Continuity error: the Harbor Freight axe video is still not out, due to April rain (and some procrastination). Out soon. Enjoy the weekend! *Edit-* This might be our minnow: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semotilus_atromaculatus
lmao James you beat me to the punch lol .. I was totally gonna do the same thing and say the minnow's name was gorge and he's a cool guy lol but you beat me to the punch lol ... :)
"Nobody is really watching videos about minnow traps that don't work." Uhh, I am! I enjoy your content because your commentary is quite refreshing in general because you speak your mind and think outside the box. I like seeing the gears turn during your projects and see your really interesting solutions to problems.
Same! I would rather watch a video that was about "I tried to make this, here's the process, here's the troubleshooting and modifications, it didn't work, here's my theories on why it didn't work and my plans for future alterations" than one about "yay it worked first try".
Just wanted to say thanks for doing the collab with Peter Brown. If you did not, I would’ve never found you. Though I may not find the subject matter if each of your videos relevant to me, I love each of them nonetheless.
I really enjoyed this video. As 'boring' of a topic as it seemed, it kept my attention the whole way amd has actually persuaded me to build my own minnow trap(s). There are a few bodies of water nit far from my house and we have a swamp/marsh in our backyard. I should like to see if stocking it with minnows helps decrease the mosquito population. Thanks for entertaining us and constantly giving us ideas. Also, I used your 2x4 clamped to a lawn tractor trailer trick to load up the brush from a couple trees I dropped in our yard and bring it to our burn pile, it worked a treat! Holds much more than a standard wheel barrow, more stable and just as easy to move. And on that note, I will leave you.
I'm folding 30 odd napkins for my best friends daughter's confirmation (that's due in less than 9 hrs and I've yet to go to sleep, but your video kept me entetraind for about 15 napkins, so thank you for that!
I do believe it was the grate that made it functional. Minnows may look dumb to our elevated (physically at least) minds, but after the major portion of your life in a river, I'd say you'd be able to tell when there's a wall ahead of you. But then again, I've never trapped for fish in my life, so who am I to say?
I also believe that it was the back wall being removed--my grandpa used to feed his fish basically dog food, and I know I have watched fish nibble at bread before...
I agree with this assessment just because every minnow trap I've ever used has a funnel at both ends and comes apart in the middle. I wouldn't be surprised if the big round shadow of the original lid might look a bit too much like the gaping maw of a predatory fish for them to be willing to get close enough to find out. Then again most of the ones he caught were fairly large, so maybe it was the size of the hole after all.
A Pocket video without hatchets in the thumbnail? Inconceivable! Luckily I was granted a hatchet easter egg in this wonderful video to appease my hatchet lust. On a serious note, thank you for a very enjoyable video about minnow traps!
i didn't even realize it was 31 mins long until you mentioned it at 28 mins! i just clicked and started watching because i always enjoy your videos no matter the length!
Thanks. I mean, I don't want you to envy- but I do appreciate that we both appreciate the same things. All I can say to help you is to tell you that we set out for this over a decade ago, and we made every little decision consistent with that goal: we reduced our vehicle expenses, dropped cable TV, and all but eliminated drinking/dining out. Only water at restaurants. We fixed every little thing we could instead of replacing. We built equity into the house, and spent the decade repairing/preparing it to sell. Every dime went to the mortgage. We reduced our food waste. Started using Craigslist and thrift stores. Every little bit helped; it's ultimately about the large sum that results of long-term reduction habits. There's just so much in our lives that can be cut out! Sorry to sound preachy. If it's what you want, I really hope you get to the woods.
That definitely was a good catch I believe you should keep the little lobster for couple of years to see if he can get nice and big but it was a good catch
I used to love walking around the streams and creeks as a kid, using my hat to catch crayfish with my brother. Always important to put the "net" on the backside because when they shoot away its towards the tail end. This time of year is great as things start to turn green. The ferns are popping out and the mayflower is starting to bud along with the trees. The snow looks nice for a while but I'm pretty ready for some green.
