How to Build a Drowning Rod (Trapping)

[@bobbysands4232]

CANT WAIT FOR THE TRAPPING VIDS

[@RockyRiverFarms]

Best drowning rod video on KZbin.

[@jamesscallyiii27]

Can't wait for the spring beaver trapping vids, been looking forward to these for a while

[@shaynefreeman5473]

Great video! Love the shop too!! 👍👍

[@edkleinjan8426]

Nice, easy to produce unit! Thanks for sharing.

[@timgurtner5248]

Nicely done. Heck of a shop you've got to work in!!

[@330Maniac]

It's not mine but I been there for 25 years and can use it anytime I want. It even has 2 car lifts!

[@jasonmiller6949]

Thanks for sharing 👍. Finally bought a welder for the garage. Great information

[@j.j.clingman4083]

Awesome video buddy!! It doesn’t take much welding to make Drounding rods!! Some people get all flustered when they hear guys talk about making them & just want to buy them!! I bet it didn’t even take 330 a half hour to make all 18 drounding rods!!

[@AnthonyRubeoOutdoors]

The NO BS Traps are amazing definitely my favorite over the MB 750 that I've used for like 8 years. I started with the NO BS last year and they are well worth the money. Metal shavings suck so bad. Something I don't hear people talk about much is Flash Burn from the welder or even potentially getting it on your eyes, if you look too long at the Arc. I have 4 years of welding experience and it's mh favorite thing to do. It's extremely fun and enjoyable I'm thinking of going to college for welding.

[@danielmastin3606]

Nice setup! I will be waiting for the Beaver videos!!

[@tracyproctor3344]

Great video!!! Good information👍 Looking forward to the spring beaver vids

[@kenhoward130]

I build mine similarly...just a heads up to people using a lower amp/smaller stick welders at home...if you are using zinc coated washers, you will need to remove the coating on the washer first or burn through it. I learned this the hard way and my washer at the top fell off in the River. I’d suggest steel washers. Just trying to help.

[@matt89447]

I was going to say same. Steel, no coating is always the best and healthiest to weld.

[@paulhuval]

I will have to make a few of them for next season thanks for showing 👍

[@frez777]

Nice barn!

[@WestTennessee]

You could cut the flat steel quicker if you lay it flat in the chop saw. Great informative video. I’m looking forward to your spring beaver videos. 👍🏻😎

[@smartin4831]

No cuz.. no..

[@mikewhitman745]

Not true.

[@tallybeaverman9462]

For the stop on the bottom of the drowning rod, I put a bead weld about 1/4" high. It's quicker and I have had welded #9 wire break off after a while. Never lost a bead button at the bottom. Also use 3/8's rod 10ft long, it's lighter and will bend slightly to allow a deepwater stab over the hump of the bank. It is easy to straighten when you have a long reach to deepwater. I also use 1/2" short rods for den snare supports, to use double snares on. They drive deep & sturdy, then come out easy. Tough ones you can grip with channel locks and hammer them out of the hole. A couple of good whacks will loosen well enough to pull out by hand.

[@az8405]

Awesome video thanks. I'm not a welder so I hammer a bend over the trap end and use a cable clamp on the drowning end. Not as sleek as your setup but it works.

[@dougfairburn2037]

pretty neat, I use a heavier snare cable with a weight in a minimum of 4 feet of water. i can see using your method in a few tight spots. thanks for the share...and BTW, good job welding. :)

[@rickforsty9410]

Thanks for the Johnny Rod build. I was hoping for a measurement on the stop but it looked like16 to 18 in.up thanks!!! Rick NE. Ohio

[@myoutdoorlife3833]

I love this! I've been using a drowning cable hooked to a cinder block, but its a pain to haul that block around....this looks like the cats meow! Gonna make some of these! Thanks for sharing all the great trapping tricks! 👍👍👍

[@bynumfranks226]

Why not carry a bag instead of the block and fill the bag with rocks and such once you get there?

[@330Maniac]

Here you seldom have a place to fill the bag with sand or rocks. Mostly just muddy dirt or bog mud. That's why I switched to drowning rods. They work everywhere as long as the water is deep enough

[@kentcostello5286]

I always wanted to make some . I like my cable lines.

[@loneranger8293]

Love drowning rods as 100% drowning set providing water is deep enough compared to cable which I found a pain and not as efficient not to mention hauling heavy weights around.

