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Old 08-20-2017, 09:49 PM
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Default Metal basket trap in nsr

Hey guys just curious today I was down at prospectors point today and noticed a rope tied to a rock than another rope running out into a metal bar cage basket sorta thing, what could it be for!? Fish trap!?
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Old 08-20-2017, 09:53 PM
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I think that may be a minnow trap.
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Old 08-20-2017, 09:58 PM
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Not sure where "prospectors point" is, but there are spots on the nsr where you will find these heavy metal wire drums that are used as fish traps. I could never figure out how they pull them on to shore.
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Old 08-21-2017, 08:30 AM
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Likely bait traps. Some of us catch our own bait. Illegal to remove them as it's a legal activity. Way better to use local bait fish.
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Sounds like a minnow trap to me.
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Old 08-21-2017, 09:49 AM
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Maybe cray fish trap?


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Old 08-22-2017, 08:39 AM
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Likely bait traps. Some of us catch our own bait. Illegal to remove them as it's a legal activity. Way better to use local bait fish.
Though to be legal they do need to have contact info and fishing licence number attached. At least that's what I recall.

I would think that if it's a research trap they would have been identified as well.
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