You guys who catch over 100 coon a season. What is your prefered bait to take big numbers of coon? Do you switch up baits from earlier in the season to mid to late season???

Thanks for any info

Kevlar

I use the same bait all season. I have started running 70% blind set 30% baited set over the past few year though. This season I did change some things by making dirt holes for coons on pond levees. I took 4 big boar coons out of one dirt hole set using fox lure.

When you use baited sets what is your prefered bait?

KEv

Didnt catch 100 coon but carp and sucker was cheap,quick and easy to pop in a pocket set or dirthole.

All baited pocket sets in the fall with chunked carp or bullheads, my winter coni box line i run muskrat.

Fish, and muskrat. A fish oil trail will help alot.

I have used ground up ocean fish is pocket sets and baited 220 cubbies, but I have found a bait that I like better. It's called Blackie's Fatal Attraction, and it's a loud shellfish bait. For me it gets way better results... I've used it in a pvc set, a cage trap, and a pocket set. It might cost a litle more, but it doesn't take much at each set to get results, and the fur starts adding up. Just my opinion.

that fatal attraction is some good stuff. I like for the coon to see that big chunk of bait though, I think it makes them work the set a little better leading to better catch percentages, IMO. Espeacially in cold weather, you bein in MI and all we have close to the same weather, I believe big bait works well in cold when the coons are real hungry. Good luck.

puss-n-boots canned catfood is cheap, one can, can make quite a few sets, and it's put alot of coon up on stretchers for me.

This is the first year i ever got over a 100,The majority were caught in canine sets with fox lure.

Early I use ground carp suckers with acouple oz of sweet oil added to it such as persimmon or cherry or anise or a combo of two of them.Put your choice of oil in 6-8 oz of glycerine and dump in ice cream bucket of ground fish and mix up.
The other bait I use from nov 15th on is muskrat chunks in small buckets and dump in my favorite canine bait solution.This really hammers coon and works on mink and even an otter once in a while.This one has very little prep time so its fast and easy.

Mellows and Grizzers!

Cheepest bait around.

trout scraps from the local trout farm, then whatever muskrats get caught are used for bait also.

The problem I have down here is spoilage. I use to keep my bait frozen till I needed it. The problem with that is in a few days in the North Louisiana weather and you are catching possums. I read and article a few years ago in the T&P Caller about how this guy salted his bait to keep it through the season without having to freeze it. Well I tried it, and guess what. It not only worked to keep it through the season, but it keeps it fresh on the side of a tree, in a pocket set, or even a dirt hole. I did have problems this season with the fish from last year drying out to much and not having any or enough smell. I think it was because I put a lid on it and sealed it off to the out side air and humidity. I can shake the salt off and carry it to my sets in a small bag or how every. Once at the set all I have to do it dip in water and get it wet, the smell is back. Just make sure you use a plastic bucket.

Bullhead heads with a few drops of shellfish oil mixed together in ice cream buckets. Freeze them up and thaw out the night before you make sets. This will keep them fresh. I think coon prefer fresh bait over tainted.

over 100 coons this yr on nothing but lure,i like to mix it up with ringtail renegade,shellfish plus and skys the limit

What are yall calling bull heads? Down here a bull head is a mud cat catfish. I figure that this is the difference in the region. Just wondering.

Yes, I believe you are right.

Bull head, mudcat....same thing.

What the locals here in NC call a mudcat is a bullhead in New York. That's all I know

BTW..the taste just as good too!

All bullheads aren't created equal either...I don't remember which species..but the big ones I used to catch in Oneida Lake NY were no where NEAR as good as the little ones from the creeks!

Here's three different species of bullheads...

http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/fish/fishspecs/catfitxt.html#brownbullhead

...and here's pics of some good eating NC MUDCATS: