This is a job anyone, especially the youth, can do. Yet several people whom I have taught the trade cannot do it on their own for fear that some witchcraft is involved. Regarding the equipment he uses in the job, Mpombe said that he needs hooks and steel wire of certain length. But these are only used to catch the reptile. He also uses chunks of meat as bait.
Dog meat is the best bait.
Crocodiles like it very much, but monkey meat is also good. The hooks and lengths of wire are mostly used only once. So they need to be replaced, something which costs money. During the rainy season the job is more difficult and dangerous because of floods. It is easy to catch crocodiles during the dry season because the rivers are shallow, he said.