Build & Trap | Primitive Bamboo Fish Trap | Cedar Bark Cordage

In a long term survival situation or extended wilderness living, any passive food gathering methods can be vitally important. Primitive fish traps are a lot of work up front but, in the right situation, they can pay for themselves many times over. There are many ways to make fish traps and this one is inspired from some of the Asian cultures who have access to large tracts of bamboo. Bamboo is a fantastic building material for primitive traps but if you don't have access to it, you could easily substitute young shoots of many different species. It took a whole day to build the bamboo fish trap before baiting it with a few worms and setting it in a pond. I hit go on the gopro and got a little underwater footage of the trap in action.
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[@withoutfurtheradoforever]

I see a birch bark canoe in your future, Clay. Just a hunch.

[@MustObeyTheRules]

That would be so cool

[@Clark42EoC]

Probably one of the few people who wouldn't go broke buying the strips...cause yeah he doesn't have to buy them.

[@withoutfurtheradoforever]

@Clark42EoC I'm not talking about a cedar strip and fiberglass canoe. I mean one with a birch bark skin , a split cedar inner frame, all sewn together with spruce roots. A traditional native canoe.

[@Clark42EoC]

@@withoutfurtheradoforever I could only speak to a cedar strip canoe cause that's all I know about but I apologize...I did see you said birch bark but you also clearly knew what kind of canoe I meant when I spoke of strip price.

[@Clark42EoC]

Hard to believe this is even classified bushcraft and not fine woodworking. You're an inspiration 100%.

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thanks 👍

[@Clark42EoC]

@@clayhayeshunter lol nah that's my line...you're the one teaching me new things.

[@davidjacobs828]

​@clayhayeshunter Sir , you're the the deal . .. This is thee most impressive and detailed ,hard core survival bushcraft I've ever seen . Thank you for sharing your phenomenal knowledge.

[@Nunya_Binness]

That’s the best fish trap I’ve ever seen!

[@Amanda-yf7vj]

That is soo awesome!!! And beautiful!

[@xionix4]

My favorite aspect of this was knife-only.

[@chrispenedwards2330]

It would be interesting to see you and John Plant do a colab

[@Lukas68686]

I love adventures. Great!

[@raheemblount499]

My mans caught some fish sticks without trying lol! Nah, seriously though that was an excellent display of craftsmanship. I'd use this video as a Boy Scout tutorial for damn sure.

[@AGUSAN_ID]

Mantap sobat survival nya

[@irnur_88wan23]

He know what his doing…this guy will survive any situation ,even staying in the thick jungle like Malaysia, indonesia maybe Brunei jungle.

[@Truongbushcraft]

So attractive, my friend❤❤

[@zerofox9900]

Just like I used to build with my grandpa. Good times. Thanks for the video, Clay!

[@clayhayeshunter]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@mmiller73]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, you’re the best bushcrafter on KZbin!

[@geirnilssen8579]

Really cool! 👍

[@Clark42EoC]

Omg the half lapped chair out of a stump. Bravo sir!

[@mountainmancaraway6431]

Clay, I have a question for you, since you have experience in two totally different environments (Idaho and Florida) which do you think is the most conducive to outdoor survival and what are the biggest challenges of each area?

[@clayhayeshunter]

Man, they would take an entire essay to answer. In short, they both have their significant challenges. I don’t think I could pick a winner.

[@neon_echidna]

simple... yeah right 😃 🤘🏻

[@les3449]

This was another great video from you. It IS time consuming to make one of these BUT like you said it can really pay off. Plus, it's about survival so what else are you doing after building a shelter, gathering fire wood and setting passive traps for mammals? Once again, great video, thanks!

[@yotainoregon6495]

Truly art!

[@Vodolaga_Nova]

An art, an art of Clay Hayes!

[@joewoodchuck3824]

Fantastic!

[@clayhayeshunter]

Many thanks!

[@kevinwild_]

wow, awesome work. thank you for inspiration!!!

