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