Can Crawfish ESCAPE a Crawfish Trap? (Gopro in Crawfish Trap!)
Вставка
- Опубліковано 22 чер 2019
- Can Crawfish get out of a crawfish trap? Crawfish, or crayfish as some people call them, aren't known for being incredibly smart crustaceans... but I've always wondered if they were smart enough to get out of the traps I set for them!
I used a Gee's G-40 Minnow Trap and a SouthBend Crawdad trap in this test. Both traps were purchased at Walmart and cost $15 and $10 respectively. Let's find out which trap is more effective at retaining these crawfish!
Link to the traps I used in this video:
Gee's Minnow Trap: amzn.to/2yA8QzG
This video/description contains an affiliate link. If you purchase something with this link it doesn't cost you anything additional, but it provides me a small percentage of the sale. This helps support the channel and allows me to create more content like this video for you! - Навчання та стиль
There is an Amazon affiliate link to purchase the traps I used in this video in the description or right here: amzn.to/2yA8QzG Do you want to see more trapping videos? Shiners? Crayfish? Let me know down below! Thanks for watching!
On your square traps placing some lead weights in the 4 corners of the bottom and some small floats in the 4 corners of the top will help keep it oriented right.
Great idea for a test. I think if they had cover to go to they might try to get out more. As the trap is actually their cover, they don’t want to leave.
You should do a crawfish pond
Right
I have one. It's a three foot kiddy pool I got for my dog. He didn't care about it so I turned it into a crawfish pond. Just put some yarn and stuff for them to hide under and maybe some cinder blocks to crawl through. You don't need aeration with crawfish.
"Live free, fish more." That's actually true.
I love these videos no guns or weed smoking bad words etc
Great video Matt I just started crawfish fishing and am still learning the ropes it is lots of fun thank you for your videos very informative.
This was actually incredibly helpful because I would like to start crawfishing and I loved this vid!!
No idea why youtube recommend this, but I watched it all!
Oh thank god you called them "craw" fish. I was hovering the subscribe button on another video where you kept saying "cray" fish. I'm from New Orleans and that is blasphemy. You've got another sub. Love your analysis.
Great video Matt.
Great video Matt, you do a great job explaining things with clarity and visuals. Hope to meet up with you around town sometime, my son Ben speaks very highly of you. Keep up the good work, Bill Paige.
Hey Bill, I didn't know you were Ben's dad! I just saw him and Megan while fishing last week or so. Him and Megan are both great people! I'm all over the place fishing, hunting, and all kinds of other stuff - Ben knows my truck - If you see me around say hello! Thank you for the kind words and for checking out my video! It means a lot!
Those sqrawney crawfish may have trouble but it's no trouble for these big blues and leatherbacks we have here...if you see it's full of crawfish .you better pull it... most.of the time the reason you come up empty though is because of your bait.. never put loose bait in a trap they'll just try to eat it through the wire..
Great demo Matt I'd make a suggestion on the square traps a couple of pieces of rebar fastened with plastic ties along the bottom of them should keep them orientated sunny side up when they hit the bottom! Thanks bud!
Thanks for the tip Joe!
Yeah I do like the round crawfish traps from the shoreline or whenever I’m out on a boat I really do enjoy using the square ones more just because if there’s a shelf or something like that they won’t roll down the shelf
Just found this channel great 👍
The Gee's G40CF craw fish trap has holes that are 2.25 wide. Great video!
Thanks Morgan! I got some Gee's extended traps in recently. Trapping shiners for ice fishing season! Videos on the way.
Dident know we had that many crawfish. Appreciate the jigs you sold me been slamming tons of fish on them
They're all over! Just some spots have more than others. I'm assuming those were Norweigan jigs?? If so I'm glad they worked good! Thanks for checking out my channel!
Great video, thanx for taking the trouble 🤘
Did you widen that opening on the Gees G40 minnow trap? Mine came today and seems too small for the crawfish to get into
This is very helpful
Great video! Definitely seems like the gees g-40 is better suited for someone who doesn’t want to worry about the orientation of the trap when it’s thrown into the water. Great vid!
Yes! It is a good trap for the average person just looking to have some fun catching crawfish and minnows! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the video. I have a homemade crawfish trap. It is like no trap anyone has ever seen. It's got trap doors and they will absolutely not escape as long as it is oriented correctly. I put "weaights" on the bottom to keep the top up. I used a steel rod zip tied to one end on the bttom and drilled a hole in a rock and zip tied it to the other end on the bottom.. The trap doors work very well. I catch a lot of small catfish in it sometimes.Just thought you might find this interesting.
Where I live, a couple crayfish is a solid day 🤣
New sub. Fun videos sir!
