Eels stored in ground cages can be kept for a month. According to the health advice website, eels are tropical and warm temperate fish and have strong adaptability. They can be kept for a month if there is humidity in the floor cage. The ground cage is suitable for use in rivers, lakes, ponds, reservoirs, streams, shallow marine waters, etc. It is mainly used for catching small fish, lobsters, eels, grouper, crabs and other fish.
The best way to catch eels in eel cages is to use earthworms and traditional Chinese medicine asafoetida.
Tips for catching eels in ground cages:
1. Weave bamboo strips with barbs into a bamboo cage with a height of 30 to 40 cm and a diameter of about 15 cm with thinner. ends. The lure cage has a closed bottom opening and an open top opening. The diameter is suitable for reaching the trap, making it easier to capture eels.
2. Bait production. Use a bamboo tube approximately 20 to 30 cm long and 6 to 8 cm in diameter. Do not open the internode at the bottom of the bamboo tube to avoid missing the bait. Cut several narrow strips of 6 to 7 cm to a height of 5 to 10 cm. 6 cm. These slots are called bait windows.
When releasing, you can place 4 to 5 cages per square meter of water surface. After 1 hour, start taking out the cages to collect the eels, then collect the cages every half hour. The rate of this method can reach 70-80%, and the survival rate of eels is also quite high.
Detailed information:
1 Use an eel-shaped eel catching cage 7
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The 7-shaped eel catching cage is usually placed in rice fields and water areas with aquatic plants to catch eels. It is generally placed before nightfall and harvested the next morning. The 7-shaped eel catching cage is suitable for diving, and the lantern-shaped eel is suitable for deep water catching. Eels like the shore when foraging at night, so eels should be as close to the shore as possible.
2. Needle hook eel method
Needle hook method is used to catch eels, which is suitable for lakes, ditches, ponds and other waters where eels are present . that it can be caught in one go. The sex needle can catch a large number of fish, and the hook is relatively easy to catch.
3. Eel cage trapping method
After inStalled the bait into the eel cage, the eel cage is usually released at 6-7 o'clock in the evening along the waters where the eels are found. coming and going — Close the cage at 6 o'clock. When setting up the cage, be sure to place the entire eel cage horizontally in the water one meter from shore, in culverts near tree roots near water, and in areas with aquatic plants .