[@jerryclinger9678]

Thank you for your help and videos for the beginner got steel in the Pa water today thanks to your video. Can you show a video rebuilding 330 with rivets for traps with loose rivets....

[@coondogbob]

Thanks much, will be using this set up Cheers

[@mckinziefishingandhunting140]

Good Stuff. The area I trap could use some of theses to make things easier.

[@Dunlap-uj5zl]

👍

[@davetoms63]

excellent video. Curious if you spray paint the drowning rods or treat them with anything to keep them from rusting.

[@330Maniac]

Thank you. I don't do anything to them. Rusting doesn't seem to harm them at all because they always function

[@dclawnmaintenanceandsnowre4099]

Nice job 👍👍👍👍🇨🇦

[@stephensmith2458]

Question..I can have access to smooth rods from the old oil pump houses around locally. , Or do you have to use the rebar like u use?

[@330Maniac]

I believe that a smooth rod would work Just fine

[@stephensmith2458]

@@330Maniac they aren't small.they about same size in diameter except for the ridges. I have a property clean up job this upcoming spring that has thousands of feet to be cut for scrap. Guess I'll buy some extra saw blades

[@brandon8034]

Would welding a 5/8 nut work for a stop

[@330Maniac]

Anything will work really. You do need something a bit more streamlined though so it will go into the bottom fairly easy

[@brandon8034]

@@330Maniac ok

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thanks for sharing buddy!!

[@ehsush]

Whats your opinion on using the swivels that come with coil traps for a drowning lock? Noticed u used 2 use them 3 + years.

[@michaelenglish8004]

Love your channel ! Been subscribed.. Question ⁉️ what benefit is setting #330 trigger mechanism in the mud "upside" down??

[@330Maniac]

This way the dog or the trigger strike the beaver in the bottom of the neck instead of behind the head. Not causing and fur damage

[@georgepotter5101]

Tkx for sharing I'm on this now. 😅

[@mariolopez-ri8wd]

How much do you have the cost of all beside the trap thank you much

[@aardhond]

Question , what is the reason to use those drowning rods ? Just to carry them around would make me take the 330 every day of the week

[@330Maniac]

They are really easy to set. Can literally make a set in a few minutes. Also you catch beaver that winter go into a 330

[@tylerpawlowski5638]

Do you have to deal with a lot of frost when setting drowner sets in the spring. I do in ND just wondering how you deal with it thanks.

[@330Maniac]

We had some here. I just pound the stake right through it. Found some today. It was about a foot thick

[@curtiswjackson9916]

Good video brother. I've been wanting to do this setup. Question do you prefer 10 foot over 8 feet. And what is your thoughts on the fiberglass 8 foot rod

[@330Maniac]

I've never used the fiberglass rods. I'm afraid of the flex in the rod. I do prefer the 10ft rods over the 8 foot rods because majority of places you need that 2 extra feet in length to get them out to deeper.water

[@rodsingleton3097]

I've asked before who sings that song after the end of your show?

[@330Maniac]

I don't know. I gotnit off a royalty free site

[@isellcatlitter]

now i want to see some welder reviews....

[@tommurphy6972]

Just built some just like that for this year

[@aidenlawyer1839]

hopefully, there will be a video about setting traps with this soon.

[@haydenramaeker6254]

How do you keep it secured on rocky bottoms

[@330Maniac]

I don't use it on rocky bottoms. If I do I find a spot to get it into the bottom

[@haydenramaeker6254]

@@330Maniac but I trap the river and there is very few spots to get a good stake

[@330Maniac]

That's ok. You can set anywhere on the river and catch them

[@haydenramaeker6254]

@@330Maniac is there any better way to stake in gravel

[@mikewhitman745]

@@haydenramaeker6254 use a cable drowner with a weight.

[@rangepro]

A+...........................thanks!

[@johnlindsay8630]

Drowning rods are good if you're going to be using them all the time but to carry them back in the bush you're better just to use cable I've trapped all kinds of beaver with cable all kinds and it's nothing to carry him back

[@330Maniac]

Drowning rods are The best to use but Unless you are using a Wheeler or going a short distance cable is nice. Finding weight for the ends can be a pain though.

[@glock27able]

I had one break my wire this year.

[@tlegrow11]

Subscribe bitches ,,, lol

[@craigroedema5018]

Big time audio problem. You need to wear a mic.

[@georgepotter5101]

I didn't have any audio problems turn up your volume, shhh

[@tlegrow11]

Subscribe bitches ,,, lol