Thread: Roach Trap?

I've never tried to make one, but I've heard of a cricket trap made from a 2 liter soda bottle. Cut the top 4" or 5" off the bottle and invert the spout end into the remainder of the bottle(with the cap off) and bait with a piece of apple. Lay the trap on the floor and crickets can crawl in, but not out. I don't know if it would work for roaches...can they crawl upside down and then out the spout? Do roach traps such as Roach Motel kill the roaches when they crawl in? I have very little roach experience...I would be too sissified to want to touch one putting on a hook

Jethro,

I imagine roaches could crawl in and out at will, but they might stay if there's food involved. I just don't know. I may be wrong, but I think most of the commercial traps also kill the roaches. I should probably just Google around a bit, but I hoped someone had actually tried it.

I don't think I'd want to mess with roaches caught around dumpsters or similar nasty places, but I wouldn't be any more concerned with roaches caught in the woods than I would with crickets or worms.

Do roaches bite?

I put out a coffee can one night with some bread soaked in sugar. I was trying to catch crickets. There were about 8 crickets and 20 roaches in that thing.

I'm not squeamish about bait at all (after all, maggots are my bait of choice), but there's no way I'd ever use roaches. There are lots of very effective and much cleaner baits out there.

Originally Posted by Bill Cooksey

I don't think I'd want to mess with roaches caught around dumpsters or similar nasty places, but I wouldn't be any more concerned with roaches caught in the woods than I would with crickets or worms.

Interesting, I didn't know roaches were in the wild. Learn something new every day.

Originally Posted by deathb4disco

I'm not squeamish about bait at all (after all, maggots are my bait of choice), but there's no way I'd ever use roaches. There are lots of very effective and much cleaner baits out there.

I agree. Plenty of other bugs to go with. Crickets seem like a good choice. I'll let you know this summer LOL. I am going to make a decent trap and take some fishing.

bill, the roach traps i used were dome shaped and had a round tin "throat" that stuck down into the trap. they had a metal bottom and the rest of the dome was wire like screen wire only stiffer. when they crawled up on the dome and fell down into the trap the tin "throat" kept them from getting back out. we built some square ones and i think you can still buy square cricket bait boxes that are mostly wire that have a large tin "throat that will slide up or down. they worked too. i baited them with slices of potatoes. i imagine the grocery stores now have a commercial pest deal taking care of all stuff like that now. you might ask around any older stores you know of and see if you could set a couple of traps and see if you can catch some. if they have them they'd be glad to have them trapped. and a roach story i have to tell and this is a true story.

a man from paragould, ark bream fished a lot and when the bream were on the beds and you were catching one right after another he would take a roack and stick it in the corner of his mouth and hold it there and bait his hook with another. when he caught a figh he had a roach ready to put on the hook and while fishing he'd catch another and put it in the corner of his mouth. he never got sick. i couldn't live like that.


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