Hey man! Thanks... hope you're doing well and sorry I missed you guys in town last weekend.

hey man, yeah... zip ties are a ton of work. This was a pneumatic hog ringer in the video that uses 1/2 inch rings. Good luck

Hi Carl, thanks for the comment. Yes sir, if I recall correctly, we had a lot of fish and stopped keeping the smallest ones. I really like the 2-10 lb range (if I had to choose).

Hi Michael, thanks for the comment. It's live now on the site. I forgot to add the link to the description, so thanks for the reminder. I will drop a link below to make it easier to find though. Let me know if you have any other questions. Thank you, sir. www.reeltexasoutdoors.com/collections/bait-fish-traps/products/premium-cloverleaf-bait-fish-trap

Im confused by your comment. Is it implying that the fish were placed inside the trap? Ive made one trap to date with horizontal openings, and this is the one in the video. It was an experiment for fun, but it clearly caught the fish. I would use this trap now only in certain situations, for like crawfish. It's not ideal for bait fish.

Good idea. However, the traps are cut the way they are to save wire and time cutting/assembling the traps. If I were to cut the wire in a manner that made the mesh run horizontally, I would have to use a ton more wire, make more cuts, and use more time to build one. It's just not efficient to build one this way, unfortunately. However, it's a non issue now as we make traps out of 1/2 x 1/2 heavy gauge wire also.

Hey, you are welcome. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.

Thanks so much! Appreciate you, sir.

You are most welcome

Thank you, sir. I’ll be sure to use the lure again, for sure.

@@ReelTexasOutdoors have fun with it .

Yes sir, I’m sure you’re right. The last big female I caught had just recently been nursing some kits. At least she appeared that way. I bet this fella has one more out there somewhere also.

Haha, man…. No joke. It’s a bad heavy snake year for sure. I saw probably six yesterday alone. #TrappinAintEazy 😂

Glad you got the 3 best way to check if beavers are present is get the water flowing weather it’s a culvert are a dam

Yes sir, for sure. Appreciate the comments and view. Have a great one, man.

Thank you, sir! Appreciate the comment.

Thanks Billy! Appreciate you, sir.

Thanks man! Hope you guys are doing well. Enjoy seeing your family posts on FB!

Dang, well that escalated quickly. You don’t seem to be the type of person capable of civil discourse in this arena, so I won’t bother with trying to explain the need for beaver control. I’ll just say that I’m sorry you felt the need to leave such a negative comment regarding someone you don’t even know.

Hey man, thanks for reaching out. Lord willing, I will continue to incorporate trapping jobs into my channel. I have another video coming soon, and another job lined out next week, so I will have some content to produce coming up. I just ordered some more lure today, but I am interested in what you have. Please email me at [email protected] when you get a chance and we can chat. Thanks again, sir. Have a good one!

@@ReelTexasOutdoors email to your contact sent .

Thanks for the comment, I sincerely appreciate it. To be honest, this is the only trap I have ever built with horizontal openings. I have built thousands of traps with vertical, but I still have this one to date. It’s not very practical for fish, but it isn’t bad for crawfish and other things that crawl up the ramps. Overall, it’s an okay trap, but I would not recommend it for fish exclusively. I have not caught any turtles in it however I don’t typically use it very much either. Either way, thank you again for the comment. I sincerely appreciate you.

Yes sir…. Slim chance for sure. Thanks for commenting and I’ll def try to post more ETX trapping videos. Part 2 coming soon also. Thank you, sir. Have a good one!

Hi Lloyd, thanks for the comment and question. You can check out our traps at www.reeltexasoutdoors.com. Current lead time is about 7 business days from order date. It's the busy season, so it's been taking me just over a week to get an order out the door right now. Please let me know if you have any other questions. Thanks, man.

Hi Nathan, I’m East Texas near Nacogdoches. Let me know if you ever want to pick one up. I’ll be happy to meet you in the area somewhere. Thanks man. Have a good one.

Hi Clayton, my apologies for the slow response. I think it would depend on whether or not you can find some pockets/pools of slow moving water. If so, then I would go with a Z-trap. If you cannot and you have to bait it, then I would say clover. Check out that last short i posted on the channel. That guy was using one of my Z-traps in a creek and caught a ton. Hope this helps man, have a good one.

I used zip ties when I make em. Instead of cutting them I weave the end into the trap so I don’t get cut on the sharp ends.

Thanks for the comment and appreciate the concern. This is a small pond and both boys were wearing life jackets… Go to 8:30 and see the blue vest he’s wearing. Either way, I’m sure your comment was of genuine concern, so I do appreciate that, sir. Have a good one.

