I bought my ZTrap several years ago from Reel Texas Outdoors. The problem I had with it is the seams were just wired together and I considered the trap way too "wiggly". I took good quality construction adhesive and coated all the joints with a bead of adhesive. Trap is now very ridgid. I also spray painted the whole trap dark green / brownish to imitate pond bottom colors. Trap works very good when it sits relatively level. When the trap sits on a steep slope the catch rate decreases.
For on fairly steep sloping pond banks my best traping success is with using cylinder traps or oval opening homemade traps. I have many types and sizes of fish traps; many of them homemade. For sloping or steep pond banks,, I like the cylinder KTrap styles. I make many of mine with different mesh sizes 1/8" up to 1". KTraps - River Trap would work good for using wings attached to or close to the trap. The trap would then effectively be a Fyke Net.
NOTE Reel Texas Outdoors has a new ridgid version of the ZTrap. Shipping for me cost almost as much as the trap!
Last edited by Bill Cody; 09/17/25 10:21 AM.
