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I just got back from deployment a couple of weeks ago and headed up to the lake last Sunday evening with my wife and son. Didn't catch anything, it was my sons first time fishing and he had a blast he's two. We didn't fish for very long, saw a few people at the boat ramp catching quite a few fish more than I'd ever seen caught in 10 minutes there. My starting battery didn't hold the charge so I swapped it with my trolling battery. Headed back again Sunday, hopefully things will go smother and I'll actually get to fish a little bit. My son had a blast, I got him a little sponge bob pole but he didn't want anything to do with it, had to use the team diawa baitcaster and team diawa rod. Every time I'd try squeeze a few casts in he'd want the rod I was using. Next time I think I'll have to tie a string from his life vest to my rod. My heart would skip a beat every time he'd lunge the rod over the edge of the boat. Now everytime we get out of the truck he wants to sit in the boat before we go in the house.

Not much of a bait fisherman but I was thinking of making a tilapia trap. Anyone know any good places on the lake to use it? I was thinking on just about any ponit would be ok.

Looks like there are quite a few new posters. Glad to see it.

First, glad to have you back. Thank you for your service. You can make a fish trap or for about $10.00, Sports Authority sells the black baskets. Or check out http://www.hawaiibassfishing.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1109.

Thanks for the tip.

Last time I looked for traps, Sports Authority was sold out. You can order them from Bass Pro but have to wait... and shipping $$. You can make your own bait traps quickly and cheaply using big soda bottles. Look it up on You Tube and search " how to make minnow traps. Lots of kids post their projects. I just looked at a bunch, then modified it. They work just as well as the store bought ones. The mosquito fish love bread and portugese sausage as bait. I still get my tilapia with a long pole with a net duct taped to the end. Throw the bread... wack the tilapias. Game over ! I catch mine in town in streams that connect to the Ala Wai, but you can catch them in Pearl City or Waipahu. The tucs are starting to hit the tilapias lately. Good luck and welcome back !

I got mine at Nanko's over in Kaneohe... give them a call to see if they have any in stock.
The $6 one...


The $10 one.

I just wanted to pass along something that seems to work for me.

In the top picture the minnow trap is set in shallower water so the entrance holes are just under the surface. The bread (bait) floating on the waters surface is at almost the same levels as the entrance holes of the trap. Mosquito fish and even talipia swim right into the trap.


In the bottom picture, the minnow trap is set in deeper water. The bread (bait) floats up to the top of the trap and the fish feed on it through the wire... not many fish go deep and around through the entrance of the trap to get at the bread.

I've used both a black basket and galvanized at the same time. It seems I consistently catch more fish in the galvanized one. BPS sells the galvanized one via mail order and several places sell the black one locally.