Ha! So you net from behind, and they dart right in? Never heard of that, but it makes sense. Here's a curious behavior I've noticed about the frogs in that little pond: misdirection. They jump in from the south bank, facing north. Ok. Now you might expect for them to hide on the north side, and so your eyes naturally go there. Yet they will dart to the southeast (for example) as soon as they hit the water, and instantly hide under some muddy leaves right under their water ripples. Kinda reminds me of the way that prime numbers occur in nature with leaves, and with insect brooding periodicity. Inadvertent cleverness! For example: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodical_cicadas
I loved the coffee can lid. That's actually what attracted me to this style you've come up with. I would say, when you decided to attach the screen, while the method was effective, it was tedious. I would have cut a piece to just fit inside, cut out the disk of the lid, all but half-inch, then hot glued the screen to the inside of the cap. The bait holder is a great idea.
Thanks. It was one of those cases of _in for a penny, in for a pound._ Since it was satisfying to see how well it turned out, I guess it was worth the time. Simple, pleasant crafts are often that way. Probably not as tedious as you think from watching the vid. Besides, I'd be a bit hesitant to have metal against metal in the corner there, since it might be too likely to snag. Also, hot glue doesn't really do well with polyethylene, esp. where it's going under cold water. Silicone, maybe?
@@pocket83squared Hmm, good point, silicone might well be a better choice. I was pondering this last night, as I couldn't sleep. I was thinking, if one made the trap, and cut off the neck of the coffee can, you could attach the wire to the *inside* of the neck. Then attach the funnel to the lid. Alternatively, if the funnel had a lip, you could just sandwich it in there when you screwed on the lid. The lid could thus be unscrewed for easy internal access with no chance of getting poked. Now I just have to get my wife the brand of coffee with the screw-off lid, and wait a bit to start building... :D
Never really watch these videos cause I'm mostly interested in your woodworking videos but I'm glad I gave it a chance to watch the entire video. You apologize for the beginning of your video but honestly I liked the diversion from the main part of the video and I think the "bonus" commentary would go great with your other videos. Side note - PA is so beautiful! I love fishing up by the rivers that lead to Conemaugh Dam.
Thanks. If you get the chance, search around where Livermore was (the sunken town). It's very close to the dam. Lots of cool stuff hidden there. With the old canal, the multiple RR beds, the tunnels, and all of the bridges, it's just a non-stop great exploration. I spent years finding things there. The "coalandcoke" blog has a great write-up about it. Actually, that site has some great info in general about SW PA. I tried to meet up with him once, but I ended up moving. Turns out we were nearly neighbors.
@@pocket83squared I've been to Livermore on more than one occasion to fish, hike around, and visit the cemetery. Lots of urban legends surround Livermore. Will defiantly check out coalandcoke blog as I've been fascinated with the lore surrounding locations here.
Nice video, with no annoying music ! I believe you are using hardware cloth, which has the square pattern, unlike chicken wire. Chicken wire is smaller diameter wire and not very rigid.
Hmmm. Noted. I did not know that, and I've been calling it 'chicken wire' my entire life (thus far). Usually on video I use generic descriptions, like 'wire mesh,' but sometimes my personal vernacular slips through.
@@pocket83squared , So do I . Google them both and see the difference. Chicken wire is a very thin gage and rust out quickly, but is cheaper. Usually with round or hex shaped holes. I imagine you have seen it around chicken yards ?
I think they're bluntnose minnows? not entirely sure as they are alot larger than most minnows ive seen but the stripe looks like em. They're notable for their faces being well, blunt and round
I think your minnow trap is very elegant and the only issue is what you’re using for bait. I’d suggest using a crawfish tail as bait, peel it so you just have the white and you’ll have that trap loaded with minnows. PS The ones you caught look like Dace.
get cheap knee high stockings for bait bag.......add dog food tie up inside trap.all the was to back facing the funnel..bait will last long than the wire..tie the trap to the bank with long enough trine as to be able to toss it further out into creek.....in a way to reuse stocking bag..funnel hole is big enough...bingo minnows
sometimes fish etc dont like the smell of new things. Ive had that issue with a trap. after a while (in the water) the scent of new metal vanished. might be your problem. btw. i find your videos interesting and i like to learn new things.=)
That's a fair point. Thanks. I was thinking along that line, but more about color. If you've ever seen lattice covering the underneath of a porch, white lattice prevents one from seeing in very well. I'd figured that once the wire had become covered by algae and dark dirt that it would become more appealing to cautious little fish ;)
I used to make traps like that out of liter soda bottles. cut the bottom off of one and the top off another and put them together pretty much the same as you did here.
