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hmm well then I wonder if you can use those oh 3' umbrella style nets to catch them for bait then????
Who has a fool proof design on a minnow trap other than the cone shape design? Can you make a trap for smelt? I saw a design on here a couple weeks ago which looked like it would work well. It looked like an old herring wier.
How do you get the minnows out? Are those doors at the top or bait containers? That looks just like and old weir without the leaders. Thanks
Yeah, both lift nets and drop nets are still listed, they got rid of bag-nets though with the traps. The 3' umbrella would be fine but your not going to get many with one pull. Of course you need the Smelt wholesalers license to use any net other than a dip net.