Taking a sticky bait, smearing it against a rock/bridge wall/vertical bank, and setting your trap in the water in front of it.

thanks Nick

nick is there reason your not targeting the mink up there?would think you guys would have a ton to catch.

LOL, We do have a pretty darn good mink population. I just want to catch coons at the beginning of season and do it quickly, nothing more, nothing less.

Conibear cages with sweet bait or fish depending on the location.

i c nick does make more since to let the mink prime up,was just wondering,as i knock out all the coons i can in iowa the first 10 days then come back to missouri and hit it hard.

Snare in a trail or pocket set w\fish.

nick i love smear sets .... if i were you (if legal) id run a 220/snareline if ya want speed !!!

What exactly is a smear set? Lure or bait rubbed on a log, rock, or bank?

did any of you see matt jones demo in goshen? that looked pretty slick. plan on giveing it a try in november. two #11 on one stake with a cat fish for bait. said he gets alot of doubles.I think coon in kentucky are just easy to catch.

That is correct, with a trap staked just below it, usually under the water.

I use pocket sets pvc pipe shoved in the bank and a set thats called a shelf set you take a
shovel and shave the bank down till you have a shelf then take
your trowel handel and punch a hole with it squirt fish oil
in it and shove a film canister with lure or bait in it next to it and just set your trap.
If you put your holes high enugh it will take alot of rising
water and still take coon.For dry land I like coni boxes and dirt hole sets and cubbie sets too.

my favorite is a simple dirt hole set with pvc as my bait holder

hammer the pvc in the ground then then put bait in the pvc i use jac mac for mine with my coon paste recipe bed the trap and stake it down

Like everyone has said fish oil is hard to beat, but i do alot of my coon trapping with my own lure i made about 6 years ago, and it works just as well with out the grinners and cats

Slap set or smear set fast and easy and on to the next creek. Coon trapping is not rocket science, just hard work. Any ole fish will do, no need to get crazy with fancy stuff. Fish or fish oil.

For me hand down pocket bait with dog food, or any type of fish, i usually use coon [Please excuse my language... I'm an idiot] also, take the stick dip it in the bottle and stab it in the ground over hanging the pocket

Bodygrip in trails Quick, simple, and very effective. It dosent get any easeier.

little grizz/sardines

Trench pocket set. Prepaired fishy/sweet bait, and 4 0z. of one of my lures in a pint of fish oil or crayfish oil. Dig pocket deep and bed trap deep. Trench gives coon no options but the trap pan for foot placement, deep pocket keeps coon working until caught, deep trap avoids flipped traps and produces better pad catches, use of a lot of different odors that drive coon crazy stop every coon that passes. I have used practically every coon set over the years (fish stick, smear set, 220 trails, snares, buckets, cubbys) and none have been as efficient as the trench pocket. Coon trapping is my livlihood for four months of the year. I had to develope a set that produces the most coon in the shortest amount of time.

I know you sell a video Dave, but can you elaborate more on this trench pocket? I'm having a hard time putting the image in my head.