Primitive Technology: Crab and Fish Trap

A simple project most people should easily be able to replicate. If you make lots of traps and put them in a long stretch of creek they should provide a modest daily source of protein.

For those interested the fish are purple spotted gudgeons (Mogurnda adspersa/mogurnda: likely adspersa as they have the latgest range distribution), the prawns are most likely East Australian river prawns (Macrobrachium tolmerum), the crab is a river swimming crab (Varuna litterata). Oh and the eels are longfin eels (Anguilla reinhardtii).

The OG wilderness survival channel that sparked an entire genre of content. Still the best. Well done sir.

I love the frog is like "Whatever, dude"

"The crab clings tenaciously to the basket requiring encouragement to leave" is probably my favourite quote from you so far.

Friendly reminder that by putting on subtitles you get a lovely explaination of everything that's going on 😊

I love that all of this stuff isn't in a complete vacuum. Getting to see the progress updates and updates after weather conditions is really cool to me. It's just a deeper peek into what it ACTUALLY takes to live and work and thrive in a "primitive" environment and lifestyle. It brings it all to life. Having a furnace to make pottery isn't just a drawing on a textbook page that exists forever. Its a real thing in the real environment and makes you realize that the tribe/village potters probably had to rebuild their furnace a couple times a year or more. People were constantly refurbishing and repairing dwellings and workspaces, and there were probably folks that were specialists in that. Pretty incredible to think about how complex and nuanced their society probably was compared to what the overall assumptions people have about primitive societies. Been following this channel for years and its one of about four channels I actually have post notifications on for.

I showed my dad your content before covid and he loved the concept so much that we binged all of your videos that evening. He passed away last month and seeing this video in my notifications reminded me of him. Thanks for that and have an awesome day.

What I've always loved about this Johns videos is he's not in it for views. This man is not trying to do ever more impressive builds. He's doing his hobby of recreating primitive technologies. That's it. We get to experience it by proxy. And honestly that's like 90% of the appeal: Simplicity. Enjoyment.

Every crab and fish is going “PHEW! It’s just a YouTube video!” 😬😱😀

5:06 >An interesting frog "Good day." 🐸

This video was over a year in the making, I love this channel so much. No spectacle, flair, or even bragging. Just the highest quality content every single time.

After all these years, its my first time seeing him catching food aside from planting, is he on creative mode?

My mistake with fish traps I guess has been using them in open water. Seems to work ok in a stream! I think the only truly effective open water trap is probably a big net.

Two years for ten minutes; other creators on this platform don’t stand a chance to this dude’s fortitude.

5:08 that frog really committed to the "I'm not a frog" act

I love that the frog was just chill about him being there

I love how he gently places the fishes back into water. You can really sense his love and respect of the outdoors

Frog is like "Can I help you, sir? Kindly Put me down. Thank you."

I can’t believe we still get new original content from this guy these days. I remember showing my dad his fire bow video sitting and watching with him when I was a kid. I wish the best for you man.