A fishing trough is used for almost any fishing. This is a very convenient device in order to be able to accurately feed the fish offshore.
The first fishing trough, which appeared almost half a century ago, was a so-called “cage”. It got its name due to the fact that it was made from pieces of wire fencing.
It was quite voluminous and bulky. Today, the fishing trough has acquired a more streamlined and beautiful appearance, but has not lost its purpose and name. Its main functional property is that fish food stuffed into it slowly leaves through its leaky “body”.
"Cage" and today throughout the CIS is the most popular packaging for bait. However, modern varieties are already made of steel wires, which are usually thinner than their ancestors.
In addition, the appearance has changed: today's fishing trough is painted, and a load is pressed into its base.
This device has many different sizes and shapes, in addition, it is provided for various fishing conditions. Today, plastic versions of "cells" are also being produced, which are used mainly in shallow water and in stagnant water bodies.
There are two types of plastic fishing trough: open and closed.
The latter has only a few holes in its body and is intended for delivery to the fishing point of animal feed - bloodworms, dung worms, maggot and others.
Many experienced fishermen know how to make a fishing trough. These are quite heavy devices, so they quickly sink to the bottom of the reservoir, where they remain at all times of fishing. A fisherman can periodically fill it with the same bait, on which he catches. Typically, the feeders are in the immediate vicinity of the hook, so the feeding must be carried out very carefully, especially in places where the flow is fast.
A properly assembled set of equipment makes it possible to throw a container fifty or more meters, which gives the fisherman a significant advantage in cases where the fish feeds far from the shore in a lake or wide enough rivers, where other methods are impossible.
Homemade fishing feeders are made primarily from plastic bottles. However, they have one drawback - they are thin. Therefore, some anglers use more dense materials, for example, folder folders. Even in this design, a small strip of lead is used, as well as a wire.
If the fishing trough is made from a bottle, then you need to get the right cylinder out of it with the help of scissors, on which holes are made with a soldering iron. And the lead assembly is made of lead so that the final weight of the device is almost two hundred grams.
In the manufacture of the feeder, it is not necessary to take a plastic bottle as a starting material. For this purpose, any plastic box, for example, from a film preserved in a closet, is suitable. Some entertainers use female curlers for this, which already have factory openings.
Such a homemade fishing trough usually works no worse than the factory one.