Some tips on catching eels in ground cages:

1. Production of luring cages: Use bamboo strips with barbs to make two traps with a height of 30-40 cm and a diameter of about 15 cm. The bamboo cage with a thin end has a closed bottom opening and an open upper opening. The diameter is suitable for reaching into the cage, making it easier to catch eels. At the lower end of the cage, 7-8 centimeters, weave 5-8 pieces of bamboo to form a small opening with a diameter of about 5 centimeters, so that the eel can freely drill in from the outside but cannot exit the cage.

2. Preparation of bait: Use a bamboo tube with a length of about 20-30 cm and a diameter of 6-8 cm. Do not open the internode at the bottom of the bamboo tube to avoid missing the bait. Use a bamboo tube with a height of 5-6 cm. Several 6-7 cm slits are opened around the window. These slits are called bait windows.

3. Bait equipment: eels like to eat fresh live bait. When using eel cages to catch eels, you must prepare enough fresh small fish, shrimps, live earthworms, pork liver or chicken liver, and Mix plant ash and put a small amount into the bait tube. The meaty smell slowly diffuses out from the bait window.

4. Put the tube to catch eel skillfully: Put the bait into the bottom of the bait tube, then insert it into the trap, and at the same time plug the mouth of the trap tightly with a wooden plug or grass ball. In the evening from June to October, 6 Around 7 o'clock in the morning, you can gently place the cage into the bottom of the pool, or place the bait cage next to the rice field ridge, and then press down hard to penetrate 3-5 cm into the mud. Place 4-5 cages per square meter of water surface. After 1 hour, start taking out the cages to collect the eels, and then collect the cages every half an hour. The fishing rate of this method can reach 70-80, and the survival rate of eels is also quite high. . To catch eels with this method, a person can place some traps in different places.