Catching lots of shrimp with home made shrimp traps

Always trying to weasel in a practical math lesson, we are trying out our home made shrimp traps and catching lots of shrimp and prawns!
I know people can catch way more, but put this in perspective: first time making the traps, first time using them, and first time shrimping at this location. Pretty darn good for a first time.
We used our home made shrimp traps side by side with a couple purchased traps all weekend and found they worked as good or better than the expensive ones.
We fished for 3 1/2 days and averaged a couple hundred shrimp and prawns each day, fishing just 5 minutes from shore. I'm pretty confident we'll find better spots, specifically it would be great to figure out where all the giant prawns are at, they are 10 times the size of shrimp.
While we were generally shrimping, our friends were catching spring salmon. Luckily our friends are terrific and invited us to get in on the action.
If you have some old buckets, these traps would only cost 2-3 bucks each, even if you have to buy the 5 gallon buckets, it would land you around $10-15 each. We found the plastic mesh at a hardware store and it worked great.
Anyways, you can easily make these shrimp traps at home, with or without the home school geometry lesson. Dave might even go shrimping in a canoe! Good luck!

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My head hurts with all those numbers

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I know a lot of kids who are missing out on tons of life experience. Way to go Jim and Rose

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Actually, I am a rocket scientist ;-) Good job on the traps, math really does matter. The proof is in the prawns!

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[@Sushihunter250]

Great video on making the Prawn Traps. Your friend needs to get a bigger net for Salmon - You need to get them to fall into the net deep enough that they can't flip out. When they do, turn the net so as to close the bag to make sure they don't jump out. That second Chinook was very close to escaping that shallow net! As for the Prawn Traps, I would hook them up so that when you pull them, the water will flow through them rather than sideways, the way you have them now. It will make them much easier to pull if you don't have the water resisting you. I would also hang the weight on the outside of the trap so you don't crush any Prawns from it bouncing around inside the trap on the way up. I like the trap puller you built - looks great.

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Thanks for the encouragement Richard, glad you could join us!

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"Doing math equals…eating prawns" 😂

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Seán Earnest was that a yellow cedar swimming into ur trap while it was sinking

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Love all ypur homemade traps/puller...brilliant!!

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Great to see Kids enjoying the great outdoors with their parents. And what a great day yall had on the water. Priceless....

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Five years to retirement and I'm coming out to BC.....cant wait...

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Good job kids my daughter and my son smiling see your all helping your father

[@khonhlo1476]

Beside shrimp fishing, the background image of the lake and mountain as he was eating the cooked shrimp is just mesmerizing. What a view to behold as you enjoy your food.

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It was an amazing view! Glad that you noticed it!

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Is it a lake or a river?

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[@x31omega]

Got a feeling these great kids are homeschooled. Great video. Plan on trying it this weekend.

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Beautiful prawns 🍤 make really nice Gumbo wow seafood Feast

[@quchi7232]

I have never experienced fishing and shrimping in my life, so thank you for making this video.

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[@allpunchy]

LOVE your trap puller!! Brilliant idea! 💡 Also, that strange looking little crab you caught is a squat lobster. Pretty tasty as well 🙂

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You two guys crack me up.Beautiful family dad. Great fishing.

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The fact they didn't know Forest Gumb made me feel so old!

[@ArchFundy]

That bicycle wheel trap puller was ingenious. Here on the East Coast you are only allowed to salmon fish with fly rods. If you use anything else, expect to spend a day in court. As always, great vid.

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Well, that is the most comprehensive demonstration of mathematics application I have ever seen. You did well for your kids, and proved it! 😀😎

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Are they in BC? I thought they were in the US. Ontario here.

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Northern BC near PG.

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Devine, wow! Thanks! Our kids kinda feel like our vids are like Saturday morning cartoons as well.

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Nice family math class. I remember old times with my mum 😂👍

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Glad your enjoying the videos! We do our best to get vids out as often as we can!

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Gridlessness I’m sure that is very time consuming ,Thank you ! God Bless

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great vid, simple, inspiring! I have all this in the garage and seems easy to manage in a canoe. awesome

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[@AndyTheCornbread]

Not prawn related but early in the video you can see Rose's wedding ring. I really like it and how it is set so she can wear it while she does things and not knock stones loose in their settings. If you picked it out for her you did a great job.

[@Gridlessness]

Very observant, I worked with a jeweller to design the ring for that very purpose!

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Fantastic applied math! loved it from Canada

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If there is a Walmart close or another place that has a bakery you may be able to get buckets for free or a lesser price. 🙂 Great video and commentary!

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Leann Kennedy what would they get in those buckets? Oil?

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@@PD-we8vf frosting, whip cream anything edible that has to do with baking or deli. It might have been pertinent to say where to go ask for them or you might end up in the automotive department. Lol

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Ask in the bakery and or the deli department. 🙂👍

[@salyluz6535]

R P: Pie filling and pickles come in those buckets also. We used to be able to get 5 gallon empty pickle buckets from our local fast food restaurant.

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Welcome to the channel! We're glad to have you with us!

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math is not hard once you understand your gozintas and eagles. man this takes me back to catching fresh water prawn with a light and a net when i was a kid in southern tex near the gulf. i would bring home some monsters lol 2 of them would fill me up. i used traps like yours to catch bait when i didnt want to hall my cast net around with me. every thing about this vid triggers old memories some how thanks.

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