Boiled crayfish are a delicacy dish for many residents of megacities. Despite the fact that in many reservoirs the population of these representatives of arthropods is large, it is far from always possible to catch a worthy trophy. To ensure a good catch, do-it-yourself crabs are made. With its help, it will be convenient and easy to catch the required number of crayfish.

Many from childhood remember a simple way to get crayfish. Adults and children in the summer went into the water and tried to grab a dangerous object by the torso with their hands. Sometimes fingers fell into powerful claws, which made the impression of an exciting lesson somewhat clouded. But in cold weather, there are few people who want to hunt for crayfish in this way. A trap for crayfish will come in handy at any time and weather.

You can use the crayfish both from the boat and from the shore. It is enough to fix the bait on the net and lower the trap to the bottom of the reservoir. On the river, it is necessary to fix the device so that it is not carried away by the current.

The waiting time, which is 2-3 hours, can be devoted to fishing, relaxing by the fire, outdoor games, etc.

You can not buy ready-made traps in all regions of the country, so it makes sense to master the independent production of the simplest crayfish.

Types of crayfish

The imagination of anglers has no limits. As modern materials become available, new types of traps are emerging. On sale there are three types of crayfish.

1. A trap based on a metal hoop and a cellular mesh with a perforation of 2x2 cm is one of the simplest devices. Making a homemade crayfish of this type is not difficult. The bait is tied in the central part of the mesh circle, after which the trap is lowered to the bottom on a rope.
2. A more complex device is a crayfish, which consists of 2 metal rings. One of the hoops has a diameter of 50 cm, for the other ring this figure is 80 cm. After pulling the mesh, a cone is formed with a cut end. The height of the trap is 20 cm. The trap is lowered so that a large hoop is at the bottom of the reservoir.
3. The trapezoid trap is effective and easy to use. It is a cage made of metal mesh. The frame is made of steel wire.

Materials for manufacturing

Traditionally, the following materials were used for the manufacture of crayfish.

• Nylon mesh is an affordable and fairly waterproof material that allows you to build a trap in haste. It is enough to make a frame of a suitable shape and stretch the net, and you can hope to catch an arthropod trophy. Kapron is good because it is easy to cut and tie. Over time, the claws of cancer make the trap unusable.
• Steel mesh today has many modifications, so you can choose the most suitable material for your product. The famous chain-link mesh can be used when you want to stretch the canvas on the frame. And the welded version with rectangular cells keeps its shape well without an additional frame.
• Craftsmen extract metal hoops from old wooden barrels, rusted tanks, aluminum cans, etc.
• Steel reinforcement, thick wire, thin-walled tubes can also be used as a frame.
• Rakolovki from plastic bottles turn out to be low-cost. It can be drinking containers with a volume of 5-6 liters.

Of the materials at hand, the most commonly used:

• metal wire;
• kapron rope;
• fishing line.

Of the tools, you should stock up on a tape measure, metal scissors, round-nose pliers, an awl and a knife.

Examples of homemade crayfish

Before you make a do-it-yourself crayfish, you should familiarize yourself with several samples. They are made from different materials, so everyone can choose a model to their liking.

PET bottle trap

The lightest and least expensive trap can be made from two five-liter bottles.

• In each bottle, the neck and bottom are removed with a knife to make plastic cylinders.

• After that, one of the cylinders is inserted inside the other to a depth of 1-2 cm. Using an awl, 6-8 holes are made around the circumference at the junction. Soft wire or fishing line is pulled through the holes to secure the connection.
• In the cut off necks, the handles are removed, after which they are inserted with a narrow part inside the cylinder. These connections are installed in the same way.
• The entire cylindrical surface must be perforated. Holes can be cut with a knife or drilled with a drill.
• It remains to tie a nylon rope, place the bait inside and lower the crayfish into the water.

Photo 1. From a plastic bottle.

Model made of nylon mesh

Rakolovka, made of kapron mesh, are called "inkwells". A trap is made according to the following technology.

1. Two hoops are made from a wire 4-5 mm thick. One of them should have a diameter of 40-60 cm, the other - 15-20 cm.
2. The large ring is covered with mesh and fixed with nylon thread or fishing line.
3. Then the small ring is attached in the same way.
4. So that after lowering into the water the structure does not develop, it is necessary to install 3 spacers 15-20 cm long from the same wire between the rings.
5. It remains to attach the handle, tie the rope, lower the bait inside and throw the trap into the water.

Photo 2. Mesh with a square section.

Rolled steel mesh product

If the question arose of how to make a do-it-yourself crayfish trap for many years, then the steel mesh option would be the most optimal.

