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FISHING
The Danielson Company was founded in 1943 by Gus and Lillian Danielson out of a need to to provide anglers with the best products to enhance their fishing experience. Danielson builds the finest terminal tackle, lures, accessories and crabbing items.
Danielson 24" Fold-Up Crab Trap
The Danielson 24" Fold-Up Crab Trap is every crabbing enthusiast’s favorite accessory. Just pack this fold-up crab trap and get ready to have loads of fun during crabbing adventures. This fishing accessory is made of steel wire which has vinyl coating for a reliable and long-lasting marine-grade use. Designed to withstand rough marine use, this fishing gear is lightweight and not-at all bulky, so you can carry it anywhere you go with utmost ease.
- You Can Enjoy Crabbing with Utmost Convenience
- Trap Has Four Entrance Doors and Two Escape Rings
- This Foldable Crab Trap is Manufactured of Vinyl-Coated Steel Wire
SPINNERS
The Danielson heavy spinners are perfect for both slow rolling or fast moving rivers and streams, lakes, ponds and anywhere you fish. Perfect for Trout, Salmon, Steelhead, Bass, Walleye, Pike, Slab Crappie and anything else.
RIGS
These rigs have two handcrafted shrimp flies, great for trolling, jigging or jetty fishing. They also come with a barrel swivel for mainline hook-up and a snap swivel for attaching a sinker.
CRABBING
Danielson's exclusive crap products are a favorite of sport and recreational crabbers throughout the Pacific Northwest.
CDP's Onceagain habit of purchasing
2025-09-06 11:13:40
This Danielson FTC Fold-up Crab Trap is 24-inches square and made of coated thick gage wire. The corners of the side panels latch with loops of wire to the top and bottom. The top, sides and bottom are made of heavy metal plastic coated and are quality made to last. My trap did not come with a bait cage, so I will use a piece of stainless steel wire to thread bait on to and make it latch closed. I applied some hog rings where necessary. It has two escape rings for small crabs with one being designed for Crab removal. It has a fall-away rot-cord system to disable the trap should it not be retrievable, and this can be made more effective with one stainless steel hog ring. This coated trap will last for years and provide many crabs for the pot.I am just a recreational crabber and will only have a few traps and this one will last. For about $20 it is a good bargain delivered by Amazon Prime for free. Constructed of vinyl-coated steel wire. This trap measures 24-inches L x 24-inches W x 13-inches H and it folds flat for transport and storage, if you want to disassemble it down to shipping size. It has four entrance doors, which are 9.5" x 4.5", that close after the crab enters.When I received the trap, the plastic split cylinder hinges were not placed so the door would remain centered. The cylinders of split plastic were placed on the wires so the doors would slide to one side and leave an opening for escape. About 5 minutes of removing and replacing the split cylinders, solved this problem. This is an issue for Danielson's quality control of assembly to address, if they want their products to be better received by the buying customer. I still plan to buy a couple more of these Danielson crab traps as they seem to be the best I've found, for the price paid, $21.77, delivered from Amazon Prime.Since purchasing this trap and one of the Danielson Pacific Crab trap, I feel the Pacific is the better deal, basically the same trap with a glow bait cage and the top has a hinged opening for removal and baiting, also the doors are Glow coated also. Best deal and a better looking trap.
Mr. E
2025-08-14 12:07:41
I recently bought several of these because I have a smaller sized boat and needed to conserve space. These are good quality and fold up flat nicely. I stack 9 of them up against the wall of my boat and bungee cord them to keep them in place. Light weight, sturdy, quick to use, and more importantly... they caught me some crabs yesterday. Used in Oregon state and fish and wildlife officer checked them when I was coming in and confirmed they were good. Not sure about other states but I'm all set with these here in Oregon.
TMS1950
2025-08-10 17:57:36
Once I figured out where to set the trap and how to bait it, this trap worked great and was made from vinyl coated wire mesh. I did have to buy a separate bait cage from Amazon (not sure why it doesn't come with one - otherwise the trapped crabs eat up all your bait in a short time.) I took off one star for that.I bought a buoy and line at a local fishing store - caught a bucket of pinfish off the beach (you can use chicken necks and gizzards in lieu of fish) and loaded the separately purchased bait cage with the fish. Only a couple of small crabs the first few days so I kept moving the trap around until I found a hot spot and the right depth (~6 feet at mid-tide in this case.) I did put my name and information on a piece of paper and laminated it in plastic and zip tied it to the trap so nobody would "accidently" pick up my trap. I have attached a photo of my first three "keepers" in my boat's bait well. Crab salad tonight!
