A crustacean trap that includes a collapsible frame assembly surrounded by
a collapsible net body. The frame assembly includes a lower collar
perpendicularly aligned and attached to a hollow mast. The mast extends
upward from the lower collar and slides through an upper collar.
Pivotally attached to the upper collar are four radially aligned upper
legs. Pivotally coupled to the lower end of each upper leg is a lower leg
that is vertically aligned under the upper leg. Each lower leg extends
inward and pivotally connects to the lower collar. The upper and lower
collars are aligned and registered so when the mast is extended downward
through the upper collar, the upper collar and the lower collar separate
thereby forcing each upper leg diagonally downward from the upper collar
and forcing each lower leg horizontally outward from the lower collar.