1. At the first stage, you need to arm yourself with a tape measure to measure a piece of workpiece 1 m long and 0.8 m wide. The easiest way to cut a piece of mesh is with metal scissors.
2. Now it is necessary to make a cylinder with a diameter of about 25 cm from a rectangular blank. The joint is fixed with pieces of soft copper wire. The protruding ends of the wire in the mesh are bent inward.
3. To make walls with holes, it is necessary to cut a semicircle with a radius of 25 cm. At the central point of the radius, a semicircle is drawn with a radius of 5 cm. The future hole is carefully cut with scissors.
4. Then it is necessary to bend the workpiece in such a way that a cone with a cut top is obtained. In a cone-shaped position, it is necessary to secure the connection line with wire.
5. The side wall is inserted with the sharp part of the cone inside the mesh cylinder. The edges of the cone and cylinder are fastened with wire. The second wall of the trap is made in the same way.
6. To make it easier to place the bait and extract the crayfish, a 15x20 cm rectangle is marked in the center of the cylinder. An incision is made on three sides, so a kind of door is obtained. A piece of wire will help prevent spontaneous opening.
7. Nylon rope is best attached to the edges of the shell. It remains to place the bait and test the catchability of the structure.

Photo 3. From steel mesh.

Any of the do-it-yourself crayfish made can be modernized and adjusted to the conditions of fishing. The main thing is that crayfish are found in the reservoir, then you definitely won’t have to return home without a catch.

Who doesn't love crayfish beer? But, as they say: you can’t even pull a fish out of the pond without difficulty. I'll tell you frankly, catching crayfish is pretty easy, especially if you have a crayfish or in another way a crawfish. It is easy to make a do-it-yourself rakolovka.

What are the crayfish

These tools can be open and closed - making all these do-it-yourself shells at home is quite simple.

Equipment for catching crayfish can be made in the form:
plastic bottle traps;
screen;
inkwells;
administer;
umbrella.

How to make new models of crayfish traps on your own - you can find out in this article, see below.

Examples of homemade crayfish

The simplest and fastest version of a home-made rachev is a model made from a material popular among all craftsmen - a plastic bottle.

To make a trap, you need to prepare:
5 l plastic bottle;
soft wire or thick fishing line;
rope;
cargo;
awl;
knife;
scissors.

The progress of work on the manufacture of an effective crayfish from a plastic bottle:
1) first you need to take a bottle and cut off the top with a neck;
2) then the neck itself should be cut off in such a way that a hole comes out into which the cancer crawls;
3) turn the upper part over and insert it into the lower half inward with an end that tapers - so the cancer will easily crawl inside, but it will practically not be able to get back;
4) connect the two halves; you can tie them together with a fishing line or wire, which is threaded into holes made with an awl;
5) large holes must be made in the main part of the bottle so that air can escape;
6) a weight is attached to the bottom so that the trap does not float;
7) from the inside to the bottom you need to tie a loop to secure the bait;
8) a rope should be tied to the junction of the parts of the shell.

On the pond, we untie the wire that connects the two parts of the trap and strengthen the bait. After we tie both halves, and, holding the crayfish by the rope, we throw it into the pond. Rachevnya is fixed on the shore with a cord, to a peg, bush or tree.

Rakolovka in the form of a do-it-yourself top

This device is similar to the previous trap in how crayfish fall into it - through a cone. For the manufacture of such a shell, it is better to take a fine-mesh metal mesh.

Work progress:
1) first, a strip of net about 1 m wide should be cut off. This fragment can be 1.5–2.5 m long, but if the traps are longer, then it will not be easy to cast and get out of the water;
2) the strip is rolled into a cylinder with its base about 30 cm in diameter;
3) the edges of the strip are connected to each other by knitting wire or by welding;
4) cone entrances are formed from this grid - 2 pcs.;
5) with a narrow side they are attached at the base of the cylinder with a wire;
6) the narrow ends of the cones are interconnected inside in a trap using three wire ties; ropes are tied to one or two ends.

We lay the bait in the trap, throw it on the crayfish or put it into the water - depending on what size it is.

Popular, catchy crayfish

The most popular (it is also the most unpretentious) model - rachevni is a ring with a metal wire covered with a mesh. Of course, the disadvantage of such a crayfish is that it needs to be checked every 30 minutes, because when the crayfish eat the bait, they can easily get out of it.

I suggest you make a trap for crayfish with your own hands a little more complicated, which you can leave for twelve hours and from which it will be difficult for crayfish to crawl out.

To make a rakolovka with our own hands, we need:
- fine mesh;
- steel wire 5-6mm thick.
- clamps made of plastic;
- kapron thread.

The progress of work on the manufacture of homemade

First of all, we take a steel wire and twist two rings, the first with a diameter of 400-500mm (lower), the second 150-200mm (upper).

We fasten the mesh to the steel ring with clamps or nylon thread, with a gap of 5-7 cm from each other.

We cut three pieces of the same length from the thinner wire (for this I tried on electrodes with a diameter of 3 mm) And we fasten one edge to the large ring, the second to the smaller one so that the ring with a smaller diameter is in the middle of the larger ring at a distance of 120-180 mm .

