Friday, December 9, 2011

Minnow Traps

Your exactly in the middle of nowhere.  You are trying to survive and get back to civilization.  You spot a stream off in the distance.  You go to it thinking it might gold some fish.  When you get there, you see that its too small to hold big fish, only minnows.  There are some minnows swimming around, and you don't have a trap.  Then you see a discarded water bottle lying in the stream.  Now you can make a trap.

Making a trap
You can make a minnow trap with one or two bottles.  I will show you how to make a trap with the on bottle for now.

One Bottle
Supplies:
-a bottle
-scissors or a kinfe
-string or twine

So now that you have the supplies, you need to make the bottle trap.  Follow these steps:
1. Take the bottle and cut the cap off a couple inches below the cap
2. Now put the top that you cut off and put it inside the bottom part of the bottle to where the cap is facing the bottom (and if the cap is on take it off)
3. Punch in some holes with your knife or with an awl that is on some types of knives
4. Thread some string through the holes and tie it off with a strand left to tie to something near the shore so it won't float away

To remove the fish, just pull the string out and get those fish.  Minnows are edible and can keep you from starving if big fish are hard to catch.  Hope this trap works!

2 comments:

  1. Here's an important tip—there must be minnows!

    I tried this once, though unfortunately in an area where there weren't any minnows, and subsequently found it empty for the whole of 3 days. :(

    FIAT LUX!

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