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Posted 03 December 2006 - 02:28 PM

How should one conceal and secure large minnow traps in shallow, publically accessible streams where theft might be an issue?

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Posted 03 December 2006 - 03:09 PM

Will the trap itself be visible through the water?

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Posted 03 December 2006 - 03:51 PM

How should one conceal and secure large minnow traps in shallow, publically accessible streams where theft might be an issue?


I don't know about where you live (maybe you should update your profile to include it, so we don't have to guess), but in Pennsylvania you are required to put your name, address, and phone number on minnow traps if you leave them unattended. This might not prevent theft by a truly dishonest person, but the person who picks it up thinking it to be abandoned or lost will probably leave it alone if he sees it has an owner who intends to return for it.

I have pondered this too. I have been tempted to leave it in the Youghiogheny River for a weekend. But I have not tried it yet. So I will be interested in the answers that may come also.

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Posted 03 December 2006 - 03:52 PM

Will the trap itself be visible through the water?


One variety (silver funnel-type traps) may well be, but the other (black Promar crab traps) should hopefully be a little less conspicuous.

I don't know about where you live (maybe you should update your profile to include it, so we don't have to guess), but in Pennsylvania you are required to put your name, address, and phone number on minnow traps if you leave them unattended. This might not prevent theft by a truly dishonest person, but the person who picks it up thinking it to be abandoned or lost will probably leave it alone if he sees it has an owner who intends to return for it.

I have pondered this too. I have been tempted to leave it in the Youghiogheny River for a weekend. But I have not tried it yet. So I will be interested in the answers that may come also.


Sorry about that. Just to clarify, I'll be using these in Puerto Rico. Representative stream photos can be seen here, here, and here.

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Posted 03 December 2006 - 04:02 PM

One variety (silver funnel-type traps) may well be, but the other (black Promar crab traps) should hopefully be a little less conspicuous.


Interesting. I never saw anything like that before. How big is the opening? They would not be legal here in Pennsylvania if the opening is larger than an inch.

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Posted 03 December 2006 - 08:20 PM

Just to clarify, I'll be using these in Puerto Rico.


Man, those suckers will be GONE! :x

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Posted 03 December 2006 - 09:41 PM

I personally always anchor Traps in as deep of water instream as I can. It usually makes them very hard to detect if you anchor them in the center of a stream rather than the shore. I work regularly in a very heavily used area with alot of people about so I have had many of my traps stolen or tampered with. I try to camouflage them well or make them as hard to get to as I can but I still lose at least three or four a year.

What really ticks me off is often people will pull in my traps take the baitfish and leave everything else in it on the shore to die. Usually this is my target species in the first place.... Mudpuppies.

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Posted 04 December 2006 - 08:50 PM

Interesting. I never saw anything like that before. How big is the opening? They would not be legal here in Pennsylvania if the opening is larger than an inch.


As I recollect, the opening is a few inches across at its widest point.

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Posted 04 December 2006 - 10:05 PM

As I recollect, the opening is a few inches across at its widest point.


At its narrowest point, how big are the holes that the fish enter through?

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Posted 05 December 2006 - 05:47 PM

At its narrowest point, how big are the holes that the fish enter through?


At the moment, I don't have them at hand, but 2.5 inches or so sounds right.

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Posted 05 December 2006 - 09:10 PM

At the moment, I don't have them at hand, but 2.5 inches or so sounds right.


Okay, larger than an inch. Illegal in Pennsylvania, then. Thanks.



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