To make it more convenient to transport our structure, we firmly fix the two spacers, and make the third one removable.

The next step is to wrap the sides with mesh, fixing it on the smaller ring with clamps.

On the smaller ring we fasten the clamps much more often 10-14 mm apart. Cut off the excess mesh.
Well, that's all, the device for catching crayfish is ready, now you can safely go to the pond.

I forgot to say, based on my own experience, it is better to fix the bait to the bottom of the crayfish. For bait, it is better to take fresh fish, put dill next to it, a piece of cake (wrapped in cheesecloth) or rye bread rubbed with garlic.

Video of a new model of a home-made, effective crayfish made at home

Lures for catching crayfish

Whatever the design, the baits are always of the same type. The following baits are used to attract crayfish into the trap: fish cutting, fresh fish, chicken or rabbit offal, pet liver, bread with garlic or dill.

The most convenient way to install a trap from a boat is to tie a fishing line or rope with one end to the trap, and the other to a piece of foam. So the location of the crayfish will be visible, and it can be quickly removed from the water.

Happy catch.

Catching crayfish is a very entertaining process that can be easily mastered thanks to special traps for crayfish. The fishing season usually starts in June and ends in November, and it has long been noted that the best catch is guaranteed in those months that contain the letter "R" in their names. Of course, the quality of the result is more influenced by the reliability of the design of the fishing device and the bait.

How to make a do-it-yourself crayfish to get a great catch? There are many different trap models that give good results, and most of them you can make yourself.

What is needed to create a simple trap?

The simplest home-made crayfish are based on the principle of covering metal frames with a mesh. To make such a trap you will need:

• steel wire with a thickness of at least 5 mm;
• kapron mesh with small cells;
• kapron threads for fastening;
• wire cutters.

How to make a do-it-yourself crayfish

The process of creating a trap itself consists of several stages:

1. From the prepared wire, it is necessary to bend two rings. The diameter of the first is 35-60 cm (it will serve as the base), the diameter of the second is 15-20 cm (the upper part).
2. The large ring must be covered with a mesh, winding it to the rim with nylon threads every 1.5-2 cm.
3. To fix a small ring over a large one, it is necessary to prepare at least three spacers. To do this, three pieces of wire 15-20 cm long are cut off. One end of the spacers is attached to the base ring, the other to a small one.
4. The free edges of the mesh are wrapped around the side elements of the trap and the upper (small) ring, the device is fixed with nylon threads.

It is enough to attach a handle from the same kapron threads - and the simplest crayon is ready!

How to make a crawfish from a bottle?

There are situations when, while relaxing near a river or other body of water, you suddenly remember that there are no special devices for catching crayfish at hand. How to be in this case? The usual junk material will come to the rescue. So, how to make a do-it-yourself crayfish from a bottle? For such a rachev you will need:

• two plastic bottles of the same diameter;
• knife or scissors;
• an awl (or any other sharp tool at hand) for piercing holes;
• wire;
• strong thread or rope.

A bottle cage is made as follows:

1. Using a knife or scissors, the first bottle is cut into two parts (the cut is made just above the middle of the bottle).
2. The second bottle is also cut into two parts, but the cut is made a couple of centimeters higher than the first.
3. Now the smaller cut-off neck of the bottle, having previously removed the lid from it, must be inserted into the larger neck.
4. With the help of a red-hot awl (or some other improvised object), five holes must be made along the contour of the resulting workpiece.
5. Next, another row of punctures is made, just above the previous holes.
6. A wire is pulled through the holes obtained so that both necks of the bottles are securely fastened to each other.
7. It is also necessary to perform two pairs of punctures on different sides of the resulting workpiece in order to tie weights to the bottle.
8. Now it is enough to attach a strong thread to the outer neck of the bottle in order to throw the bark into the pond, and it's done!

Such a simple crayfish, the photo of which is presented below, can easily accommodate a couple of small crustaceans.

What is needed to create a more durable trap?

Those who are really into fishing and catching crayfish should take care of acquiring a more reliable hostel. How to make a do-it-yourself crayfish so that it is stronger and more durable?

For this you will need:

• metal fine mesh in a roll (roll width 1 m);
• metal scissors;
• wire;
• long line;
• gloves to protect hands from cuts;
• strong nylon thread or twine.

Creation of a metal cradle

The process for creating a more complex crayfish trap is as follows:

Now the only thing left to do is to choose the right bait (crayfish love the smell of rotten meat), go to a reservoir with clean running water and set a trap somewhere near a rocky or clay shore. Great catch guaranteed!

Fans of drinking beer with delicious boiled crayfish are unlikely to refuse to learn how to make crayfish with their own hands at home.

Moreover, the cost of this classic beer snack has never been small.

In addition, among experienced fishermen, the use of a crayfish is considered the most effective fishing option, since otherwise, in order to pull a biting arthropod out of a hole, you will have to catch it by diving deep into the water.

