STREAMCRAFT 



quarter-inch. You transport it in the flat and 

 set it up simply by lacing the edges together 

 with wire or cord. The main piece measures 

 20 by 31 inches; this makes a cylinder 20 inches 

 long by about 10 inches in diameter. The funnel 

 end in the flat, is of the shape shown, having a 

 6i/2-inch radius and a 2-inch hole. The other 

 end may be a circular 

 piece of 10 inches in di- 

 ameter. Anchor with a 

 stone attached to the bot- 

 tom by a short piece of 

 heavy cord; and a small 

 wooden buoy secured to 

 the upper side may mark 

 its location. Point the 



Making a portable minnow trap, funnel end downstream. 

 Pattern for funnel end 



For lake use you may 



make it with a funnel entrance at each end. 

 To remove your catch partly unlace at the end. 



Upon occasion minnows may be scooped up 

 by sweeping through a school with a fine- 

 meshed landing-net, most successfully in the 

 shallows at night, by aid of a flashlight; or they 

 may be captured singly by stunning them by 

 hitting with another, good-sized stone the one 

 under which they have darted to hide. 



It has been stated that fifteen to twenty 

 minnows, from two to two and one-half inches 

 long, can be kept alive all day in a corked quart 

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