I was interested until you used better burley in the expensive trap, how about using bread crumbs in that and good burley in the plastic container, or don't the sponsors like that?
Incorrect. The test is on the trap, not the burley. When you change the bait type, the length of time the trap is left out, you invalidate any of the testing data. Your premise was the testing results of the price difference of traps. Don't change two other variables.
Cut the top off the juice bottle , turn it around and re attach to the bottom with some sparky ties so the entrance is now funnel shaped. Even better if you get two bottles and do the same but also cut the bottoms off and join the two together so it resembles the old school sure catch poddy trap. The bigger the plastic bottles the better.
As a kid, I used to use the Surecatch type trap in the late 1970s to catch mullet and herring. They work a treat. We would crumb the bread ourselves or use small bread bits at a pinch.
@@Twoblokesfishing Yeah you can just put it in a blender. Some come with a setting that does breadcrumbs I think. You can probably google it. It was a long time ago and my mother did the bread crumbs or we just use small pieces of bread. The only setback is you end up with soggy bread that the fish don't eat.
Would be nice to have a rope attached, don't go wading to much in the NT, and less messy than a net. Also had a few jelly fish stings when clearing a cast net
i agree, to be fair to the other cheaper traps you need to use the same mix in all to be able to compare. you would expect the expensive trap would catch a lot more because of its physical size (holding capacity)
I think the biggest takeaway here is bigger is better and so is clarity. I have great success with an old vege oil bottle (much like a juice bottle but bigger and more rigid). I think I might have to find a nice and clear tupperware containter because that is the best in my eyes. good video.
Great vid! I use the tupperware idea. I find I only get 1 or seasons out of it because the plastic goes murky/unclear and makes the trap ineffective. A clear trap always works best. Does the "reel it in" perspex get murky over time?
Wouldn't knock the 2L juice bottle with a slice of bread mate, I was getting 16cm - 18cm mullet (about 10) and was catching plenty of big flatties (biggest being 98cm when I was 11)
@@Twoblokesfishing It should be at least half the price and you can make some form of funnel, even just an inch would help. I'd have 2.5 - 3 inches long/deep entrance and I think clear is a BIG advantage. No one says you only need one entrance either. 2' long, 1.5' wide, 8'' - 12'' high and drain holes around half way up. Maybe 20 holes 10mm dia.
As a kid we used as first choice the old oyster bottles and second choice milk bottles. Both were great although you clearly wouldn’t get those bigger mullet
I'll tell you something about regulations. Fuck regulations but for the Jew I still have half a dozen of the old glass milk bottles there brilliant cause they don't float or scratch much and the mullet just swim straight in 👍
@Twoblokesfishing I can't even claim credit for that -- Roger Osborne used the glass mixing bowl in one of his videos! It stands to reason that we use something see-through like a plastic bottle for a reason so that making it more see-through has to work... but we can't say that until you repeat the whole thing using exactly the same bait ;)
@@Twoblokesfishing yeah it’s Yamba. Heaps of mullet. Also heaps of small Bream. I’ve heard that if other species are in and around your trap the mullet shy away. Possibly I am putting too much burley around the outside. I’ll give it a try. Thanks for replying guys.
