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River Cane Fish Trap

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Zuma:
Catfish would go for the cut bait. Perhaps a clear plastic bottle with pin holes to house some live bait like minnows? Then you might catch pike, bass etc.
Make a good lobster/crab trap. Nice job.
Zuma

stickbender:

     Maybe in lakes they used bait, but I think they were more effective in streams, where they could build a weir, around the outer edges of the trap, and funnel the fish into it.  Also, I think that theirs was affixed to the weir, and had a lid that could be lifted up and the fish speared, as needed.  But yours is pretty cool also, and has the advantage of being portable.  If you have any streams, or rivers near you, you could try the weir, by staking out the trap, and building the weir on the sides to funnel the fish into the trap. ;)  Very nice, 8) and I think you will be pleasantly surprised at how effective it is. ;)  Great job on that .

                                                                                Wayne

autologus:
Stickbender is on the money here, funnel the fish into it from a moving stream.  My dad and I used to make traps similar to this but with screen door screen and put it into the stream behind our house to catch minnows for bait.

Grady

swamp yeti:
That is a nice cane fish trap what kind of cordadge did you use to tie it together.

Dalton Knapper:
Yeti. I used hemp. There is a very small ammt of jute.

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