How to Make a Pillow Trap for Crayfish ( Crawfish, Crawdads) For Under $3 Each.

How to Make a Pillow Trap for Crayfish also called Crawfish, or Crawdad. Just need some plastic chicken fence, scissors, cable ties, also called zip ties or wire ties, and old metal hanger, something to cut the hanger with, and a screwdriver. The cost is right at $2.75 with tax each. Before making this video, this trap was selling on eBay for around $25 each.
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[@corissa1960]

I have never heard of or seen this type of trap. You could have a dozen and squish them down into a small space or maybe roll them and use a bungee to secure the roll and it would take the space of one metal trap. I really like this simple trap! Thanks for sharing!

[@michaelbrigman3516]

Great video. Short and to the point. I like the coat hanger clip, very clever.

[@andrewkliss274]

Great step-by-step DIY pillow trap for crawdads. Thank you!

[@devich660]

awesome design i just went out and got material and made three can't wait to use them cheers

[@haney3773]

Thank you. Great trap, simple and inexpensive.

[@shanerobinette6265]

pretty cool im going to make one now

[@hassanw.3866]

Thank a lot, for today I'm going to catch a lot in my village.

[@bodhi974]

Excellent video, thanks for posting it. Going to make a few this week!

[@toddpiercey6595]

Awesome vid! I've been looking any many diy designs on YT. I feel yours is easiest to build, cheapest by far and from what I can tell based on other designs to be very effective. Good job!

[@markstanton8757]

Great video. Straight to the point and well explained. Now i gotta make me some. Thanks

[@sanjivharnarine7704]

OK I understand that thanks for advice

[@KnifeCrazzzzy]

I love how simple this one is! Thank you for sharing!

[@norwoodbaybridge761]

Good video; very enjoyable to watch. Thanks for posting on KZbin.

[@JoshGreenAdventures]

Awesome job thanks for the video super helpful

[@kevinooten4600]

Dig it! Best pillow trap tutorial I've found, Originally was going to build all cylinder traps but I'm going to give these a try as well. Haven't trapped crawfish in 20 years but getting back into it and this was a big help from you 2! Thanks.

[@davper8619]

Did these work for you as good as the cylinder ones?

[@kevinooten4600]

@@davper8619 I can't really say. I built one and only got to use it one time. Think I had about a dozen in it on the first set. Someone liked it well enough to take it with them on the next try. Just haven't built another one yet.

[@bullshot9715]

That's cool, thanks a lot !I will try it .

[@charlesandrews3533]

Really good - thanks!

[@islandhopper7614]

Nicely done - almost identical to the ones we made and used in Louisiana when Raccourci Island flooded. We called em "mudbug pillows". With the right bait, in the right location, they are crawfish catching machines (especially if there's a little current).

[@wpatrick22744]

That's pretty cool mate I've got that netting too.thanks for sharing

[@r.j.5072]

Nice, gonna try this.

[@micdeliciousproductions8860]

Awesome! Going to make one now for our southern UT trip. Hoping to have a crawdad bake back at the campsite :)

[@ropeman3916]

Quail Creek?

[@thomasshlala6772]

Great explaination

[@chaibone9677]

Great job!

[@joseortegaa2349]

That is actually genius

[@corneliushoward4343]

Great demonstration

[@ronnalscammahorn8002]

Sweet , I like it , gonna make these for use in the Philippines .

[@WesS2016]

Good stuff!

[@joe8211]

very good thanks

[@jackpi1863]

Clear explanation.

[@toast2578]

Hey man this was great up here in Louisiana I tryed it up in the mud works great

[@justinswan5406]

Brilliant

[@icarusburning2208]

Nice video, looking for all sorts of ways to feed me and my own in these times. Will look into your design further. Thanks!

[@coleweede1953]

Lol the corona crayfish forager?

[@dwaynestokes1774]

Great video buddy I'm going to try and make one

[@walterpalmer2749]

Nice, clean, simple, affordable. Winner !! Now, where’s the Zatarains crab/Crawford’s boil ?

[@Dazylee]

best idea out there I've seen yet

[@sinequanon5586]

Wow...nice. I just so happen to have a bunch of that plastic chicken mesh that just found its new purpose.

[@brycetyson4283]

Yes very helpful to durst timers

[@montellwilliams811]

ok , i got it - thanks

[@MrDanrn999]

Thank you

[@josesebastian3528]

Good video 👍🏼👍🏼

[@terat1227]

Thanks

[@martyshettlesworth3314]

I HAVE A GOOD PLACE OPEN TO CRAWFISHING THIS YEAR , REGULATIONS SAY FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY , CAN,T SELL THE CATCH . READY FOR SOME CRAWFISH ETOUFEE !!

[@wackyrice1]

Hot diggity damn ! best trap I've ever seen. . . thank you.

[@truthseeker7894]

Very nice 👍🏻

[@jericdominguez7553]

Bro this is so perfect I just tor down my old chicken coop and a had a lot of this left over after so I am going to make like a hundred.

[@beckettfountain431]

Dang I am watching this at the end of crawfish season

[@r._i]

Good

[@curtiswjackson9916]

Good video. How long will the plastic traps last

[@nahminesclarence8256]

What I REALLY like about this design is that I can roll it up and stuff it in my backpack for the long trail ahead

[@maverick3987]

this is pretty cool. what is your success rate with a trap like this? does having only 2 entrances limit your numbers in the trap at all?

[@joeytrout1334]

no not really I've done it before I got around the same results

[@jimmymatheny7286]

In Louisiana pillow traps are the way to go for crawfish unless your a commercial crawfisher

[@jordanmusleh6305]

Yaya I'm 1k like..!!

[@cooperv9923]

Awesome trap, works like a charm also does anyone else call crawfish crawdads?