I think you properly label it paradise... That's some beautiful land you got there. It's stunning that such a river doesn't even have a name... (yes, it's a river alright =D ) The little 3 ft creek on my properly line even has a name... XD
They stock trout not far from here, up by where the old tracks cross the water. I probably won't get to fishing this year though. I used to love bass fishing. They fight!
@@pocket83squared I go for smallmouth bass and trout here in NJ too. Plenty other fish to choose from just a short drive away. Couldn't ask for any other fish with how fun they are. There surely has to be some wild trout in that stream, maybe native brook trout too, you should investigate! Minnow trap should help survey the species in that river.
I had a different idea for attaching the screen to the coffee can lid. What if you pre-bent all of the finger tabs down, and then used a torch to heat up the tabs? Then, they were red hot, you could press the tabs directly into the coffee can lid, and they would melt through. It would avoid having to punch all of those holes (which doesn’t even seem that difficult, haha).
Interesting. If you catch enough crayfish (the little lobster), then you could possibly have a breeding population and go and catch more crayfish. Crayfish breeding would be an interesting project, or at least building a little pool or irrigation canal for them. They also aren't terribly hard to breed, for each Male deposits tons of eggs into the females seminal receptacle, and the females choose when to become pregnant. The females also oxygenate the eggs with their swimmerettes too
The crawfish can and will kill your fish, especially if you plan on putting them in an aquarium. Additionally, baitfish appreciate brush and such to hide in, which should increase their longevity (a couple floating twigs would work)
Surprisingly well! It really likes the climate of our bathroom. I've also noticed that (miniature) variety here. It tends to grow on partially decomposed, damp bark.
Better on the side of caution with those things. If it doesn't rain for three days, that's still enough to hatch them, right? Besides, how can having little fish in your pond be a bad thing? It's actually really entertaining to watch them school around.
So I just wanted to clarify: this is a rescue operation for the minnows to return them to the river? With the end goal being to have them eat as many mosquitoes as possible, correct?
The goal was to populate my drainwater pond with indigenous fish, just to limit mosq's near my house. Making a trap was just a game, to see if I could do it. It was pickier than I'd expected. Saving the minnows that become trapped might be futile, though I would probably still do it if a harsh drought were to hit. Those channels dry slowly, so the bulk of the minnows would be forced into only the deepest remaining pools. It would be hard not to liberate them if that becomes the case. We'll see what happens as the summer comes.
Sorry, it hasn't been released yet. I'm usually in the process of filming ten or so videos at a time, so I occasionally mess up chronologically. Hopefully it will be done this week if I can get some sun!
Sorry about that. It's on my list to try and get a Go-Pro, or some other camera that's better suited to walks in the woods. It's just one more thing, though.
Great informative video as usual. Thanks for the morning (for me) nature walk as well. Also, the fish that you caught look like juvenile creek chub. The scientific name is Semotilus atromaculatus. They should do a nice job eating the larvae for you and if not they make great bait. We have them down in Delaware as well.
The only minnows I saw in this whole video were mostly too skinny for the mesh you used.... Most of them can simply swim thru the sides or the ends or where ever they wan.... Try using window screen for a trap for in your creek there and try using the trap you have now in the river.....
Across species, there is one trait that's the single most highly-correlated with an organism's survivability. Can you guess what it is? It's adaptability: the flexibility to incorporate _and act on_ new information. When it was getting doled out, you and I didn't get equal shares, partner. And this is why one of us is far more likely to still have all of their original teeth. Thanks for a great comment.
Jesus is Christ, who died and died of blood on the cross, as predicted in the Bible, to free you from the law of sin and death. If you believe in Jesus, you will be freed from Satan's power forever and become a child of God. Believe in Jesus and welcome him. Jesus, who loves you, is God the Creator.
Also, as a side note, funerals in my faith at least, are strictly no shoe zones, though that doesn't stop the occasional in-law from complaining about my cousin, to my aunt, at her dead mother's feet.
