Catching freshwater shrimp

[NormC]

Heading for Somerset this week. I generally fish with lures and SPs, but my wife often prefers bait, so I thought I'd try to catch some fresh water shrimp.

I've previously used a standard rectangular bait trap with bread for bait with some success, but not great. Bread is a very convenient bait when camping, but is there something better?

[Clint06]

Soap seems to work pretty well, or any sort of meat. I find that you get too many small fish and not that many shrimp when using bread.

[NormC]

Yeh Clint, I'm aware of soap (the fat content I guess), but I've never used it. We are always being told not to use soap in or near streams and dams, so I don't.

Don't know if I'm doing the right thing or not.

Norm C

[scoocer101]

Hey NormC

Small tins of cat food are the best bait for redclaw and SHRIMPS.

[poor_mans_barra]

If you can catch a carp cut it up and put it in your trap, or good old standby is dry dog/cat food, not messy and is always ready.


PMB

[bearclaw]

Not sure but I think it is ilegal to use carp as any sort of bait.

Myles

[robb0]

Norm,
for years we used all sorts of bait for shrimp, soap, meat, chicken bones, fish frames the list goes on. Recently we've been using cheese with great sucess.
Tim

[rowdycowdy]

gidday norm

I use the cheapest home brand soap and eucalyptus leaves and it works a treat, the soap because its made from animal fats. I think the leaves work because it is what the shrimp use for shelter and it makes them feel at ease, but that is a guess, my neighbour from when I was a kid put me onto it.

cheers

rowdy

[budgebass]

Hi Norm

Yellowbelly frames hands down are the best shrimp bait.

But of late we have been using small plastic medicine bottles with a lid.
Punch em full of holes and stuff them full of old pilchards.
Or use any cat food with a pilchard/sardine flavour.

Stick them in your shrimp traps. If you are using the rectangular pots at this time of year leave the zips on top open.

Good Luck
Cheers
Budgebass

[BobbyJ123]

I have an old landing net that the nylon perished and made up a net using shade cloth, sewing it on to the frame using 25lb line. I go into the weed beds, about knee deep and scrape the net through the weed. Millions of shrimp. Just that easy.

[Herby13]

dont use any part of the carp at all >, just a sure fire way of spreading the little bastards if you ask me!

[BrandonH]

Bread and a small amount of good quality dry dog food (the good stuff has more "nurtrision" in it) bass belly flaps work well also but you still need to drop the traps in a spot where the shrimp are.. Night time is best also. I have found that i get more fish then shrimp during the day and bugger all fish but heaps of shrimp at night

Cheers
Brandon...

[jpart10]

Non Scented Soap and Catfish can never go wrong. I deffinety oppose to carp and just to let you know if your thinking of doing it. $150000 fine Id rather spend that money on a 42ft cat cheers

[LOUIE]

NormC

Look in at the local butcher and purchase a heart or liver, cut into useable portions and tie a piece into trap. The shrimp love it.


LOUIE

[Massive]

Hey Norm try some boiled potatoes after many trials it wins hands down, Massive.