20 minute Crab Trap !!! zap straps and a milk crate~~~

I have a small sailboat, and with space at a premium, I needed a small crab trap and wanted it to be entirely made of plastic. All you need is a milk crate and handful of zap straps and whatever you can recycle for the front and the door. I strapped a 3 or 4 lb weight to the bottom and a small wire or plastic grate at the back of the trap to put bait behind. elastic bands can spring load the door so that it opens when it hits the bottom.
Bait can be anything but a can of sardines is fast and easy and seems to always catch em. I generally put a few pieces of bread in too...it seems to bait the water a bit going down with crumbs and brings the crab running..
Wait 20 or 30 minutes and cross your fingers!!
I like 30-40' deep for Dungeness crabs and 20-25 for rock crab on a sand or mud bottom.
Good fishin!!!

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• simple
• inexpensive
• crab
• trap
• crabbing
• catching
• seafood

[christinahannafan]

THUMPS UP IF YOU THINK THIS GUY IS FUNNY

[darthmal]

WOW! How simple. Thanks! Send me a piece also, preferably the left claw.

[Bonkers4Annebell]

That's legit never thought of plastic

[JohnTheAwesomeOne]

nice i made one just need to test it out

[Dandadudemedia]

use it as a puppet

[parkersidekick97]

but very funny very funny!!!

[parkersidekick97]

u are freakin hilarious!!!i havent been so happy since i was 10 and learned how to lock the bathroom door lol

[bmore930]

@darthmal hahahahaha

[321destroyer1]

i make alot of crab traps from ideas i have make a video on how you made this

[finestgourmetbaskets]

damn that is an awesome easy to make trap. I need to find more bins like that so i can make tons of them truly genius thank you!