I don't think there has ever been a culture where funerals weren't awkward. It's that whole existential dread thing. But I'm sure you realize that I was pointing out the silliness of self-preoccupation whenever our transience is so glaringly laying there on display. Interesting grammar problem. Lay vs lie? A corpse is clearly inanimate, so it has no will. It is an object (of course, 'faith' notwithstanding). Yet we do have a tendency to infuse life conversationally though personification. Here that existential dread thing is reappearing, even in the way that we speak! But we still refer to the deceased in the past tense? I'm really confused. Humans are weird. And thus, conversation is complicated. As is culture. The barefoot thing is taboo in my culture. As an aside, I look forward to the summer for a feet-bearing reason: poison ivy does not grow where I live now, so I can actually walk in the woods as we were intended to do. Human feet work surprisingly well on horizontal trees; post-denaturalization, we have retained far more natural grip than one might suppose. I suggest that you make an effort to experience this if you have not.
Nothing. They don't intimidate me in the slightest. We have black bears here, not Brown/Grizzly. Black bears are small, timid, and extremely rare. Far more of a concern are ticks and snakes. If I were to stumble upon one close-up, I would pretend to not care, avoid eye contact, and slowly move off (in the direction of a large stick, lol).
Continuity error: the Harbor Freight axe video is still not out, due to April rain (and some procrastination). Out soon. Enjoy the weekend!
*Edit-* This might be our minnow:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semotilus_atromaculatus
pocket83² the crayfish looks like a Nobel crayfish
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Helping you identify them.... at 30:00, the one facing us on the left side is Jeff. Jeff's a good guy, you'll like him.
I'm always impressed when people can tell him apart from Greg. Guys are practically twins
lmao James you beat me to the punch lol .. I was totally gonna do the same thing and say the minnow's name was gorge and he's a cool guy lol but you beat me to the punch lol ... :)
the one he picked up at the end was alice the schools gossip
James
Props. Great comment. I'm definitely stealing it; something Jeff would never do.
"Nobody is really watching videos about minnow traps that don't work." Uhh, I am! I enjoy your content because your commentary is quite refreshing in general because you speak your mind and think outside the box. I like seeing the gears turn during your projects and see your really interesting solutions to problems.
I agree!!!! :)
Same! I would rather watch a video that was about "I tried to make this, here's the process, here's the troubleshooting and modifications, it didn't work, here's my theories on why it didn't work and my plans for future alterations" than one about "yay it worked first try".
They look like creek chubs to me. Especially with the sound that little guy made at the end. This was fun, thanks!
I think you are exactly right.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semotilus_atromaculatus
@@pocket83squared They can get semi-large. I catch them a lot when trout fishing. They "bark" a lot when out of water.
Just wanted to say thanks for doing the collab with Peter Brown. If you did not, I would’ve never found you. Though I may not find the subject matter if each of your videos relevant to me, I love each of them nonetheless.
I'm with you on that! If not for that collaboration, I wouldn't know about Pocket.
^This
Without the collab, I would never have found Peter Brown. I'm quite glad I did, and eternally grateful to pocket.
I shall call the unnamed River, The pocket83. Love your videos and could listen to you explain things all day long.
Pocket Creek.
I really enjoyed this video. As 'boring' of a topic as it seemed, it kept my attention the whole way amd has actually persuaded me to build my own minnow trap(s). There are a few bodies of water nit far from my house and we have a swamp/marsh in our backyard. I should like to see if stocking it with minnows helps decrease the mosquito population. Thanks for entertaining us and constantly giving us ideas. Also, I used your 2x4 clamped to a lawn tractor trailer trick to load up the brush from a couple trees I dropped in our yard and bring it to our burn pile, it worked a treat! Holds much more than a standard wheel barrow, more stable and just as easy to move. And on that note, I will leave you.
Brings back memories of being 8 yrs old and the wonders of new discoveries 😊
I'm folding 30 odd napkins for my best friends daughter's confirmation (that's due in less than 9 hrs and I've yet to go to sleep, but your video kept me entetraind for about 15 napkins, so thank you for that!
I do believe it was the grate that made it functional. Minnows may look dumb to our elevated (physically at least) minds, but after the major portion of your life in a river, I'd say you'd be able to tell when there's a wall ahead of you. But then again, I've never trapped for fish in my life, so who am I to say?
I also believe that it was the back wall being removed--my grandpa used to feed his fish basically dog food, and I know I have watched fish nibble at bread before...
White bread, crackers, and hotdog works too.
I agree with this assessment just because every minnow trap I've ever used has a funnel at both ends and comes apart in the middle. I wouldn't be surprised if the big round shadow of the original lid might look a bit too much like the gaping maw of a predatory fish for them to be willing to get close enough to find out.