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@notnaive120]

Work of art 👍🏻

[@blankfido7229]

😂i cant imagine this was recomended for in to another corner of the earth ! ❤from india

[@brisay1844]

This man is amazing!!!

[@Udoo1988]

Amazing ❤

[@Dirk_Mcgurk]

that was cool you had the camera inside

[@3AlarmBushcraft]

Damn good trap

[@tootsie88]

This man would definitely make it on Naked & Afraid!

[@ett40146]

It would be a vacation for him.

[@joeyork2362]

Very clever 😊

[@thephoctv]

I really like what you convey

[@southcentralpatriots]

ALASKA HERE keep up all the great shareing Thanks

[@3passa]

Beautiful work. Just a knife, a brain, and some very skilled hands. Thanks for sharing!

[@redbeard6606]

Beautiful work and a nice catch and release.

[@SeaReverie]

One of your best videos! Great job Clay!

[@clayhayeshunter]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@johnkelly5487]

Cool trap, Jack, RI, USA

[@to8860]

Amazing!! Good stuff!!

[@clayhayeshunter]

Glad you think so!

[@Thomas_Shelby_Fake]

Good trap man 😮

[@anibalmasneri7994]

faaa what enviable skill and super neat.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@waynepatton689]

Very cool!!

[@TheUncarvedBlock]

Holy crap I'm the first viewer!

[@abdulakbar4675]

di daerah ku, tepatnya di sekadau, kalimantan barat, indonesia. kami menyebutnya bubu

[@justwow712]

Same here in philippines. We also call it bubu

[@mvhoat]

you are very skillful👍

[@bradlafferty]

Beautiful piece of work. Art, even. And effective. Pleased that you let the bebbe fish free. Nice tutorial. Bamboo seems so nice to work with. Thank you.

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thank you very much

[@weekendstuff]

Nice work. Beautifully crafted trap. Good for longterm use. ❤

[@clayhayeshunter]

Yes, thanks

[@DIGGI244]

Echt gut geworden .👍🏻

[@dalejones8541]

Best content on KZbin. Bar none.

[@vladimirmonteza4771]

Cristo los AMA DE VERDAD Y ÉL YA VIENE BÚSQUENLO

[@scrappydog175]

I wish I had your patience.👍

[@jenhamilton]

Beautiful!

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thank you!

[@jenhamilton]

@@clayhayeshunter Why did you strip off some of the inner bamboo? Because it is less abrasive for working with?

[@LOSTManBushcraft]

Wow nice

[@balirelated1510]

Very nicely done Clay....👏👏👏👏

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thank you kindly

[@Wald-Bushcraft]

Very nice video.

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thanks for visiting

[@quakslikeaduck]

You're on fire man.

[@wjstewdog]

Your dog must be patient. Great video

[@redfishsurvival1413]

Absolute art. The removable door is smart and the craftsmanship is the kind of work you would see from primitive living peoples. For survival I would only say that the standard way of just tying one end closed in a taper with a pressure fitting cone in the entrance would save time and energy, but this is far superior and long lasting...but of course you know this lol. I love the entrance ramp as well, never seen that before. Thanks for another great video Clay and showing an old dog a new trick. All the best as always.

[@redfishsurvival1413]

@just_another_WFR lol ok.

[@redfishsurvival1413]

just_another_WFR The number of ways you are dead wrong and arrogant about it says all anyone needs to know. First off, the survival in my name refers to 20 years of fighting deadly health issues daily. Second, the design I spoke of is the same one used by many cultures for thousands of years. Third, I have made three of these traps over the decades. Made from whole saplings and tied together with much thinner strips that were quicker to tie. Catching fish in these traps isn't rocket science. In the time this took, a person could make three of quick ones compared to the nice once Clay made...more like have one in the water to catch bait for overnight promitory peg dead falls in the same amount of time. So yes, his is far more durable than a quick version so it will last a lot longer especially if you are packing it out as you travel. Fourth, you have no idea who you are talking to and to assume your masterful expertise over what I am saying and come at me like I'm an idiot is absurd. Who does that?. I had nothing but good things to say. In any real scenario you are the type to be first thrown out of the group so I hope you do know it all. I grew up in the mountains of NC in the 70s. We lived off the land and the farm before I added 40 years of experience to it. Hell, I barely wore shoes before about 9yo. We would go as kids and camp for days living on trout, rabbit and squirrels at the old family moonshine camps and that was normal life. Get a grip man, whatever this is that you are doing isn't it.

