AboutMongo Expertise I can answer most basic questions concerning predator trapping and some water trapping. Questions about lures, baits, sets, traps, trap treatment, modification, sizes, equipment, usage, etc. I have been certified by the Okla. Dept. of Wildlife Conservation, First Okla. Trapper`s Assoc., and the Okla. State Univ. Extension Service as a trapping instructor, and in years past have given classes to people wishing to learn the sport...I also have a number of years experience in predator calling and can provide some basic answers to these questions as well.
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Past/Present clients As far as teaching what I know to others. I take this to be what you mean here... I have helped my son, and son in law, as well as a number of others in this area, to get started in trapping and predator calling... I have had personal instruction from professional government ADC specialists, and I have 30 years experience running my own traplines, and over a half century of experience in the outdoors...... I have a friend who is a troop leader with the Boy Scouts. In the past I have done several demonstrations on trapping and predator calling for the boys, and on a number of occasions have helped the troop to set up and run a trapline during the winter, with proceeds going to the troop.
Question I was wondering if i could make fish oil from this method. I'll have a clean 5 gallon bucket(the fish inside)with the lid on, a plastic tube going from inside the bucket sealed with epoxy to a milk jug with water inside. I heard the gases can escape through the tube, but flies can't get into it because of the water. Will this method work?
Answer Good Morning Jake,
Jake, the method you are talking about using should work... Just make sure that the bucket's lid is sealed completely air tight...and that the tube is well above the fish in the bucket, but down under the water in the milk jug, and with no lid on the milk jug...and check regularly to make sure the jug stays full off water and the tube stays at the bottom.
The only "possible problems" that I could see are that all of this must be put somewhere that pets, other animals, or children can't get to it while it is "making"...and...after it is finished "making off", getting the fish oil out of the 5 gallon jug and into smaller bottles that you can carry on the trapline with you, while straining out the solids, and without making a mess...and...with it being in a 5 gallon bucket, being able to check it to see when it is finished and ready to be bottled....... If you have got these figured out, then you should be good to go with your method.