Jim Moyer
2025-08-07 15:38:02
I have used several different crab pots over the years and these by far are the best for the money. I have spent hundreds of dollars on fancy heavy pots and I have had better luck with these.
michael Scheu
2025-08-04 11:43:00
I got these thinking they were a higher end trap, but after putting them together, I found that they were quite floppy. You can cinch down the hooks at the edges, but it only does so much, and makes it really hard to collapse them for storage. Plus, there is no separate door. To sort crabs you must either open an end (hard to do after cinching down the hooks) or reach through the small doors. These will catch crabs, I know guys that run them, but I sent them back and got nicer ones from bi-mart.
gamecock88
2025-08-01 18:48:13
Bad design. Tried using this on the coast of South Carolina for blue crab where the minimum is 5 inches. A 5 inch plus crab can easily slide back through these large squares. I went to a local hardware store and bought a wire type and it consistently out performed this thing for 6 days now. I've averaged around 10 keepers per day in my wire trap and 1 in this one. This one doesn't have a bait basket or well so you have to have some wire to hold the bait in and the it's still easily pulled free by blue crabs. This might work elsewhere but if you're crabbing SC, find a different trap. You will pay $50 plus for a decent trap but it's worth it when you're catching and not just feeding the crab.
Jeff basham
2025-06-16 21:51:31
Crab trap worked great. I added a little weight and cut the clips on one side of the door so I could use the breakaway string to make it legal in California.
andrew e. goodman
2025-06-13 15:45:58
We bought two of these to go crabbing while on the Oregon Coast. We had looked to purchase some in various towns as we travelled, but the price was always so high. This is the same quality trap we found in the shops, but for much less money!At first we were concerned about the ropes that held the escape hole together (for tiny undersized crabs to escape), but we learned from a local that they're intentional. If a rope broke and the pot was left on the ocean floor, the ropes would eventually deteriorate to humanely let the trapped crabs out.This is a great purchase, and much cheaper than renting in town if you're planing on crabbing for more than a day.
Greenthumb
2025-05-21 10:32:03
Product arrived in less than 2 days and took about 2 minutes to assemble. I reinforce the back and sides with zip ties just because I will be using everyday all summer. Left the trap out for about 12 hours. Almost sunk my kayak it had 22 crabs inside. Half were undersized but I was expecting 2 or 3 lol.
Steve Houssart
2025-04-27 10:01:04
Great Piece of Kit!
Marge Emery
2025-03-29 15:53:03
I haven't used this crab pot yet but it looks like it is good quality and will last for many years.
Alissa Korberg
2025-03-14 18:56:34
Well designed and well constructed!
True and Honest
2025-02-16 17:26:21
It is easy to assemble/fold, but I wish it was more compact once folder. The top and bottom faces are 24x24, but the trap folds into a flat pancake with an inconvenient area of 30x24, so make sure it fits your storage. I assumed there was a way to fold it smaller, but I'd have to mod it to do so.To fold: Two of the four lateral faces are smaller and fall down flat onto the bottom face inside the cage. The other (4) faces hold together and collapse the way you'd flatten a cardboard box. I was hoping that faces could be detached completely, but they don't. You will need to use a bungee cord, or coil the crab line around the trap in order to have it remain truly flat -- it naturally wants to spring back open slightly.The contents are easy to access. Two of the sides swivel open, like the flap of a mailbox, giving you an opening that is 24x13 into the cage.The cage will still retain its shape with one flap up (so it doesn't collapse on your catch, unlike other accordion type cages). One other comment mentions the sides might be difficult to open over time when rust accumulates. I can neither confirm nor deny that (yet), but having an opening at the top would probably rust equally just as much.There is a ring on the top face that is pre-attached with an escape cord, aka rot cord. That's a nice feature, in case you lose your trap, but the escape area is very minimal. On the top face there is a second ring, but that one is welded on there. It is optional, but you can make the trap more responsible by freeing that ring (with a small hacksaw), and re-attaching it with rot-cord. This will double the potential escape area.The door hinges move freely and well. But the doors don't always return to their original closed position. The bottom of the doors can catch onto the bottom grid, leaving a partly closed door. Adding a 1-2oz pinch lead weight to the doors helps with that and is a trick to help doors stay closed in the face of tidal/underwater currents. Another option is to trim a few mm off the bottom door stems so it doesn't catch on the bottom.
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