[@redfishsurvival1413]

@just_another_WFR wow, you claim all of this experience but speak as if there is a simple answer and only yours is correct for all fishing all situations. You sound ridiculous saying you have done all these things in all of these countries yet you waste your time telling me how wrong I am. What you are saying doesn't even make sense. When you make the trap larger than Clays (about chest high) it has plenty of cage qualities to fit your claims as an expert of global fish psychology. Next, when you use them in small fast mountain streams you can funnel the fish into it and don't even use bait. Fish traps entirely depend on where, when, how and for what. Your blanket statement to try to be somebody and say my advice is deadly only shows more about what you are lacking is far more vast and personal than basic discussion about things I have proven work with my own hands...as well as endless other people throughout time. All of this is ignorant and seems more like a troll with no life than a world traveller. People that travel have respect and manners. Anyone that says "when yall with survival" (while being a complete asshole out of the gate) doesnt have the character to do much of anything real. I'm done here, this is obviously a waste of time.

[@guadalupeskitchen3734]

Such an amazing video, and all done with just one knife! It's also amazing how hard it seems for the viewers to reach all the way over to that thumbs up icon on all their phone screens and touch it with a finger. Keep up the great work Clay.

[@clayhayeshunter]

Many thanks 🙏

[@outlawcountry6069]

Great stuff as always Clay . You should check out the crazy bone yard I found deep in the mountains on my last 3 day outing . Pretty crazy stuff.

[@miroslavilles]

TOP video and skill! Always. thanks for your useful videos, Clay!

[@clayhayeshunter]

Glad you like them!

[@michaelbailey8320]

Super impressive, and very well built.

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thank you very much!

[@user-jq3lw2zm3r]

Thanks you have so much talent, really enjoyed the video

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thank you so much!

[@MikeHoncho-mm4re]

Next you can build a house undergroud with nothing but a old mower blade and a straw hat.

[@fishmaniachannel]

I always eagerly wait for ur vedios sir🙏❤️

[@kimprocarione5473]

I've always wanted to build a weir! Great skill to learn, thanks! Did you just completely ring that tree? So you meant to get rid of it?

[@Ouachita.Mule.School]

Panfish. Best tasting boogers, just wish they was bigger!!

[@kenyotrahman1451]

We call this in Indonesia, or more precisely in the southern Borneo area, we call it *serakap* or traditional fishing method.

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thanks for sharing

[@WilliamFluery]

Now that you’ve caught your bait fish, what will you use to catch your meal?

[@ragnarnyhuis6331]

Looks so clean! In case there is no bamboo around, what would be your recommended substitute? Willow maybe?

[@clayhayeshunter]

Willow would work great

[@cynthiastandley5742]

That was cool. What plants would you use if you were in Idaho?

[@EthanPageHunter]

Stout 🤙🏼

[@Wildadventurealone]

❤

[@Maddy_might]

The cedar bark intrigued me. Black ash is kind of like that. I only know enough to be dangerous, lol. I'm working on a black ash basket. One tree would yeild quite a bit. I wonder if it's the same with cedar. We're losing our black ash to the emerald ash borer.

[@JuliaJulia007]

Cool

[@ericpeterson5269]

It would be interesting to see a historically accurate Weir on a creek in idaho to see how it would work. I cant find any good videos on such a thing

[@szeryf7983]

❤❤❤

[@Friedbrain11]

I've never seen bamboo growing in any of the woods I have been in here in the States.

