This is the best fish basket trap video I've seen on yt! You used actual basketry skills, instead of jamming the spokes into the ground or doing rings and filling in later -- yours makes for a much better basket IMO. You used a stone flake for the harvesting and the bending/relief cuts, to illustrate how it could be done in a survival situation where no tools were brought. You caught actual fish in it, and even put in a go pro to show them entering and staying. Even the video editing was excellent, not wearing out the viewer with tedious or lengthy repetition, but working in visually-compelling techniques like the pan out from the bottom of the basket to show the length like it's growing. Well done, Tom! By far my favorite video on this topic!
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Got to admit, I rarely comment on such videos as usually it's not explained as well as this was. I honestly feel like I could have a fair shot at making a fish basket now. Great camera work and awesome explanations. Thanks!
I discovered you channel today and I am watching your videos since 2 or 3 hours... I don't remember how long as I am mesmerized. I watched plenty of survival and primitive technology videos but you definitely go into my TOP 2. Please continue !!
In a survival situation this is very valuable because you just place it in the water and you can focus on other things. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge, this is one of the best fish trap weaving vids out there. Keep up the good work 👍
They taught basket weaving at Cub Scout Camp; I just thought it was a stupid craft. This video and his other videos show how important it is to survival. This dude is awesome!
I choose a topic that I want to learn about and then watch quite a few videos on that subject. This is quite easily the best fish trap, and the best composed & choreographed video i have seen on the subject. I really am quite impressed with this video. Concise, to the point, no yammering on about non-essential topics, no stuttering... just a well constructed video. You have my admiration for this truly excellent production. I have very seldom seen an instructional vid so well constructed as this one has been.
Awesome video! For a survival situation this would be amazing. If you’re near a body of water this would be one of your top priorities, set up sapling spring fish traps for the first day after you have shelter and fire to clean your water, hope for fish on the spring traps and spend the day making a quality basket trap and catch fish almost every day with it, giving you more time to make a few more and once your food is secure it would take very little effort you just check them morning and night.
Your patience building that fishtrap is adorable. Hours of work. How do you keep your thougts calm while weaving? I guess I'd sing "NANA NANA nAnA NANA Fishtrap" all the time.. ;)
When I saw Tom's haircut and heard his voice I thought he was a bit soft. Turns out he is one of the hardest and most knowledgeable survivalists out there. In fact, I can't think of anyone off the top of my head who is quite on his level.
In my place. People make it just like that. Some bigger, some smaller, depend to what size of fish you wanna catch. I placed 7 - 13 small trap in the river when i was child. Its wonderful experience.
My phone would not work right on your reply that sent me to a website that locked me up. But thank you for posting another way of making a crawdad trap. Cannot wait to try the different ways I now know to catch them things
+Eddie Starnater Thanks man, I was so stoked it worked out as the GP would only last for a few hours...., stupidly I put the bait around the gopro so there were a few times that one fish would block the lens when the other fish entered...live and learn.
The best fish trap video iv seen. Great catch too. You didn't use bait and got a catch first day!! Your awesome lol. Iv been practacing these over the past year myself. Making mine from bramble vines in a simular weave, but iv found there only effective after they've been set for a week or so. Thanks for sharing.
+Clan Gunn Bushcraft Hey, thanks, cool you've been experimenting with it. I did have some bait at the back, thats why they are always crammed around the GoPro, admittedly I did 4 days in that pond using boiled eggs and then liver pieces seemed to work best.
+Tom Mcelroy-Wild Survival Nice one. I'll give them baits a go. The Willow shoots are a good idea. Much easier than de-thorning all the bramble vines iv been using. Thanks Tom, crackin video. Andy
+Clan Gunn Bushcraft Thanks man, Im gonna try other fish and streams, hard around here to do this legally though :) If you get any video or pics of the ones that are working for you I'd love to see them.
+Tom Mcelroy-Wild Survival Thanks Tom, I will do buddy. That's it, when we haven't got anyone to learn this primitive stuff from, it's all just trial and error. For me... Mainly error lol. Iv shown practacing weaving baskets and a couple of fish traps in a few of my wild camp videos, (more recent ones) but Iv only in last few months been getting results from them. I'm getting alot of catfish with dog meat. And seem to get crayfish and small crabs with chopped onion. I want trout, so maybe the chicken liver will draw em in? I weaved and set five new baskets about three weeks ago. Went back a week later to add the funnels and someone had stolen all five 😠 A more secluded spot for next time I think. Cheers bud
this trap usually used tribes in asia, especially in indonesia, i had ever use this trap i my village near the river in java island, its pretty tradtional handycraft, you can also make it from bamboo, i like ur video tutorial, good job, nice to meet you in youtube
Great trap and awesome weaving. I just discovered your channel and do hope you will do some more. I have noticed it has been some time since your last one. I hope you have not moved on to something else with no intention of continuing these survival videos as they are awesome.
Very nice video! Watched it after I saw you in the 7vsWild preparation, also what would you do if you were allergic to any fish and shrimps and molluschs as I am? What could be good food sources?
Good, easy to understand instructions! Maybe give examples of substitute limbs instead of willows? South Florida doesn't have alot of willows, maybe palmfrond?
Folks in my neck of the woods used to put a hollow log in a creek with one end stopped up and the other end narrowed down. They'd check it every day and catch a lot of fish, because fish are curious and seem to like hanging out in dark holes. No bait needed.
Tom McElroy-Wild Survival so in a survival scenario any liver or parts will do; squirrel liver for example? I say squirrel because thats what is most abundant and easiet to catch/kill for me
quite clearly explained, and I think i get it, but not until I really go to the field to actually weave it from start, it might turn out to be harder than I think.
Extremely awesome video Tom McElroy. Thank you for creating and sharing. 7:48 - 7:55 Your dog was wondering when were you gonna take him/her to the dog park to get laid.
I'm a bit stuck on how you make the funnel part... the technique for beginning the base of the basket is seemingly much different than the technique that the funnel ultimately would be implementing. What am I missing here?
[I was literally watching your Naked and Afraid episode when I thought, hey, I would like to see what a trap like this guy's would look like from the inside and skipped to the fish trap part. I didn't pause the episode so as you were talking in the episode, you had music on here, and when in the episode nothing was happening, you were talking here. It confused the HELL out of me and seeing you in the middle of the video made me laugh.
I just discovered your channel and am now about to binge watch every episode you have. Thank you for going into detail and explaining how these things are created along with showing step by step via video. Fantastic work and honestly watching you weave the basket was somehow soothing and peaceful. My only question is did you use any form of bait at the bottom of the basket to lure the bass in?
