bait trap [shrimp]

[vb_is_4_me]

what works best in a bait trap to get shrimp?

thanks

[Shagga]

Any old scrap meat will do. They aren't that fussy. Fatty meat, chicken, fish frames.

[bdowdy]

soap its the gun ,cheers bdowdy..brett

[Shagga]

I have heard soap before but have never tried it, but have been told it is good. Just wasn't sure if someone was havin a go at me.

[Cammy]

yer i have tried soap before and it works pretty darn good, but i have tried fish flesh and pillies before and they like them too.

Cammo

[tunaticer]

Be careful using soap in livestock dams, once there is the slightest bit of soap scum on the surface the cattle will not drink from it. It is far safer to use a meat bait than soaps in these dams. In running creeks however soap is the best of baits.

Jack.

[bdowdy]

yeh i also keep afew yellowbelly frames and they like that also, but the soap seems to work quicker?????????????? cheers bdowdy...brett

[Colo77]

Cat bikkies is pretty good too! Always readily available at our house. I know soap works but is that really good for the river system? I mean if every tom, dick and harry were to use it.
If you're ever left without a bait for your trap and no bait for your hook, I've used a big bunch of leaves off a tree before and that kept me fishing. I guess they congregate in there for shelter from predators or something, but it works.
Colo..

[bdowdy]

hi colo that does work,,,bunch of leaves, tree work also for crayfish if you havnt got a trap , ive caught plenty by just sitting it in the water and waiting a few hours and pulling it out quickly. cheers bdowdy..brett