[@tomahawkchop7669]

Amazing skill! If you had a choice between a large knife or hatchet such as GB Wildlife what is more versatile for you doing bushcraft??

[@Shingen5569]

if i get stuck with this guy after a ship i am with him sank, i would be alive for a whole year in an island.

[@wirawhitebelt7364]

👍🇲🇾

[@josephgoodlett4105]

Have you thought about doing a bamboo bow and arrow set?

[@clayhayeshunter]

I did last year and did some night time bow fishing with it.

[@jefferystephens7677]

Clay you are a very patient man. 😂

[@clayhayeshunter]

Definitely takes a while

[@scotts.2624]

I wonder when that tree was copsed.

[@user-McGiver]

I thought after caching that lovely bait you'll go fishing... but it was just the trap this time...

[@ZSnuffBox]

“I like your style, Dude” (heard in the voice of Sam Elliott).

[@clayhayeshunter]

😜

[@stewartwoerle6351]

Very nice trap build mate, well done. Curious as to why you totally ring-barked that tree when it seemed there were others close by. When I go to an area and collect cordage material I generally take a strip from each tree until I have enough. That way the tree survives and I can take more again from the same place over the years. If I do ring-bark, it’s because I want the wood as well. Just an observation, keep up the good work

[@clayhayeshunter]

Because the forest of overstocked which you can see by the lack of understory plants.

[@stewartwoerle6351]

@@clayhayeshunter Ah right, I’m in the top of Australia and was talking about native, unmanaged bush/woods/forest

[@RohitKumar-tp7db]

Just curious, won't stripping all that bark kill the tree?? Nice trap though, looks beautiful

[@murockey7512]

Yeah, it kills the tree. The inner layer of the bark is where the transport system of trees are situated called the xylem and phloem respectively. Water and nutrients cant move to the top of the tree anymore and it will die.

[@clayhayeshunter]

Yes, but the trees are overstocked anyway so killing a few will benefit the rest.

[@visitor6427]

Панда ест деревья тоже

[@johnpetry6753]

Do you soak the cedar strips in water to make/keep them pliable?

[@clayhayeshunter]

Yep

[@oddduck2298]

That's a fucking nice trap Clay.

[@seanpatterson5948]

Tell your dog I said hi

[@natelords]

Hey Clay! Where’d you get the bamboo? I can’t imagine it’s growing naturally in Idaho 😂

[@clayhayeshunter]

We’re in Florida right now

[@zaptainkuboom5520]

Will it work without the camera inside?

[@urbanbushcrafter1924]

I wondered this myself. Great question!

[@MYsteAteh]

It will not work. Since the fish came in into the trap because they wanna take a selfie for the family album.

[@billg7101]

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@a-will6832]

Clay you gotta talk man n explain to give up a bigger insight

[@Dirk_Mcgurk]

very cool that you let them go

[@visitor6427]

Я бы их съел

[@basilbrushbooshieboosh5302]

QUESTION: Do you soak your cordage?

[@clayhayeshunter]

Yes

[@basilbrushbooshieboosh5302]

@@clayhayeshunter Thanks for the reply. re. Answer: I thought you must have. Cheers

[@scotts7009]

What knife were you using in this video?Thanks

[@skymcgaw9412]

Wondering the same , pretty sure it’s a Tops made in Idaho

[@clayhayeshunter]

It’s the Marshal from Montana Knife Company

[@DP-du1xz]

Next Level Skill Clay. Super well done!

[@Hazardiouss]

This man has changed me from a 13 year old sedentary gamer to a 14 year old survivalist.

[@user-qe4mq3xp3h]

Clay's the man never was charged by a bear the bear which was more scared than him do you still claim that😂? Love your videos I just wish you would address that if you're allowed to

[@brianeaton3734]

Making me cringe watching you split that bamboo…I’ve built some bamboo rods, and that split bamboo is razor sharp.