Ever tried one of these?

[Swede]

Pike trap

[red_eyes]

looks like itd really mess the fish up.

[Grimace]

My ex-girlfriend use to put something that looked like that near the handle of my golf bag.

she liked fishing though.

[rgfixit]

Swede,
 Where were those used? Never heard of such a thing.
RG

[Swede]

Old-real old, Pike trap here in Sweden. 

Maybe it could double as a guard to your shanty while your away


kidding aside, got to take into consideration that this was before fishing as a "sport" but rather a necessity here.

[rgfixit]

Do you live in Sweden?
RG

[eyedoktr]

Looks like what my ex-wife used to wear just below her waist

[The Darkness]

Our wives must shop at the same store.............

[coldbum]

Dang, that would pretty much snap a pike in half! 
 How do you bait something like that?

I can see where it would work   8)

[skulldugary]

I would have guessed a sturgeon trap....

[bwalleye]

Looks like what my ex-wife used to wear just below her waist

And Sir Lancalot was speechless before the king

[reelbigfish]

Cool antique fish torture device Swede.  Looks like it could catch and clean you fish
in one operation.  Gotta love that Lancelot joke bwalleye but I've heard it told where his response sounded something like naanaanaa.  Funny. 






Ted

[tip-uptwo]

My ex-girlfriend use to put something that looked like that near the handle of my golf bag.

she liked fishing though.

 

[Swede]

-22c today- just got back in and warming up my fingers, Got to get some of them neoprene gloves!! I drilled into some mud with my new auger and that td me off a little. I like it though, cuts through nice, the UR rappella 205mm. Thing is, if you mess up the cutting crown, it costs half the price of the auger to replace. luckily no damage. I learned a lesson, sometimes the floor is closer than you think   All that said, I didn't catch anything sept 2 small perch. Fun time anyway, and now waiting on the super bowl! Comes on awfully late here.

I guess you would tip that trap with a small perch or what is called a mört here, some small fish anyway. It would do a number on the Pike. Maybe I can find an old timer here to take me out and show me how its done. I would just like to see how it works.

[die hard22]

  curious to know if that trap was set up in possibly in smaller channels that lead to the pikes spawning grounds and used only when you can predict that a pike is likely going to travel past it or were they used with bait, under the ice or???

[Swede]

There is a hook like spike to put on bait. I really do not know how they were all rigged up or where or when. If I run into some old timers and if they understand my Swedish , I will try to find out.

[Lobo]

  That's a MEAN looking thing !
       But I bet it worked.

[HiRanger]

They would probably arrest me just for having it in the truck.........