Then again most of the ones he caught were fairly large, so maybe it was the size of the hole after all.
Very good design. Easy to follow directions. Thank you
Pocket goes Walden. Great video brother. Lovely scenery.
I enjoy these videos. Your approach is deliberate yet distinctly human. Sometimes failure teaches more than success!
The patience....I don't think I have it. But that's what makes your design details so well-considered
i can just listen to you talk for hours and hours. thanks for your content
A Pocket video without hatchets in the thumbnail? Inconceivable!
Luckily I was granted a hatchet easter egg in this wonderful video to appease my hatchet lust. On a serious note, thank you for a very enjoyable video about minnow traps!
i didn't even realize it was 31 mins long until you mentioned it at 28 mins! i just clicked and started watching because i always enjoy your videos no matter the length!
I'm sick, this was a peaceful video to watch. thanks
Hope it helped! Get well!
Love the design and build 💯💯💯
Probably said it before, but I envy your property. It's a dream of ours to have a place even one tenth that you have.
Thanks. I mean, I don't want you to envy- but I do appreciate that we both appreciate the same things. All I can say to help you is to tell you that we set out for this over a decade ago, and we made every little decision consistent with that goal: we reduced our vehicle expenses, dropped cable TV, and all but eliminated drinking/dining out. Only water at restaurants. We fixed every little thing we could instead of replacing. We built equity into the house, and spent the decade repairing/preparing it to sell. Every dime went to the mortgage. We reduced our food waste. Started using Craigslist and thrift stores. Every little bit helped; it's ultimately about the large sum that results of long-term reduction habits. There's just so much in our lives that can be cut out! Sorry to sound preachy. If it's what you want, I really hope you get to the woods.
That definitely was a good catch I believe you should keep the little lobster for couple of years to see if he can get nice and big but it was a good catch
That was a crawfish or crayfish
I must say, you are one smart son of a gun. Also your videos are some of the best I have the pleasure of watching. Keep them coming.
That's really nice. Thanks.
Your wire manipulation gave me a great idea for my chicken coop builds.
"At the end there isn't always minnows in your bucket" - too true, pocket
I used to love walking around the streams and creeks as a kid, using my hat to catch crayfish with my brother. Always important to put the "net" on the backside because when they shoot away its towards the tail end. This time of year is great as things start to turn green. The ferns are popping out and the mayflower is starting to bud along with the trees. The snow looks nice for a while but I'm pretty ready for some green.
Ha! So you net from behind, and they dart right in? Never heard of that, but it makes sense. Here's a curious behavior I've noticed about the frogs in that little pond: misdirection. They jump in from the south bank, facing north.
Ok.
Now you might expect for them to hide on the north side, and so your eyes naturally go there. Yet they will dart to the southeast (for example) as soon as they hit the water, and instantly hide under some muddy leaves right under their water ripples. Kinda reminds me of the way that prime numbers occur in nature with leaves, and with insect brooding periodicity. Inadvertent cleverness!
For example:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodical_cicadas
I loved the coffee can lid. That's actually what attracted me to this style you've come up with.
I would say, when you decided to attach the screen, while the method was effective, it was tedious. I would have cut a piece to just fit inside, cut out the disk of the lid, all but half-inch, then hot glued the screen to the inside of the cap.
The bait holder is a great idea.
Thanks. It was one of those cases of _in for a penny, in for a pound._ Since it was satisfying to see how well it turned out, I guess it was worth the time. Simple, pleasant crafts are often that way. Probably not as tedious as you think from watching the vid.
Besides, I'd be a bit hesitant to have metal against metal in the corner there, since it might be too likely to snag. Also, hot glue doesn't really do well with polyethylene, esp. where it's going under cold water. Silicone, maybe?
@@pocket83squared Hmm, good point, silicone might well be a better choice. I was pondering this last night, as I couldn't sleep.
I was thinking, if one made the trap, and cut off the neck of the coffee can, you could attach the wire to the *inside* of the neck. Then attach the funnel to the lid. Alternatively, if the funnel had a lip, you could just sandwich it in there when you screwed on the lid. The lid could thus be unscrewed for easy internal access with no chance of getting poked.
