I Had an Idea to Build a Willow Wicker Lobster Pot - So We Did
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Crafting & building a Willow wicker lobster pot using willow trees I planted some years ago
Link to part 2 how it caught : • How Did the Hand Craft...
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Coppicing is the term for cutting willow back to encourage growth of straight shoots. Great video again 👍
Few years back, the family went on camping trip to the Colorado River. Plenty of fishing and swimming. I got a hair up and wove a fish trap out of tall grass. It did catch lots of small fish. If it were a survival thing, we would have been good to go.
The kids now want to make a woven crab trap and use it in the pacific on our annual California vacation.
Its worth a try. When I was a small child I made my first pot using some bamboo, string and old pea net it looked impressive. Unfortunately it did not catch a lot apart from a few green crabs. However it was one of those happy memories that has stuck in my mind.
As a retired Finnish carpenter, must say it's a thing of beauty. As my old Dad would say. I would score the wood working as two thumbs up and one missing finger 👍👍
Thanks :)
Lovley video as usual spot on thanks for the shearing
Very nice withy pot troi! Well done.
Great video Troy, very talented , look forward to seeing it catch 👍🏻
Cant wait ,good luck
A few old people in our village still weave willow traps for eel fishing in our River Ems. A great craft! I hope that everything has remained intact with you during the storms last weekend! Greetings from East Frisia Germany!
Its nice seeing some of the old crafts still in action, The storm was not to bad here not as bad as I was expecting.
i belive you can take a willow spring cutting and stick it in the ground and it can root!! gl
Nice one can’t wait to see what it catches, I can remember when I was at primary school sitting in the class room making a basket as well lol till the next one tight lines
i think it will be easier for the crabs and lobsters to crawl into it than the netted ones #goodjob
Great video and a good team effort Troy & Rebecca! Look forward to the test results. Stay safe & well. 👍👍
Marney Lunn would be proud of ya Troj ( ref: Leo Walmsley Phantom Lobster)
Wow I love the ideas you use to make different kinds of crab 🦀 pots 👍 that has given me ideas to make pots for when I come back home. Thankyou and god bless troj
I'm always thinking of different designs or different ways of doing things keeps it interesting
👍💜👍💜,,,cool pot👍👍👍👍,,,,,exciting times a head💜👍👍💜💜
Really looking forward to seeing how you get on with this pot. I harvested a lot of willow whips recently and am now inspired to make some kind of basket with mine. Thanks!
Let us know how you get on with that as it would be interesting .
If that lovely cozy pot doesn't catch I will eat my hat. Might need a day or two to stop "Singing" before it starts fishing.......😎😎
looks great.
Wow, it looks great, well done. I can't wait to see the results.
A very interesting exercise Troy, looking forward to see how well it catches..
Like that, well done 👍 I shared before in Facebook but just got round to watching it, very cool. I’m far from expert but I heard that the scent of the willow attracts crayfish….. 🤷♂️🤷♂️ so interesting if you do catch them. Looked well solid, good luck 💪💪👊👊
The big inkwell wicker pots used to be good for cray but there was also many more cray when people used them :)
@@Trojwaterman ah yes, you did say that there was a lot more around previously. Good luck any and love the vids 👍👍
Nice video mate iv been saying for a while I want to make an old round Wicker pot for crayfish
Those old round wicker pots are huge
Hi Troy, another enjoyable video. When I used to use willow pots, some 40 years ago, I would soak the pots for two or three days on a neap tide before baiting them and moving to the fishing area. It was not unusual to find one or two lobsters and a rockfish or two in the unbaited pots and as the pots had willow bases they would catch lots of lady crabs, but at the time nobody wanted them. Good luck and stay safe.
I will probably add a couple of rocks to the pots first day or two just to soak. It would be great if they could catch lobster without baiting all the time that would solve bait problems :)
@@Trojwaterman I think it's because they are so dark inside that the lobsters think it's a nice place to live?
Hi Troy 😁 studying your attempt to make a wicker pot it looks brilliant but the ends of the willow seem as if they need whipping to stop them moving and sliding off the hoop at the ends , just an observation mate
all the loops have been braced to each other to prevent that. We did think of whipping the ends and may add extra reinforcement before we drop it in the water I will look at it again once its dried.
If I could take one item to a desert island it would be a pack of cable ties! You can make anything with them.
Trouble is most of them just snap these days :)
Plus duct tape and Araldite. My 'temporary' repairs have lasted forever. :-)
Well done. I'm looking forward to seeing how well it catches. By the way...How did you fit the base...Was it a baton sandwich as the rest of the pot.?......It dose look like a thing of beauty, I must agree.
Yes battened and screwed plus a few Netting Staples just for extra.
cool video troj
roughly how long till we get to see in action ???
great to see you experimenting, i'm going with - YOU'RE ONTO SOMETING.
There's my vote
i noticed you had an assistant in a few segments. Would be nice to see that lovely smile and get a wave.
don't be stingy. ( =
Can't wait to see the test runs.
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Pot will go into the water around April its all down to the weather when the winter storms settle down.
Hello watching this video reminded me of my long passed Granada in jersey he use to make his own baskets , I remember him using them when he used to set his trotts/longlines on the big springs , he used to take me when I was only a nipper to collect and re bait . Do you set trotts or is it not allowed any more ?
I used to set some 8 hook lines from the shore for bass but I don't anymore, you still can in the winter I believe but there are so many people dogs and horses on the beaches these days its just not worth it. I also have a few in the shed for the boat only with about 20 hooks on each , I may drop them from the boat sometime when the conditions are right.
I think if you put that in Tate modern gallery you might do very well ! Is there anything worth fishing for in the winter where you are?
Its very quiet at this time of year and wind is always blowing . I have tried Jan Feb March in the past but never done that well you used to get a few cod and whiting plus some early large pollock but just don't see them anymore
Looking forward to the launch....or sinking........ ceremony and how it performs.
Do fishermen have any traditions or superstitions to bring them good luck before using new gear? Traditional wooden boat builders had/have their idiosyncrasies.
The only two I know of is its bad luck to paint the boat green or change a boats name.
@@Trojwaterman Placing a coin under the mast is said to bring good luck.
Whistling on board said to bring bad luck- whistles up a storm.
Why not drill holes in the wooden base and slot willow into holes
I did think about it but it weakens the base especially when the marine worms start to eat into the wood base, also screws on the ends would get in the way and a few other minor reasons.