Earthworms can be used as bait to catch eels in ground cages.
The eel is a bottom-dwelling fish that likes to dig holes in calm waters or slow-moving waters with muddy bottoms. During the day, it hides in underwater caves and remains motionless. It feeds at night, especially in summer. Feeds mainly on zooplankton, aquatic insects, crustaceans, small fish, etc.
Before using a ground cage to catch eels, you should select a bamboo tube of a suitable diameter as a bait tube, make several openings in it 6-7 cm long, then insert the captured earthworms. The bait tube should be inserted into the trap cage. Plug the mouth of the cage and finally place it at the bottom of the water to trap the eels. Weave the barbed bamboo strips into a bamboo cage. both ends of the bamboo cage are thin, the height is 30 to 40 cm and the diameter is about 15 cm. The lower opening is closed, the upper mouth is open, and the diameter is suitable to reach the hand. to make it easier to grab the eel.
Notes on catching eels in ground cages:
1. It is best to use earthworms as bait and take eel plants 2-3 times a night. of each cage.
2. When you place the eel catching cage in the water, the tail of the cage should be slightly exposed to the water so that the eel can breathe the air in the cage, otherwise it will suffocate or suffer. hypoxia. The eel cages are collected at dawn and the large eel plants are sold, while the small eel plants are saved as eel seeds. The eel plants captured in this way are healthy, show no injuries and have a high survival rate.
3. During the capture of artificially raised eels, nets of summer flowering fish species can be used to catch them. However, this type of mesh should be dense and the mesh should be soft so that it is not easy to damage the body of the fish and has a good catching effect. When fishing, aquatic plants in the pond are enclosed in a net. When the water rises, the aquatic plants are first lifted and the eels remain in the net. If you want to catch them all, you can use the whole net to catch 1-2 times first, then drain the water to catch them. You can often catch all the eels in the entire pond.
Please ask the master for advice on techniques and placement of eels in small cages. Not online.
Eels in ground cages can be kept for a month. According to the Health Tips website, eels are tropical and temperate fish.They are warm with strong adaptability and can be kept for one 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.
1. Tips: Put the earthworms inside, but wrap them with a cloth and tie them up. Place it on the edge of the pond, with the bottom of the cage facing down? diagonally, and the mouth of the cage must be on the water. Eels that enter this way will not die the next day.
2. The time is to put the cage in the evening and put it away in the morning.
3. Location: Know in advance if there are a lot of people visiting this pond. If there are people who often come to catch eels or call fish, then don'tDon't settle in this pond and choose abandoned fish. . pond.