Usually crayfish hunting takes place from June to November, and if you follow the tips below on how to make a crayfish with your own hands, then this season you will have time to enjoy your favorite dish.

Below in the article will be considered various types of crayfish.

Cracker from plastic bottles

Scheme, according to which a crayfish is made from a plastic bottle, can be used both at home and in an emergency.

Just imagine yourself on vacation near a river in which crayfish are found. People catch full buckets, but you don’t have a crayfish and you have nothing to catch.

This is where the knowledge of how to make a crayfish from improvised means comes in handy.

For work you will need:

• Plastic bottles (2 pcs of 5 l; 1 pc of 1.0 l).
• Fishing line 3 mm and awl;
• Stationery knife.

We make blanks for crayfish from plastic bottles:

• We make a cylinder from a 1.0 liter bottle, for this we cut off its neck and bottom. Plastic will be easier to cut if you heat the blade of the knife over the fire;
• Next, we work with 5 liter containers. At the first, we cut off the bottom and the neck according to the same principle; at the second - we cut off the neck, but do not touch the bottom. In this case, the neck of the first bottle must be cut in such a way that the diameter obtained at the outlet corresponds to the diameter of the cylinder made from a liter bottle. In order not to make a mistake with the dimensions, before cutting on the neck of a 5-liter container, you can make marks using a ready-made cylinder.

Gathering pieces together:

• With the help of an awl from above, around the circumference, we make holes in the liter cylinder with an interval of 1.5 cm. In the process of work, you can put a wooden rail under the plastic;
• Carry out the same actions with other cut edges of the containers;
• Using a piece of fishing line, we alternately thread it through the holes between the liter and 5 liter bottles. As a result, you should get that the place of the neck of a 5-liter container was taken by a firmly sewn cylinder;
• To the resulting design, to the cut edges of a large bottle, we sew a second five-liter bottle with a fishing line;
• We tousle the edges of the liter cylinder and bend them inward, as a result of which the arthropod can fall into the trap, and the fluffy strips of plastic will not release it back;
• Further, throughout the structure, with the help of a knife, we make holes 1x1 cm, due to which the crayfish will collect water and sink more easily;
• We pass a long rope through the holes, so that it enters from one side of the structure, but not through a liter cylinder, and exits from the other side. Tie the short end of the rope to the long end.

Everything, the shell is ready.

As you know, crayfish feed on carrion, so just before catching them, a bait in the form of a piece of rotten meat is placed inside the crayfish.

Rakolovka from nylon mesh - inkwell

You can make the following type of shell yourself using:

• kapron fine mesh;
• kapron thread;
• wire cutters;
• wire, with a thickness of 5 mm.

This design for the crayfish is made in several stages, after which you can safely go to catch crayfish.

By the way, the bait is prepared for them in advance, but more on that later.

Step-by-step instructions for making a crawfish:

• Make two rings of wire. The first, main, should have a diameter of 35-60 cm; the second - for the upper part of the construction of the shell, with a diameter of 15-20 cm;
• Wrap the main ring with a fine mesh nylon mesh by winding it to the metal rim with a nylon thread. In this case, the thread must pass through the ring with an interval of at least 2 cm;
• In the next step, prepare three pieces of wire that will be used as spacers. They will serve as a support for the main and small rings and at the same time maintain the shape of the structure. Without spacers, after lowering into the water, the shell you made will simply fold.
  The wire should have a length of 15-20 cm. With one end, it is alternately fixed with the help of wire cutters to the main ring, and the second - to the small, upper one;
• Cover the resulting structure, including the upper rim, with the edges of the mesh, walk around the rim and mesh holes with a nylon thread. Attach a handle to the finished rachevna.

As a result, you will get an open top shell. It is lowered to the bottom with a long rope.

Rakolovka from a rolled metal mesh

This type of shell can be done by hand using a metal mesh. Such a product is much more durable and every professional angler has it.

To work, you will need the following types of materials and tools:

• metal mesh, roll 1 m wide;
• wire for fastening;
• metal scissors;
• kapron threads, ruler;
• protective gloves.

We create a cage based on a metal mesh:

• We take a piece of mesh 80 cm long. As a result, the material with which we will have to work will receive parameters of 80x100 cm;
• We fold the grid into a cylinder shape so that most of it becomes a height. Between themselves, the edges of the grid are fixed with wire;
• Determine the size of the cylinder. Its diameter, as a rule, should correspond to 25 cm;
• Now from the same material we cut out a semicircle (radius 25 cm). We set aside with a ruler, from a point of radius a segment of 5 cm, form a circle with a radius of 5 cm, cut it out with scissors. The result should be a cone with a cropped top. We fix its edges together with a wire;
• We install the cone with the pointed part inside the cylinder. The edges of the cone and the edges of the cylinder are also fastened with wire. On the other side of the shell, the same cone with a truncated top is installed;
• Then we will make a hole through which it will be possible to put the bait into the cradle and, accordingly, get the prey. In the center of the metal cylinder we mark a rectangle 15 by 20 cm, we bite the wire with wire cutters from three sides. It turns out a kind of door. After the bait is placed in the cradle, the door is fixed in the incised places with wire;
• Finally, we tie a long rope along the edges of the shell. Now you can go to catch crayfish.

