All you have to do to catch 'em is to get an empty gallon jug and close the cap up tight. Tie a weight to it, like a concrete block, to anchor it to the bottom (measure the rope, dummy!). Do the same with another jug, or use a tree on shore, and run a line between 'em. Tie lines of varying lengths to the horizontal line, and put weights, hooks, and corks on 'em (you can skip the corks if you want). Bait the hooks with stinkbait (raw liver, flour and cheese all mushed together and left buried for about 3 days works pretty good) or doughballs (bread and cheese mushed together). Check you lines every few hours.

Or toss handlines from the bank, baited as above.

Gad, these Canadians don't even know how to run a decent trotline....