes during the Second World War. However, in the field, paratroopers found many useful uses for such a rope. Currently, paracord is used as a universal device by both military personnel and civilians. This universal cord was even used by astronauts during the second Space Shuttle mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
Kernmantle rope- a modern rope with a load-bearing core of bundles of continuous nylon fibers surrounded by a woven protective layer.
550 paracord consists of 7 strong strands in a protective sheath. This is such a versatile tool that I highly recommend carrying at least a 50-foot skein with you at all times. To easily remove one strand, simply tie it to a tree branch and pull it towards you, as shown in the picture.
Pass the string through the holes made in the plastic bottles so that both parts of the bottle fit securely against each other. Leave the end of the paracord long enough to tie the trap to brush or rock along the shoreline.
With a little effort, you will have a compact plastic device for effectively catching small fish (up to 7-8 cm in length). Try to place the device in narrow areas of the river flow - on the natural path of fish movement. If the entrance to the trap is properly surrounded with natural materials (stones, branches, sand, algae), then the fish will get inside faster and more willingly.
In the picture (below) you can see a couple of sad fish caught after just a few hours of waiting. If you slightly increase the number of traps (up to 3-5 pieces or more) and leave them for the whole day, then you can quite count on an additional source of energy (rich in proteins and amino acids) to maintain strength and morale for a long period of time.
To remove fish from the trap, just unscrew the lid of the main section so that the catch can easily fall out. Replace the lid and the trap is ready to use again! That's what two bottles were for!
The caught fish can be used to hunt larger ones or as bait for scavengers such as raccoons. And of course, even small fish will be excellent food for survival. In any case, I am of the opinion that one fish in hand is better than two in the river.
APPRECIATE NATURE'S GENEROSITY
- Check traps at least once a day
- If the trap is no longer needed, be sure to remove it from the river so as not to pollute the environment or harm its inhabitants.
- If you are just practicing survival skills, then always release the fish into the wild.
Anyone can make a trap out of plastic bottles. And who knows, maybe someday it will save your life...
P.S. For 13 days, two men ate almost nothing but fry, which they caught, among other things, using similar small fish from plastic bottles.
