Occasionally I like to wander round my place to see what sort of junk I have, which I might add most should be thrown away but you try telling a Thai that, although, I do have a cunning plan on how to get rid of some of the more rubbishy junk we have, anyway I came across some fish traps, I assume the Thai fish trap is pretty much the same as fish traps in the rest of Asia, probably the only difference now from 100 years ago is the nets are not hand made anymore.
Anyway here is the first fish trap, interwoven bamboo, about 25cm high so not for catching the big fish, probably need quite a few of these traps if you wanted to make a meal, I assume you just chuck some bait inside and then put the trap in a river or klong.
The top bit comes out to get your fishes out, note it is funnel shaped to dissuade them from escaping once they are in there.
Must be a lot of work to weave one of these.
These fish traps aren't mine and are for sea fish, supposedly this one is for squid, they see the plastic in the trap and have to eat it, I notice that a lot of Thai squid has bits of what seems to be hard plastic in it, or maybe thats just another part of its body?
Loads of fish traps in Rayong ready to go out for a days fishing.