| Fishing is one of the most popular sports in the world | | | | where they are cut off and use string to run through |
| that is enjoyed by men and women of all ages. It is a | | | | these holes to tie them together. They need to be |
| great way to spend your spare time relaxing on the | | | | secure so pull the string tight before tying off. You will |
| water or improving your skills enough to try and win | | | | need to leave two pieces of string on each side of the |
| amazing prizes by entering tournaments. Regardless | | | | bottle long enough to use for tossing out the trap and |
| of the reason behind your fishing trips when it comes | | | | pulling it back in again. This is the perfect minnow trap |
| to the most popular bait to use, minnows are at the | | | | because once the minnows swim into the first opening |
| top of the list. | | | | it is hard for them to swim back out because the outer |
| You can buy minnows from any bait shop but if you | | | | bottle is still capped off. To make this trap you need to |
| do a lot of fishing it would be beneficial to catch your | | | | take a piece of screen wire and roll it around into a |
| own minnows instead of buying them each time you | | | | cone shape. The size of the wire you need will depend |
| go out. You can make your own traps to catch the | | | | on how large or small you want the trap to be. Use a |
| minnows you need for fishing so you will have them | | | | piece of thin wire to tie the cone shape together by |
| available anytime you are ready to go out on the | | | | running it through the holes of the wire. You will then |
| water. There are several effective ways to make a | | | | need to tie some sinkers to the bottom of the cone to |
| minnow trap and below you will find two examples | | | | weigh it down and hook a small piece of wire on each |
| that are easy to make and work great. | | | | side of the large top part of the cone. Use these to tie |
| Trap One: | | | | a line onto the cone for tossing the trap into the water |
| Use two plastic bottles and label them number 1 and 2. | | | | and pulling it back to you again. |
| Leave the cap on bottle number 1 and cut off the | | | | There are other ways to make a minnow trap as well. |
| bottom portion of the bottle about three fourths of the | | | | The basic principal behind the trap is to have a device |
| way down. Now cut off bottle number 2 about one | | | | that will allow the minnows to easily swim in but make |
| forth of the way down the bottle and take the cap off | | | | it not so easy for them to get back out. Since |
| of this one. Discard the bottom portions of both bottles. | | | | minnows will rarely go back out the same opening |
| Next, you need to put bottle number 2 (the short one) | | | | they swam into, these traps will work very well. They |
| inside of bottle number 1 with the tops pointing in the | | | | are drawn to the trap by the bait you use. So as you |
| same direction. Then you need to secure the bottoms | | | | can see catching your own minnows for fishing is quite |
| together where you cut off the bottom portions. | | | | easy. |
| You can punch holes around the edges of the bottles | | | | |