Hi there, thanks for the comment. You can check out all of my traps on my website at www.reeltexasoutdoors.com. If you happen to run into any questions, please email me at [email protected] and I’ll be happy to answer. I’m typically much faster at responding to email than KZbin comments. I apologize that it took me so long to see this one. Have a great afternoon, sir.

Good morning, Terry. Thanks for reaching out. We’re located outside of Nacogdoches, TX but we don’t have a store front or anything. We mostly sell online. You can learn more about our traps at www.reeltexasoutdoors.com and can email me at [email protected] if you have any questions. Thank you, sir.

He’s just nappin’.

Thanks bud!

Thank you, sir... and agree. I was a bit long winded, but I was not about to record it a 3rd time, lol. Have a good one, man.

I've definitely seen that happen. We've also caught a lot of fish just baiting up our lines b/c a smaller fish will hit the bare hook and then the larger cat will eat them. Pretty wiled and always a good surprise. Thanks for the comment as well, sir!

Hi Darla. They’re destroying the land owners property and causing issue. In this location.

Dang man! That would be a sweet catch. I thought about a fish getting into this set… but it would have most likely been a bowfin knowing my luck, haha. Catching a steelhead in a trap would be pretty dang cool.

Thanks Jay!

Thanks brotha!

You don't even know me. That's being pretty narrow-minded, no?

Hi Ross! That boat is a G3 1910, in camp obviously. I do like the boat… I purchased it because I wanted something without carpet that my boys could eat snacks and spill red Gatorade in without it staining. This is super easy to clean out as you simply just wash it off at a car wash. Also like the fact that I can use it for almost any type of fishing, whether catfish or bass fishing. Again, being super easy to clean off is the key for me. The boat rides okay, and top end is around 55 miles an hour. I won’t say it’s an exceptional ride or anything like that, but it gets the job done. Really the only two negative things I have to say about it are the hatches and weight distribution. They did not waterproof the hatches very well at all. When it rains hard water will roll in down the sides and get your rods wet. The center hatch, where all your tackle goes does stay dry, but the side hatches where my rods definitely get wet. Weight is the other issue. If you don’t run lithium ion batteries and upgrade to regular batteries in the back, it will definitely sink the rear of the boat some. I know this is common with a lot of boats, but it seems a little bit bit worse on this lighter aluminum G3. Just be prepared to run lithium ion batteries if you get this boat. Finally, I would be about 60/40 on buying again. I might look into a center consul type rig with a 90 hp before purchasing a sportsman/bass, boat style boat. That’s just my preference though. There’s nothing wrong with this boat at all and if you plan to do a lot of bass fishing out of it, then this is a great boat. Now, I don’t recommend it solely for trotlines, as you saw in the other video though. It is quite too heavy for that, but it can get the job done. I hope this information helps some. Best of luck in whatever decision you make.

Thank you tremendously for the info and feedback on this it helps me a ton. Have a great evening and thank you again!!

@@user-fw1gr8pv8f - you bet. You are very welcome.

What's the best bait for bluegill in these traps?

Hey there, thank you for the comment and question. Running them between two clumps of concrete blocks is probably more solid thsn tying to a tree. Actually, they will be there a lot longer than that tree will be. We use both, but these lines were all sunk with blocks.

Thank you, Darrell. I appreciate you, sir!

Hey Tom, thanks for the question. These were nuisance beaver and not being trapped for the fur. I’m no expert on the fur trade, but as a general rule of thumb southern fur is a lot less valuable. In Texas, we don’t have a real winter so our critters don’t grow the thick full coats their northern cousins do. Now, southern fur willl still sale, it’s just not as valuable. Have a good one, sir.

@@ReelTexasOutdoors thank you sir for awnsering my question.ive trapped in Ohio about 15 yrs and have taken about 95 beaver,one sold at the auction for220$ it was the best one that year.64 lb,47 3/4" nose to tail hide score was 74" that's with and length added .after stretching and dryed

@@tomrose6292​​⁠- man, 64lbs is a solid beaver… nice! I don’t think we get anywhere near that $220 mark on the fur down here though. That would be nice. Thank you again for commenting. Have a good one, sir!

Thanks man! I live outside of Nacogdoches, we’re pretty dang close. We may need to get together this spring!

@@ReelTexasOutdoors yessir we can do it

Thank you for the kind words. Appreciate that, bud!

Honestly, I cannot even remember where I bought it as Ive had it for about 15 years now. It's called a bendito though.