Welded Wire Mesh – Different Materials and Specs for Lobster, Crab and Fish Traps

A worker is lifting the crab trap and several crabs in the trap.

WMCT-01: Welded mesh crab trap is widely used for crab, lobster and fish harvesting.

Crab traps assist your crab or lobster harvesting profits.

As we all know, the crab and lobster are so delicious that they are popular food all over the world. The welded mesh crab trap can help you harvest as many as possible to make profit or eat more delicious food with your family. This type of crab trap is safe and obeys the local laws to ensure the crabs have enough time to breed and repopulate.

Crab trap, as its name says, it is a type of tough structure which is widely used for catching and trapping crabs, lobsters and others. This type crab trap is made of welded wire mesh panels. We adopt the high quality low carbon steel wires or stainless steel wires, which have high tensile strength and high quality. Then the steel wires are welded into panels with square openings. After welding, the welded wire mesh panels or rolls are galvanized and PVC coated for excellent corrosion and rust resistance performance and protect the trap from sea water and oxygenation.

Small meshes and escape vent designs are functional and it can effectively keep the crab, Lobster and fishes in the trap and release the infantile lives. The welded wire mesh can not only be made into crab traps, it can also be used as lobster traps, shrimp traps, pinfish traps, shellfish traps and other traps for lives.

A sketch map explains the detailed structure and how the lobsters are trapped.

WMCT-02: Welded mesh crab trap is high efficient and easy for trapping lobster.

How the crab traps work?

The crab traps usually comprise several parts: main cage, bait bag, entrance, escape vent and other customized parts. Place small fishes, meats or other baits into bag and throw the crab trap into sea or water and wait. When the crab, lobster and other fishes feel the delicious food, they will attempt to eat them. They enter the crab trap from entrance. The entrance are specially designed in funnel shape with large opening and small exit. When the crabs, lobsters and other fishes feel full and want to leave, they will find that the exit is not large enough for them to escape. Then more and more crabs enter the traps and cannot escape, it's time for your harvest.

One or two escape vents are designed for small crab, lobster and fishes escaping to ensure the normal breeding and repopulating.

A roll of galvanized welded mesh on the gray background.

WMCT-03: Galvanized welded mesh for crab trap.

A roll of green color PVC coating welded mesh on the gray background.

WMCT-04: PVC coating welded mesh for crab trap.

A roll of red color welded wire mesh on the gray background.

WMCT-05: Red color welded mesh for crab trap.

A roll of black color welded wire mesh on the gray background.

WMCT-06: Black color welded mesh for crab trap.

A roll of blue color welded wire mesh on the gray background.

WMCT-07: Blue color welded mesh for crab trap.

A roll of yellow color welded wire mesh on the gray background.

WMCT-08: Yellow color welded mesh for crab trap.

Using the welded wire mesh, you can make the crab trap into different shapes and can use the crab trap in different purpose, common shapes are as follows:

Square shape.
Circular shape.
Triangle shape.
Octagon shape.

A rectangular welded mesh crab trap on the white background.

WMCT-09: Square welded mesh crab trap.

A blue color circular welded mesh crab trap on the white background.

WMCT-10: Circular welded mesh crab trap.

A triangle welded mesh crab trap on the white background.

WMCT-11: Triangle welded mesh crab trap.

An octagon welded mesh crab trap on the white background.

WMCT-12: Octagon welded mesh crab trap.

Specifications of crab trap welded wire

Material: low carbon steel wire or stainless steel wire.
Surface treatment: hot dipped galvanized or PVC coated.
Zinc coating weight: 65 g/m² to 360 g/m².
Wire diameter: 11 gauge, 12 gauge, 12.5 gauge, 14 gauge or 16 gauge.
Mesh size: 1/2" × 1/2", 1" × 1", 1.5" × 1.5", 2" × 2", 2" × 3".
Roll size: 2' × 150' or 2' × 100'.
Colors: metal, white, yellow, blue, gray, green and others.

Features of crab trap

Thicker diameter and solid structure can prevent chewing and clawing by the crab or lobster.
Thicker surface coating has excellent corrosion and rust resistance.
Various colors is attractive and can attract the crabs or lobsters entering the trap.
Escape vents are designed for normal breeding of crab, lobster and other fishes.
Solid enough to be used in the salty ocean and waters.
The welded wire mesh rolls are supplied to customize the satisfied traps.
It can be cut into pieces and the structure will not loose.
Safe. There is no any sharp edge, which may hurt crabs, lobsters and fishes.
Environmental friendly. All the materials are recycled and safe and will not pollute the water and surrounding environments.

Applications of crab traps

Welded wire mesh can be made into various sizes with different mesh sizes and shapes to be used as traps for following lives:
- Crab trap.
- Blue crab trap.
- Lobster trap.
- Shrimp trap.
- Shellfish trap.
- Pinfish trap.
- Other fishes trap.
Crab trap is an optimum choice for lobstermen or lobster women for good harvest and make profit from this.
It is also suitable for recreation fishing fun for personnel.