Crawdad trap ideas/plans?

[woodrat]

I'm trying to figure out how to build a better crawdad trap than the one I've got, and amazingly enough, this is not something I could find by just entering it into google. So I thought I'd ask here..<br /><br />I have one of those cylinder traps with the inverted cone entrances at each end, but the buggers just crawl right back out again. So I put little swinging "fingers" over the entrance holes like a crab trap has, but then if the trap rolls over when it hits the bottom, the fingers just fall open and the crawdads still come and go as they please. <br /><br />There must be a better way!

 

[treedancer]

Re: Crawdad trap ideas/plans?

Them damn liberals are crawling in the trap and letting them go.

 

[woodrat]

Re: Crawdad trap ideas/plans?

Damn! I knew it must be them! <br /><br />What's next? Leech hugging?!<br /><br />

 

[roscoe]

Re: Crawdad trap ideas/plans?

Used a square trap years ago. Had a long cone entrance on each end (near the top) with a small opening. I remember having it more than half full several times.<br /><br />Put enough meat in there to keep them from looking elsewhere for a meal.

 

[txswinner]

Re: Crawdad trap ideas/plans?

I always put a weight on the trap to keep the opening in position.