Abstract: A fish trap system comprising a support having a lower end and an upper end with a pivot pin therethrough. A fishing rod has a reel end with a reel couplable thereto and an eye end with a first eye coupled thereon with line extendable from the reel through the fist eye to a hook with bait. The fishing rod further having an aperture at its central extent for pivotally coupling to the pivot pin with an end aperture facing downwardly adjacent to the first edge. Also included is a trip rod having an interior end pivotally coupled to the lower end of the support and having an exterior end with a second eye in proximity to the first eye on the side thereof remote from the reel. The trip rod has a supplemental pin adjacent to the exterior end extending upwardly received in the end aperture of the fishing rod. A resilient member is provided in tension coupling the first end of the reel rod and the lower end of the support tending to urge the reel end of the rod downwardly.