Now I just have to get my wife the brand of coffee with the screw-off lid, and wait a bit to start building... :D
That's a nice haul at the end. Gotta try and make a few of these traps.
Haven't commented in a while. Haven't stopped loving your videos either. I love it.
Great. Thanks a bunch.
Those minnows are HUGE! Good job.
I've been told those fern sprouts
are good to eat. According to
Wikipedia they call them
"fiddleheads."
BS"D.
Never really watch these videos cause I'm mostly interested in your woodworking videos but I'm glad I gave it a chance to watch the entire video. You apologize for the beginning of your video but honestly I liked the diversion from the main part of the video and I think the "bonus" commentary would go great with your other videos. Side note - PA is so beautiful! I love fishing up by the rivers that lead to Conemaugh Dam.
Thanks. If you get the chance, search around where Livermore was (the sunken town). It's very close to the dam. Lots of cool stuff hidden there. With the old canal, the multiple RR beds, the tunnels, and all of the bridges, it's just a non-stop great exploration. I spent years finding things there.
The "coalandcoke" blog has a great write-up about it. Actually, that site has some great info in general about SW PA. I tried to meet up with him once, but I ended up moving. Turns out we were nearly neighbors.
@@pocket83squared I've been to Livermore on more than one occasion to fish, hike around, and visit the cemetery. Lots of urban legends surround Livermore. Will defiantly check out coalandcoke blog as I've been fascinated with the lore surrounding locations here.
28:00 We don't even have the same interests, you just make it fun to watch, im glad I spent 31 minutes on this :D
Nice video, with no annoying music !
I believe you are using hardware cloth, which has the square pattern, unlike chicken wire. Chicken wire is smaller diameter wire and not very rigid.
Hmmm. Noted. I did not know that, and I've been calling it 'chicken wire' my entire life (thus far). Usually on video I use generic descriptions, like 'wire mesh,' but sometimes my personal vernacular slips through.
@@pocket83squared ,
So do I . Google them both and see the difference. Chicken wire is a very thin gage and rust out quickly, but is cheaper. Usually with round or hex shaped holes. I imagine you have seen it around chicken yards ?
forgive me if i'm wrong but they look a lot like fish to me
This _is_ the UA-cam comments, so I'm sure you're still wrong somehow.
I think they're bluntnose minnows? not entirely sure as they are alot larger than most minnows ive seen but the stripe looks like em. They're notable for their faces being well, blunt and round
@@pocket83squared they're obviously shrimp, I saw it on the discovery channel with Gordon Ramsey
I think your minnow trap is very elegant and the only issue is what you’re using for bait. I’d suggest using a crawfish tail as bait, peel it so you just have the white and you’ll have that trap loaded with minnows. PS The ones you caught look like Dace.
get cheap knee high stockings for bait bag.......add dog food tie up inside trap.all the was to back facing the funnel..bait will last long than the wire..tie the trap to the bank with long enough trine as to be able to toss it further out into creek.....in a way to reuse stocking bag..funnel hole is big enough...bingo minnows
The way you connect all of it is amazing to me I use zip ties
Nice catch brother!
sometimes fish etc dont like the smell of new things. Ive had that issue with a trap. after a while (in the water) the scent of new metal vanished. might be your problem.
btw. i find your videos interesting and i like to learn new things.=)
That's a fair point. Thanks. I was thinking along that line, but more about color. If you've ever seen lattice covering the underneath of a porch, white lattice prevents one from seeing in very well. I'd figured that once the wire had become covered by algae and dark dirt that it would become more appealing to cautious little fish ;)
30miles west of Philadelphia in creek in cedar hollow were many mlnnows that had that line on their side. Dace minnows
Could you harvest fiddleheads from all those growing ferns? Are they even the right kind?
They look like the right kind! I was thinking the same thing.
Love the video, really interesting to see how you did it
I used to make traps like that out of liter soda bottles. cut the bottom off of one and the top off another and put them together pretty much the same as you did here.
I think you properly label it paradise... That's some beautiful land you got there. It's stunning that such a river doesn't even have a name... (yes, it's a river alright =D ) The little 3 ft creek on my properly line even has a name... XD
Now do a video of you powder coating it with black paint and marketing it as the 'Pockenator 3000'.
That's really neat!
Those were all creek chubs I believe. I got a thing for rivers in Appalachian regions, pocket. Show me more of that river! Try out fishing there.
