Trap net location maps with net coordinates are available at Two Rivers - Manitowoc area boat ramps and bait shops.

Commercial Fishing Trap Nets are set off Two Rivers - Manitowoc and Sheboygan and in Door County. The nets are designed to catch whitefish and allow other non-target species to be released unharmed.

Two Rivers, Manitowoc and Sheboygan
Between June 29 and Labor Day the pots of the nets are set in water 75 to 150 feet deep. The leads extend towards shore into water shallower than 75 feet deep. The nets are anchored on the bottom and may be 45 feet high.

Click here for Two Rivers - Manitowoc Trap net coordinates

Flagging
Nets are marked with several flags. There is a single orange flag over the pot; a single dark colored flag in deep water off the pot; a pair of single orange flags at the end of the wings and a double orange flag at the end of the shallow lead. See illustration below.

Off Two Rivers and Manitowoc there is a flashing amber light above the double orange flag at night. 

Anchor Lines
Anchor lines extend beyond the flags 400 to 600 feet away from the net. The single dark flag may be 1200 feet from the pot and so may be difficult to see in foggy conditions.