MINNOW TRAP BUILD - ATTEMPT 1

Can I catch them?

Down on the border of the property owned by Hive account@bluerthangreen & Hive account@allforthegood there is a stream. In that stream are all sorts of minnows and small fish. In this video, I decided to build a minnow trap in an attempt to catch some of them. Can I do it? Will it work?

PAPA vs. THE MINNOWS - Round 1

THE RESULTS

After constructing a cylindrical trap out of 1/2 inch hardware cloth, I headed down to the creek to give it a go. I realized that this hardware cloth was too big to capture the little minnows, but I hoped that I would still be able to capture some of the larger chubs.

After leaving it overnight, I came back down to check it. Although I did catch one big chub, that majority of the fish were not any kind of minnow at all. Besides a couple of Crayfish, the trap had also collected about a dozen Green Sunfish. While it may not have worked like I hoped, it still worked... but I'll be back soon to try again!