They stock trout not far from here, up by where the old tracks cross the water. I probably won't get to fishing this year though. I used to love bass fishing. They fight!
@@pocket83squared I go for smallmouth bass and trout here in NJ too. Plenty other fish to choose from just a short drive away. Couldn't ask for any other fish with how fun they are. There surely has to be some wild trout in that stream, maybe native brook trout too, you should investigate! Minnow trap should help survey the species in that river.
What are they for? Bait? Cat food? Fun?
I had a different idea for attaching the screen to the coffee can lid. What if you pre-bent all of the finger tabs down, and then used a torch to heat up the tabs? Then, they were red hot, you could press the tabs directly into the coffee can lid, and they would melt through. It would avoid having to punch all of those holes (which doesn’t even seem that difficult, haha).
Interesting. If you catch enough crayfish (the little lobster), then you could possibly have a breeding population and go and catch more crayfish. Crayfish breeding would be an interesting project, or at least building a little pool or irrigation canal for them. They also aren't terribly hard to breed, for each Male deposits tons of eggs into the females seminal receptacle, and the females choose when to become pregnant. The females also oxygenate the eggs with their swimmerettes too
I don't know if he already said this but the problem I think was that they could see the back of it the coffee lid so the knew that it was there
The crawfish can and will kill your fish, especially if you plan on putting them in an aquarium. Additionally, baitfish appreciate brush and such to hide in, which should increase their longevity (a couple floating twigs would work)
I don't think he's planning to keep them as pets, just relocating to another location upstream
Another banger
Looks like brown bass or babt largemouth bass?
Some type of bass.
@@ruthiewrangler9864 Wrong, they are chub minnows, they don't look anything like bass.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure those are creek chubs. They make good bait if you wanted to catch something bigger.
I love it when you tell about the plants and animals near your house. How is the fern in the bottle doing?
Surprisingly well! It really likes the climate of our bathroom. I've also noticed that (miniature) variety here. It tends to grow on partially decomposed, damp bark.
ive never been much of an outside guy but you make this all seem so interesting, but when are we getting the 6th sixth gen game examination
Reminds me of Pleasant Stream and Old logger's path in Canton.
Looks like creek chubs to me. I got a mountain brook and pond as well, water moves too quick for mosquitos, or I thought it did. Now I am wondering...
Better on the side of caution with those things. If it doesn't rain for three days, that's still enough to hatch them, right? Besides, how can having little fish in your pond be a bad thing? It's actually really entertaining to watch them school around.
@@pocket83squared the pond has top minnows, some bass and pickeral but we made slower pools in the brook next to the driveway.
i really like your description :D
RIP coffee can lid, you will be missed
So I just wanted to clarify: this is a rescue operation for the minnows to return them to the river? With the end goal being to have them eat as many mosquitoes as possible, correct?
The goal was to populate my drainwater pond with indigenous fish, just to limit mosq's near my house. Making a trap was just a game, to see if I could do it. It was pickier than I'd expected.
Saving the minnows that become trapped might be futile, though I would probably still do it if a harsh drought were to hit. Those channels dry slowly, so the bulk of the minnows would be forced into only the deepest remaining pools. It would be hard not to liberate them if that becomes the case. We'll see what happens as the summer comes.
which harbor freight video was that again?
that little lobster. gotta keep him around. new channel mascot.
Sorry, it hasn't been released yet. I'm usually in the process of filming ten or so videos at a time, so I occasionally mess up chronologically. Hopefully it will be done this week if I can get some sun!
you damned time travelers!
The shakiness of the video gave me motion sickness
Edit: Don't get me wrong I enjoyed the video it's just the parts you were moving the camera
Sorry about that. It's on my list to try and get a Go-Pro, or some other camera that's better suited to walks in the woods. It's just one more thing, though.
I love following thru your vids. I knew you would catchum.
Don’t recognize the species but I’m guessing cutting a whole in the lid was the successful improvement. The bigger trap opening couldn’t hurt.
The fish are called creek chubs
Spottail shiner
Well looking at how much larger those ones were increasing the whole size definelty could have helped. But either way if it works it works
Great informative video as usual. Thanks for the morning (for me) nature walk as well. Also, the fish that you caught look like juvenile creek chub. The scientific name is Semotilus atromaculatus. They should do a nice job eating the larvae for you and if not they make great bait. We have them down in Delaware as well.