Just found your vids, enjoy watching them , very informative. Question though, what do you do with all the bait you catch? Sell it to customers? Sell to bait shops? Use it all for your own bait? Eat the crawlers? Hope to hear back from you. Thx for the vids.
In PA you can only use a minnow trap for crawfish if it's hole is modified to allow the fish to swim out. So I just build my own tube traps. You should do a video on what bait to use in your traps. I just use fish heads or cheap canned cat food with the lid barely cracked open.
I don’t fish or do traps (def want to start now) but what if you left bait on the outside of the trap to see if there is more motivation
How should I cut the holes i the gee feet’s g40 trap
are the fish frozen you use for bair.
Thanks!!!
Nice vid Matt 😘
Thanks! Glad you liked it! Time to edit the "How to Trap Crawfish" video!
191 IN ONE NIGHT I’m definitely gonna watch that video I love it 🤣🤣
You are making great videos
I'm glad you found them and I'm glad you are enjoying them!
Check your local law on traps, I know in Missouri they have a maximum demention the hole can be, but I don't remember it.
👌Good video
I have the round style one, went to use it for the first time last night, put some old hotdogs in as bait and set it overnight. Came back today, all the hotdogs were gone, nothing in the trap. Tried using some baitfish this time, but will see what’s happens
It was pretty obvious they'd crawl out but good video!
Good video!
Thanks Nelson! I appreciate you watching!
@@livefreefishmore1008 Thanks buddy! And it was hard not to. Some people just got it in front of the camera. You're one of them. Plus, just a neat experiment and result.
You should put bait outside the trap to see if that motivate them. in a scenario , it ate all the bait inside, then craw out for more if you you leave it over night.
Also a can of pet food with holes suspended in the trap works well!
that can of pet food with holes idea is a winner
Great glad it worked for ya tried and proven l like to use a little can of cat food cuz they put more protein in cat food and I try to find a can with a pull tab so’s l can slip a piece of mono under it to hang it with! We get some real monsters here in Idaho on the Snake River!!
Just remember to pull the paper of to prevent littering. 😊
I do know the bigger the opening you can catch larger crawfish for a boil but I've only heard of 2 and 1/4 inches I'm over by 3/4 guess I'll see what happens
What happen if u put food outside of the trap.I mean if they ate all the food inside the trap. And they are looking for more food
I was building my crawfish trap and I kind of screwed up today and I ended up with a 3in opening in a 9in canister by 36 in Long do you think the Crawfish can get out of that?
I have been wondering that myself but have concluded it's the 180 manouver the craw has to do at the end of the cone, and that they can't reach the cone tip from the side walls that matters. I still catch very small craws with 2" holes in my plastic pillow case style traps. I think you will have escapes if your craws can reach the cone tip from the sides. They will stay in regardless if they like the bait and they don't run out of it.
@@alistairclark6814 I'm actually today working on a crawfish video to see if we can catch any this early in season
I have caught one crawdad in about 2 weeks using the south end crawdad
PRO TIP - Cover your trap with black or dark color cloth to better simulate the rocks/trees and other cover these mudbugs love to utilize. Your catch numbers will go up, and y'all will thank me
Matt, have you pulled traps and the crawfish are all dead in less than 24 hrs? I’ve had this happen twice today and I don’t understand why...
It could be that there is not enough oxygen for them to stay in the area where your trap was. Sometimes there can be "dead zones" where they can't stay for long without new oxygen in the water.
I'm here because the square trap failed me last year. I remember checking after 10 minutes and seeing 6 in there. I left it or another 45 minutes and only one was left. It was oriented correctly.
Put a one way door with a spring on it or a weight that flaps it shut.
GoPro outside of crawfish trap -1
You should try with food on outside of trap
I need to find a fkin river by me where there's plenty crayfish ...I have 3 types of traps also..skunked lol cages and the umbrella traps
I just bought a tube type trap I like your channel subscribed
I don't even like sea food or fishing, why did I watch this completely
I think you should have given the crawdads incentive to get out of the first trap by placing food on the outside of the cage.
Next time!
Are you gonna make that video? See what happens? I would watch it
my mom always said don't play with your food :P :P:P
They sell them with bigger holes for crawfish yk
Number 500 likes here
crazy!!!!
Most people: use traps to lure crawfish in
Mat: *Puts crawfish in the trap so that they can try to escape*
They're pronounced crawdads not crawfish
I hate Seafood
Tips for the VLOG: "Oriented” not "Orientated". For example, "Converse", not "Conversate" and "Drop" not "Drop up". Grammar lesson at no charge.
Always that one guy lol