Wedge cone trap is made of split bamboo slats forming a tube
and locally called “Soak-cut”. The tube has a wide mouth fixed by a bamboo ring and a body that
tapers down to the closed end. The mouth has a diameter of 130 mm to 140 mm and at the opposite end
slat are bound together closing the tube. The wedge cone trap is approximately 500 mm to 750 mm long. The
trap is operated in strong current and narrow passages where the fish is swept into the trap. It
is wedged in the gear, as there is no maneuvering space to turn around and escape. The fish creeps into the
trap, gets stuck, and wants to move backwards, but is hindered in doing so by the force of the water current
and its own scales, fins and tail. It only catches bigger fish of roughly the size of the trap. The trap can
only catch one fish at a time the fisher commonly watches his trap in order to empty it as soon as there is
a fish caught. Wedge cone trap usually operated in river and stream