Are they blacknose shiner (Notropis heterolepis)?
PTE - Polyvinyl ethylene .
The only minnows I saw in this whole video were mostly too skinny for the mesh you used.... Most of them can simply swim thru the sides or the ends or where ever they wan.... Try using window screen for a trap for in your creek there and try using the trap you have now in the river.....
First you don't need plastic on it 2nd just throw a handful of dog food in it third make sure it sinks to the bottom fourth good luck
have to use bread my freind and place it loosly in the trap
Not trying to hurt your filling just trying to halp you out the way i do it i dont put bait boxs in it i just put the bait in like it is
Why not make fish bridge from pvc or acrylic for better visibility
he cant because you dont contribute to his patron
(if he has one that is)
@@gastcast2959 he doesn't have one, and if he did, how would you know John doesnt contrubute?
They look like bait to me
Also, didn't know crawfish could survive so far north.
We have them up here in Minnesota, they survive the deep freeze of our winters.
I live in Northern Minnesota and we have crawfish or crayfish as we call them, in all our lakes. Bass love them.
@@ruthiewrangler9864 Oh ok cool, good to know if I'm ever up there to watch my toes.
These are creek chubs
why does the minnow open its mouth when you catch it?
That's minnow speak for _"put me baaaaaaaaack!"_
look like creek chub
All ways used oatmeal in jugs
Big peeper area! maybe if you paint it red.
ghello... like the stuff
Make some corn bread but add sour cream to the recipe. If there are minnows in the water, you will catch them!
Thanks for that little tip. Always wondering what to bait the traps with.
add air rater they need to breathe
I'm stuck whit pocket83²...... yeah!!!
Looks like rainbow trout. Also all that work and you let them go? Why catch them then?
He's dropped them in a nearer pond, so the water there stays clear of mosquito larva, I'd guess. He did mention 'quitos near the start...
not even close to a rainbow trout, there is no adipose fin, no par marks, wrong coloration, those minnows are blacknose dace
I just feel like you probably won’t survive in your current location very long.
Across species, there is one trait that's the single most highly-correlated with an organism's survivability. Can you guess what it is? It's adaptability: the flexibility to incorporate _and act on_ new information. When it was getting doled out, you and I didn't get equal shares, partner. And this is why one of us is far more likely to still have all of their original teeth. Thanks for a great comment.
just drop it in and have no lid and create cone shape as in the real store made one.add a string and deeper water add fish or crab. dog food no good.
you also barly put any food in the trap
blacknose dace
Use ham it works the best
There Creek chub
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ID=little fish aka small fry.
try eating them fiddle heads
This video game me a creek chub
Also, as a side note, funerals in my faith at least, are strictly no shoe zones, though that doesn't stop the occasional in-law from complaining about my cousin, to my aunt, at her dead mother's feet.
I don't think there has ever been a culture where funerals weren't awkward. It's that whole existential dread thing. But I'm sure you realize that I was pointing out the silliness of self-preoccupation whenever our transience is so glaringly laying there on display.
Interesting grammar problem. Lay vs lie? A corpse is clearly inanimate, so it has no will. It is an object (of course, 'faith' notwithstanding). Yet we do have a tendency to infuse life conversationally though personification. Here that existential dread thing is reappearing, even in the way that we speak! But we still refer to the deceased in the past tense? I'm really confused. Humans are weird. And thus, conversation is complicated. As is culture. The barefoot thing is taboo in my culture.
As an aside, I look forward to the summer for a feet-bearing reason: poison ivy does not grow where I live now, so I can actually walk in the woods as we were intended to do. Human feet work surprisingly well on horizontal trees; post-denaturalization, we have retained far more natural grip than one might suppose. I suggest that you make an effort to experience this if you have not.
Dat lil guy with the huge mouth at the end!
Very nice place to live. But are there bears around? One day you walk to your minnow trap and a bear shows up, what do?
Nothing. They don't intimidate me in the slightest. We have black bears here, not Brown/Grizzly. Black bears are small, timid, and extremely rare. Far more of a concern are ticks and snakes.
If I were to stumble upon one close-up, I would pretend to not care, avoid eye contact, and slowly move off (in the direction of a large stick, lol).