Fish Trap

Model

Made of wood splints lashed to crosspieces with commerical string to form an almost rectangular trough. Top and one end of trap left open. On the open side, three wooden splints are attached to the trap: one at each sids above the bottom, the third in the middle of the bottom. They extend in front of trap and are tied together at opposite end -- The trap is placed in a shallowe section of a stream with just enough water to cover the bottom of the trap and the three planks on the open side. The trap is placed with open end upstream, the 3 converging planks point into the current of the stream. Fish once entering upon the converging planks are drawn by the current over those planks and into the trap. The shallow water and the force of the current prevents fish from escape. Made by Billy Jones, July 12,1950