What should be the bait for crayfish

Before you go catching crayfish, you need to find out more about what smell the bait should have, since it is this that is the key to a big catch.

Oddly enough, in addition to rotten meat, crayfish willingly go for rye bread with garlic.

Unpeeled garlic is pre-crushed and pressed into the crumb, and so that the bait does not sag longer, it is placed in a nylon stocking.

You can also twist the bread with garlic into a meat grinder, and distribute the resulting mixture in portions over gauze bags.

Crayfish have an unusually strong sense of smell, and they are too fond of the smell of garlic, so you can put more of it.

Some rakolov refute the information that the bait in the form of rotten meat or fish is the most effective. On the contrary, it is good to catch crayfish on fresh products, pre-cut into pieces.

If you plan to catch prey for fish, it is recommended to use roach or bream as bait.

In the spring, they use fish caught with their own hands or bought frozen as bait. It can be gobies, roach, carp.

As mentioned above, fish carcasses are cut.

Summer bait can be animal meat. During the heat period, crayfish willingly feast on the stomach, part of the head or liver. Such bait can be purchased at the market and cut into pieces.

In autumn, when the period of cooling sets in, bread with garlic is placed in the crayfish.

How to set up and when to check crawfish

Traps for crayfish can be set both from the shore and from a boat. The second option is most often used if the approach to the reservoir is heavily overgrown with reeds and, of course, there is a boat available.

In order not to lose orientation relative to the installed crayfish, in that place on the surface of the water, a non-sinking object is tied to the rope of the trap.

Styrofoam or similar can be used as a float for a crayfish.

Placing a crayfish from the shore, they stock up on a stag - a long horned stick. The rope of the crayfish clings to the stalk, the stick is exposed from the shore, after which the signal rope descends, and the crayfish lies on the bottom of the reservoir.

This is done so that the prey does not eat all the bait. In addition, arthropods can be attracted by a kindled fire, it is good to place traps along the line of its reflection in the water.

In addition, at night, crayfish come to the shore of the reservoir, so they can be easily collected with a flashlight.

Rak boiled in salt water with spices is an excellent snack for a foamy drink. But many beer lovers are simply lazy or do not know how to catch them. This is partly due to the fact that there is no fishing tool - a rachevnya, or a rakolovka.

In this article we will tell you how to make a do-it-yourself crayfish and how best to attach the bait in it. We will also briefly give examples of baits for catching crayfish and indicate for setting traps.

Types of crayfish

Rakolovki are open type and closed, and both can be made at home. Here is a short list of the various designs:

• plastic bottle trap;
• screen;
• inkwell;
• top;
• umbrella.

We will describe the manufacture of some of these racheven in this article.

From a bottle

The simplest and fastest version of a homemade crayon can be easily made from such a popular material of all our homemade people as a plastic bottle. To make a trap we need:

• plastic bottle of five liters;
• soft wire or thick fishing line;
• rope;
• cargo;
• awl;
• knife and scissors.

We give a description of how to make a trap for crayfish, having the above materials and tools:

1. Cut off the top of the plastic bottle with the neck.
2. I will cut off the neck itself so that a hole is made in which the cancer can crawl through.
3. We turn the upper part over and insert it into the lower half with the tapering end inward, so it is easy for the cancer to get inside, but then it is difficult to get out of the trap.
4. We connect the two halves. You can knit them together with a fishing line or wire threaded through the holes made with an awl.
5. In the main part of the bottle we make large holes for air release.
6. We attach some kind of weight to the bottom to prevent the trap from floating up.
7. From the inside to the bottom we knit a loop for attaching the bait.
8. We tie a rope to the junction of the parts of the trap.

On the pond, you need to untie the wire connecting the two parts of the shell and strengthen the bait. Then again you need to tie both halves. After that, holding the homemade trap by the rope, we throw the trap into the selected place of the reservoir. We fix the rope on the shore with a cord to a driven peg or a growing bush or tree.

In the form of a pinnacle

This design resembles the previous model in the way crayfish enter it through a tapering cone. It is best made from metal fine mesh. Let's describe how to make this type of crayfish:

1. Cut off a strip of mesh about a meter wide. This piece can be from one and a half to two and a half meters long, it will be difficult to throw and pull out a longer trap.
2. We turn the strip into a cylinder, the diameter of its base will be about thirty centimeters.
3. We connect the edges of the strip with each other using a knitting wire or weld.
4. From the same grid we form cone entrances in the amount of two pieces.
5. We fasten them with a narrow side to the base of the cylinder with a wire.
6. We tie the narrow ends of the cones together inside the trap with three wire ties.
7. We tie ropes to one or both ends.

