Hello everybody,

Does some of you have already collected shells with baited traps?
I would like to have a few tips to build some in order to collect night and decay-eater seashells (like Mitridae) in tropical lagoons.

Do you need a licence? What materials? What shape/volume? How to set one way doors? etc.

Thank you in advance.

Happy end-year holidays!
Conchylinet

Hello,

I have done some traps one time just for fun. Here is what I made : I used an empty plastic bottle. I inserted a piece of wood. Inside of course bait (old dead fish)/ i made small holes in the bottle and put that in the sand. i also added weights to be sure to find the trap at the same place. The trap have to be burried at 90% to avoid fish attacks or crabs attacks.
During the night many species will come like Olividae,Mitridae,... It's funny to do but as I do collect cones and cowries, I do not use these
As yo ucan see it's cheep

In the morning you just have to search near the trap, the shells are burried around it

bye
DAVID  
ps: it's not really a trap, but it helps to catch shells too  

--Last edited by David Touitou on 2007-12-31 14:43:09 --

Thanks for the tip David,
I will try that.

How far/deep are the shells buried around?

Conchylinet.

Hello,

Very close don't worry