Getting ready

[wshnIwsfshn]

Start trapping today for the season not a bad start for a 3 hr soak

[rdhammah]

nice. I started 3 weeks ago. got 30 dozen or so. traps are not working for me this year. maybe 2 dz were from the trap. the rest were rod and reel. not getting as many small crappie sized shiners this year. seems that last year's shiners have been growing too fast and are now 4-5 inches. Too big for my quarry. may have to start chasing bass and slime darts.
can't figure why they're not going into the trap.

[wshnIwsfshn]

Do you float them or rest em on the bottom ? I got about 10 dz today resting  on the bottom

[rdhammah]

Do you float them or rest em on the bottom ? I got about 10 dz today resting  on the bottom

where I have been catching them, the water is about 3-4 feet deep. I have tried floating the trap with empty water bottles at the surface, 9" or so below the surface, about 18" down and on the bottom. I use a suet holder to hold my bread at the bottom and a few pieces to float in the trap. I use a 10 oz bank sinker to anchor it in place.

[TheCrittaC]

Got about 9 dozen in a 24 hour soak with 4 traps sitting right on the bottom. Trapping the same pond through the ice last year only produced about one dozen all season.

[rdhammah]

how deep is the water where you set your traps?

[TheCrittaC]

how deep is the water where you set your traps?

Not very deep, maybe 4-5 feet?

[rdhammah]

would love to just drop the trap and then go do something else. where I go, I have been catching them 1 at a time. the last time out, I got 6 dz in 4 hrs of fishing