A bait is placed in the trap, then the top on the crayfish is thrown or brought into the water, depending on its size. It is not necessary to load it, since the metal mesh holds perfectly at the bottom.

Screen

Screens are called elevator-type traps with a mesh stretched over a metal frame. They are also easy to make at home. For this we need:

• strong elastic steel wire with a diameter of 4-6 millimeters;
• mesh with small cells;
• cord.

To make a crayfish from this, you need to do the following:

1. We bend the wire in the form of a circle with a diameter of about fifty centimeters. To do this, we need a piece of 1.5-1.6 meters long.
2. The ends of the wire are welded or tied with knitting wire.
3. On the resulting hoop we stretch the mesh. The tension should not be tight, so that the net sags a little in the center.
4. We tie four laces of the same length to the hoop, the segments should be about 40-50 centimeters.
5. We tie the second ends of the laces together.
6. We attach the rope to the common knot.

On the pond, we tie the rope to a long, strong pole. In the middle of the screen we put the load and tie the bait, placed in a bag of rare fabric. It could be:

• tulle;
• gauze;
• women's tights, you can not new.

We lower the crayfish into the water and wait for the crayfish. You need to check this trap every 20-30 minutes. We pull out the rakolovka vertically, while the load helps to pull the bottom, preventing the prey from quickly leaving the crab.

Inkwell

If you slightly improve the previous trap, then you can make an ink pot. She received this name because of the similarity with the non-spill ink bottle, which was used by Soviet schoolchildren when writing with a fountain pen.

To upgrade, we need to bend another ring using a one meter long piece of wire. It is easy to calculate that the diameter of the small ring will be about thirty centimeters. Next, we do this:

1. We take the bottom with a mesh stretched over it from the previous design.
2. We connect the bottom with the ring using three or four knitting needles, 20-30 centimeters high. Welding electrodes are excellent for this. The result was a design in the form of a wire truncated cone.
3. We stretch the mesh on the sides of the cone.
4. We tie the laces to the small upper ring, they can also be fastened to the bottom, and simply overwhelmed through the small hoop.
5. We connect the laces together and tie a rope to them.

On the pond, we equip the inkwell in the same way as the screen. But thanks to the high sides, it is difficult for crayfish to get out of it, so you can leave such a trap without pulling it out for a much longer period, from two to six hours.

Application

Regardless of the design, all crayfish use the same type of bait. To attract crayfish into a trap, use the following baits:

• fish cutting;
• fresh fish;
• chicken and rabbit giblets;
• pet liver;
• bread with garlic or dill.

On steep washed banks. It is desirable that the bottom in this place be clayey or bordering on stones. It is in this soil that crayfish make their minks.

"traps for crayfish"

Everyone loves crayfish and many in childhood probably tried to catch them. In addition to special traps sold in fishing stores, you can use them yourself, at home from improvised materials.

How to make crawfish at home?

There are a large number of different traps, but two are the most popular. This is a crab in the form of a cone and a yater.

The first version of the shell

First you need to prepare the materials, you will need:

1. metal mesh with small cells (approximately 8mm-2cm);
2. wire; pliers;
3. wire cutters;
4. roulette;
5. grid.

We measure the grid about 80 cm-meter and cut it with scissors for metal. We twist a piece of the mesh with a tube, and fasten the ends together to form a “pipe”.

Now we measure the wire of the required length and fasten the ends of the mesh along the edges with it, cut off the remaining cloves.

We measure the formed circle in the pipe and use a marker to mark the grid. We cut it out with scissors, and squeeze the resulting circle in the center to form a cone from the circle. And we fasten it according to the same principle as the tube, with the help of a wire, and cut off the excess.

Now you should fasten the two resulting blanks - a cone and a cylinder, also along the edge with wire.

There should be a hole in the middle of the horse through which the cancer will climb to the bait, it should be wide enough for it to enter, but not too big to exit from there.

The advantage of this type of crayfish is that it is more durable than the rest and the crayfish cannot damage it. But a significant drawback - it takes up a large amount of space, which means it is inconvenient during transportation.

Second option

Materials:

1. Two circles made of wire;
2. Nylon fine mesh,
3. Strong threads;
4. Pliers;
5. Roulette.

To begin with, two hoops are covered with a mesh. One should be slightly smaller in diameter than the other.

After tightening, you should take care of the sides of the trap - they must be fastened from a mesh with a large cell diameter so that the crayfish can climb there.

After fastening the side of the mesh with two rings - with a smaller diameter will be at the top - a thread is attached to the top in several places.

Optimally 5-7 mounts. And already for the upper threads the trap with crayfish will rise from the water.

The advantage of such a shell is that, due to the lack of wire fastening, it will fold up and take up little space.

