>>Lighten the trap up or leave it in place

I have lighten it up as far as possible. I had to use wire to make it sturdy and when I first used nylon mesh I had trouble with turtles eating holes in the nylon mesh.

I have a pond guy locally who wants one that he can also leave in and use it as a fingerling feeder. With the 1 inch square wire it only allows CC a pound and under to get to the feed. My son dropped the boom on one last summer. We left it in the water untill this fall. It was full of feed and was surprized to find it had fish in it. My guess is that they just used it as a safe haven and got to big to get out. The doors was down and no way for fish to get in.

Next month I will be working a way to mount this on a boat dock and still be able to use as feeder or harvester and still be able to lift out of water to service it. Without paying me to come by with trailer or having to buy trailer himself. I plan to introduce this as another package in the spring.

The only thing more fun than fishing is taking a kid fishing!