Not sure if this is a place for it, but here goes anyways.
We're planning to go fishing this weekend so I figured I'd make a minnow trap with crap I've got laying around the house.
Didn't have any metal rods I was originally planning to use for a frame so I used a 5gal square kitty litter bucket:
Cut off the top and bottom to use the middle portion as a frame:
Then cut out 4 openings on all 4 sides, 2 bigger ones to just use as a screen and 2 smaller for the traps:
Used sharp scissors to poke a bunch of holes along every opening:
Then cut out 4 pieces of vinyl screening for the top, bottom and 2 bigger openings. Also made 2 "pockets" out of a screening with 2 small holes on the ends for the smaller openings. Then I used a fishing line and a needle to saw all the vinyl screening to the frame itself, threading it through the holes I've poked out earlier (also applied a coat of black spray paint so it looks more uniform):
Then cut out a line on top screening and sawn in a zipper so it's easier to get the fish out, and put on the handle from a bucket so there's something to tie a rope to if needed, and this is how it looks when done:
This is probably useless to most, but I've had nothing better to do
. Will post an update after its been "field tested" 
We're planning to go fishing this weekend so I figured I'd make a minnow trap with crap I've got laying around the house.
Didn't have any metal rods I was originally planning to use for a frame so I used a 5gal square kitty litter bucket:
Cut off the top and bottom to use the middle portion as a frame:
Then cut out 4 openings on all 4 sides, 2 bigger ones to just use as a screen and 2 smaller for the traps:
Used sharp scissors to poke a bunch of holes along every opening:
Then cut out 4 pieces of vinyl screening for the top, bottom and 2 bigger openings. Also made 2 "pockets" out of a screening with 2 small holes on the ends for the smaller openings. Then I used a fishing line and a needle to saw all the vinyl screening to the frame itself, threading it through the holes I've poked out earlier (also applied a coat of black spray paint so it looks more uniform):
Then cut out a line on top screening and sawn in a zipper so it's easier to get the fish out, and put on the handle from a bucket so there's something to tie a rope to if needed, and this is how it looks when done:
This is probably useless to most, but I've had nothing better to do
. Will post an update after its been "field tested" 