Types of crayfish:

• Bottle shell. The easiest way is when there is no net or trap at hand, and you can’t catch it with your hands.
• Merezhi. The device is more perfect than traps. Cancer can easily enter, but in no way will be able to get out of there. There are several types: standing hemlines (neck at the top), recumbent hemlines (the neck can be on both sides).
• Cone shell. There is a hole for the entry of crayfish.
• In the form of a yater.
• Rakolovka - an umbrella.
• Round.

In addition to crayfish, you can also fish with a bait, both homemade from a rod and a thread with a hook, and professional tackle. The downside is the ability to catch only one crayfish at a time.

With this method, you can use anything as bait, for example: a worm, corn, bread, rotten fish and meat. Fishing by hand is widespread, it is suitable for places with a large number of crayfish.

Netting is used.

How to make crayfish rings?

Materials required: two pieces of wire, one longer than the other (for example: 80cm and 95cm); wire cutters; ruler; marker.

To give the wire a round shape, it must be bent around a bucket or pan if it is soft.

When using a harder metal or thick wire, it can be bent using a hammer, gradually giving a rounded shape, to speed up the process, the wire can be preheated.

Then, the ends of the two wires are bent in different directions and small notches are made on them, which are then fastened with a copper wire.

The wire should be wound in two rows to prevent unwinding and loosening of the fastener. The ends of the winding are twisted together and bent or soldered for strong fixation.

If possible, you can do without copper wire by fastening the ends of the wire over a gas burner or using a soldering iron.

How to sew the net to the board of the crayfish?

We measure the diameter of the resulting ring with a tape measure or ruler. Then we apply with a marker on the straightened measurement grid, outlining a circle. Let's cut it out. When calculating the diameter of a circle, one should not forget that a few centimeters must be added for the gap.

Then a strong thread is taken, such as kapron, and a mesh is sewn with a large needle (with a wide needle eye). It is desirable to make several windings, and after a few stitches, fix the thread with a knot.

For strength, you can make 2-3 circles of firmware, then the probability of rupture becomes less.

In order for the mesh not to slip when it is sewn, you need to attach it and make a few stitches around the entire perimeter - then it will be fixed and it will be easier to sew.

How to catch more fish?

I have been active fishing for quite some time and have found many ways to improve the bite. And here are the most effective ones:

1. . Attracts fish in cold and warm water with the help of pheromones included in the composition and stimulates their appetite. It is a pity that Rosprirodnadzor wants to ban its sale.
2. More sensitive gear. Reviews and instructions for other types of gear you can find on the pages of my site.
3. Lures using pheromones.

You can get the rest of the secrets of successful fishing for free by reading my other materials on the site.

How to make a cone shaped shell?

You will need two mesh-covered hoops, according to the principle described above. Then the rings are covered with mesh on the side, in order for them to be fixed, they are fastened with several pieces of wire or special spacers (at least three).

A small ring should be fixed above a large one, at a distance of 15-20 cm. When fastening, it is necessary to monitor the symmetry of the entire structure so that nothing slips.

As a result, a free circle remains at the top, where the cancer can climb on its own, but it will be impossible to get out.

The advantage over the yater is that it is much less likely to tear and get confused.

How to make a shell out of plastic bottles?

Materials:

1. 4-8 rectangular bottles. Best suited for bottled water. Bottles should be 5-6l.
2. Scissors or knife. For cutting the neck.
3. Wire for fastening the structure.

We wash the bottles with water and cut off the neck and neck before narrowing, then insert it into the bottle with its funnel down. The structure is fastened around the perimeter with wire so that the funnel does not fall out.

Then the bottles are fastened together with wire to form a single trap.

In the first, a large number of slots are made, they are needed to quickly fill the bottle with water, and, consequently, quickly immerse it in water.

A load, such as a stone, is attached to the last in the chain.

If several traps are made in different places, then the bottles are not fastened with wire to each other, a hole is made in each of them and a load is suspended.

The whole structure is lowered into the water. The neck is cut off with the aim that a large cancer will not be able to climb inside to the bait.

This is the easiest and cheapest way to create traps, and will work if there are no materials nearby.

But the disadvantage is that the cancer can get out of the trap quite easily, as well as the fact that a large amount of prey does not fit inside the bottle, it is designed for two or three cancers at most.

Rakolovka in the form of a yater

Materials:

1. Strong wire for rings or ready-made rings.
2. Grid with a small cell (1-3 cm).
3. Thread for fixation (nylon or kapron).
4. Pliers for cutting mesh and wire.
5. Ruler or tape measure.
6. Marker for notes.

First, we make circles from wire and fit them with a mesh. The circles should be of the same diameter, about 5 of them are made. Then, at the same distance from each other, they are covered with nets, with exact symmetry.

The diameter of the circles is measured and with a small addition (about 7-10 cm) is measured on the grid. Two circles are cut out and cones are formed from them. There should be a small hole in the middle for the cancer to climb into the trap.

The resulting cones are sewn with a thread on both sides of the pipe formed by the rings and mesh. Firmly fixed. The trap is ready to use.