[@thomasmilburn7772]

Crawdads or bugs

[@MTBMOM]

I have a question. If the bait is too close to the outside of the pillow trap will they not climb in? Does that mean you'd have to make a little hanging bait bag inside? Thank you for the tutorial I can't wait to make one.

[@waterstoneweddingfilms1188]

try it each way and let us know if you can see a difference.

[@weldonhunt1554]

Whats your success rate? How many do you catch @ a time?

[@michaeljohnston777]

This is great!! Now I just gotta find crawdads big enough that they don't go thru the holes.🤣🤣 I'm still learning. Thanks for the awesome design and tutorial!!👍🏼

[@ericgreenleaf687]

How do you keep the alligators away from

[@waynebernal3913]

I just watched ur video on how to make a pillow crawfish trap. How small can it be made

[@waterstoneweddingfilms1188]

never thought about making it smaller before. What did you have in mind?

[@andyhughes9763]

Wayne Bernal Hey buddy you don't want to make them to small cause crawfish can drown and you don't want to eat dead crawfish plus you really don't want to release them. I don't even know if they make good bait when they're dead most fish like to eat them alive good luck

[@marx875]

Have u catch any fish?

[@bogor1000]

What's the best bate for crayfish?

[@codyyoung4226]

leave chicken legs outside in the sun for a day or two.

[@greysilverback3924]

Crushed chubbs.

[@suns373]

They ate out hotdogs, ham, worms, anything that is a meat according to what they eat.

[@jeffswett4579]

Catfood, you crack the lid open and peel it back a little but not all the way. It gives them something to keep them busy working at so they don't eat it all.

[@VanNosdolTy]

where did you get your plastic chicken fence

[@tiggeroush]

+Ty Van Nosdol (Black Cloud) I found it at Lowe's.

[@fredlachnit9211]

Thanks for

[@shanejohnson9796]

Don't use plastic turtles eat right through it.

[@c.j.rogers2422]

Jason: I see you're still monitoring this, so...Have you had good catch rates? Have you used wire traps to compare? I ask because some claim the trap needs to emit an electrical current to fish well; obviously plastic won't produce current. If it catches well, that's great, no current = no corrosion! And wow, can't beat the cost. Nice design, nice vid. Thanks! - CJ

[@tiggeroush]

Crawfish, or any fish look for food, that maybe an interesting one to test on the metal vs plastic idea. But depending on where you live, some states require the critters to be able to escape, like through a rust-able latch, if the trap is lost. Sorry, I do not have any metal traps to compare. The ones I made, for catching small fish, I gave away.

[@donnytyler4420]

and there I thought that green wire was only good for keeping chickens out of my garden.......I have seen th e way to many other things now.......... thanks

[@tiggeroush]

This one is plastic, but some states require a wire that will rust away.

[@rickyosborn102]

Just see it shut with the piece of weed eater line on both ends much easier much faster

[@sanjivharnarine7704]

will they come out cause the hole is big bro

[@tiggeroush]

If they come out of the holes the were to small to keep.

[@jimmymatheny7286]

@@tiggeroush lol. I don't know in Louisiana we eat the smalls also actually certain times of the year they all small but we still boil them , also a lot of pond crawfish are small to medium size

[@waterstoneweddingfilms1188]

@@jimmymatheny7286I am sure you could find something with smaller holes. Just have not seen it around here.

[@jimmymatheny7286]

@@waterstoneweddingfilms1188 I made some with the same 3/4 today I was talking about the funnel hole I just made them a little smaller. Thanks for the video

[@thomasrose38]

I used to have fun trapping crayfish with a net behind them and a small stick in front watch them flap right into my net used to use them as bait for largemouth and smallmouth bass I stopped that practice when we got a huge cray and my young nice said please Uncle Tommy let him go I did and never trapped them again and have grown to love this species from the big Australian Cray's to the many species in North America never ate one won't even eat lobster I think it's the way they look they look like they belong in the age of dinosaurs or earlier and they are related to scorpions who scare the living beJesus out of me but in this country they are everywhere you can eat them three times a day everyone in this country and there will be be more just as many the next year so I'm okay with that I just don't watch people do it eat what you will I must admit I love flounder fillet steamer clams in melted butter and oysters on the half shell with all the right condiments and a cold beer so all you crayfish lovers knock yourselfs out

[@pv2874]

Have you used this trap?

[@noahnelson1677]

Okay cool but under 3$ I mean I'm sure no one has fencing or W.e that is just laying around so it'll cost more than just 3$

[@waterstoneweddingfilms1188]

$3 each. Yes it will be much more if you only make one and count the total cost of all materials toward the one.

[@sfox373]

mesh size is too large

[@anthonymcateer6083]

What is the ideal mesh size

[@montellwilliams811]

the ( post ) states - how to make one under $ 5.00 , but I just heard you ( say ) $ 24.00 !!!!!!!

[@tiggeroush]

The post states how to make for under $3.00, and it cost me right at $2.75 in parts. Sorry I have no idea where you heard $24.00. However before making this video, this trap was selling on eBay for around $25.

[@c.j.rogers2422]

Montell Williams Step away from the Crack pipe.

[@johnwilliamson2276]

Montell Williams what he meant was per trap. How many traps can you make from this whole roll do you think? Very cheap per trap though.

[@shanejohnson9796]

If you use that plastic stuff you'll have more turtles than mud bugs and some worthless traps after a night.

[@Schooloutdoors]

2015 $3…. 2024 $8

[@tiggeroush]

Depends, if someone made a lot of them and used a 50X4 ft roll it would be around $2.50 each. However a 25 X 3 ft roll would cost around 4 each.

[@halemamohmed8849]

Good