Self Acting Traps

The self acting traps are built on the principle of the lobster pot. They have a more or less funnel-shaped entrance with the inner, smaller end suspended in space. Being away from the walls, the fish have very little chance of finding it as a means of exit. Some traps are baited and others unbaited. Some are rounded exactly like the lobster pot and have the entrance on top. page 450Others are cylindrical with the hole at one end, and others again are barrel-shaped with a hole at either end. Another form is shaped like a flat box. The technique ranges through twining, wrapped work, and basketry. On the whole there is a fair range of method though the self-acting principle is the same.