The advantage of such a trap is its spaciousness and less chance that the prey will be able to get free.

Like the cone-shaped crawfish, this one can be folded if made of fabric mesh rather than wire mesh. This will ensure its ease of storage and the ability to put even in a backpack.

It is very easy to make from improvised materials both at home and already at the place of direct fishing for crayfish. Self-made traps can be exactly the size that is most convenient for you.

It is also a significant plus in the absence of cash costs and the need to search for the desired design in fishing shops.

catching crayfish- an easy task. It is enough to have a rakolovka (rachevnya), which can be easily made do it yourself. The simplest and most common design of the crayfish is a ring made of steel wire with a diameter of 40-50 cm covered with mesh. The disadvantage of such a crayfish is that it must be checked every 25-40 minutes. since crayfish, having eaten, can easily leave it.

The crayfish, the manufacture of which is described below, can be left overnight, since 90% of the crayfish that have fallen into this crayfish will have a hard time getting back.

To make a do-it-yourself crayfish, we need:
- fine mesh;
- wire with a diameter of 4-6mm;
- plastic clamps;
- kapron thread.

First of all, we make two metal rings. bottom ring with a diameter of 40-50 cm, and the upper ring with a diameter of 15-20 cm.

We grab the mesh to the ring with plastic clamps every 5-7 cm. Instead of plastic clamps, you can use a nylon thread.

We make three spacers, from a wire of smaller diameter, for these purposes I used electrodes d 3mm. Spacers must be made of equal length and in such a way that the ring of smaller diameter is in the center at a height of 12-18 cm.

So that the cradle can be folded for ease of transportation, we make one of the three spacers removable. The remaining two are fixed on the rings.

After the spacers are installed, we tighten the sidewalls of the shell. And we grab the clamps on the upper ring.

We fasten the clamps on the upper ring of the shell in increments of 10-15 mm. After that, we cut off the excess and the shell is ready for use. Now you can safely throw the crayfish into the water and harvest in the morning with peace of mind :)

Finally, I want to note that the bait should be tied to the bottom of the shell. It is best to use fresh fish, and not rotten, as many believe. Experienced rakolov also put a little dill with the bait and, in a mesh bag, a piece of cake and a slice of rye bread, the crust of which is rubbed with garlic.

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In order to be able to catch crayfish in large quantities, it is necessary to use special devices for this - crayfish. This is a popular type of traps that are simple in design and very effective in use. They are not very expensive and, if desired, you can make them yourself at home.

In most cases, such devices consist of metal circles, ovals or squares covered with a mesh with large or small cells. Such designs are used both for their direct intended purpose, and for luring certain types of fish. The catch in any of these two cases will be much better than when using other fishing methods.

Types of crayfish

open

They look like a metal hoop covered with a mesh (or 2-3 hoops). Ropes are attached along the entire perimeter of the hoop, connected to each other at a distance of 0.5 m from the base of this trap. A cord is attached to them, with the help of which the crayfish can be lowered into the water. To prevent such a device from tilting to one side when used, the holding ropes must be of the same length.

Open-type structures also include more complicated structures, which are made of two circles with different diameters. They are attached parallel to one another, a smaller circle is placed a little higher than the second, without tightening it with a net, in order to leave an entrance for prey.

There is also a more advanced version of the open shell - the so-called "ink box". It already consists of 3 circles, the smallest of which is fixed inside the second upper circle, thus creating an almost closed space.

Closed

Such crayfish are very catchy. Sometimes they are also called night or crustacean houses. Catching crayfish with closed crayfish is much more convenient than open ones, but they are more difficult to manufacture. Often they are made foldable for ease of transportation. The main advantage of closed crawfish is that they do not need to be checked frequently. During the whole night they need to be checked no more than 2-3 times, or even you can leave them until the morning. You can not be afraid, as in the case of using open-type crayfish, that the prey, having eaten enough of the bait, will run away.

Varieties of closed shells

Rakolovki can be made from a kapron network or from a polyethylene fishing line. It is advisable to use the first option for catching soft young individuals so as not to damage them with hard material in the process. For adult crayfish, the second option is quite suitable.

The cost of crayfish may vary depending on the season, material, manufacturer, size and model. For beginners, an inexpensive, easy-to-device crayfish trap is perfect. The catch in such crayfish will be slightly less than in complex models, but they are completely elementary in use.

How to make your own crayfish

For this you will need:

• mesh with small cells;
• wire with a diameter of 4-6 mm;
• plastic clamps;
• kapron thread.

Manufacturing steps

For catching crayfish, you can use various types of crayfish. In order for the catch to be successful, when choosing this trap, it is necessary to take into account the characteristics of the reservoir, the presence of a swimming facility and the desired amount of catch. Long traps can hold from 30 to 100 crayfish, while round traps (50-80 cm in diameter) can only hold about 10 individuals at a time.