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mink trappin bait #352663
09/29/07 09:31 AM
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i got ten bags of chubs and suckers my son has been catchin in a near by creek they should be good for mink i just froze them hole then i'll cut them into pieces when season starts welder


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Re: mink trappin bait [Re: welder] #352683
09/29/07 09:56 AM
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Should work well. My favorite is muskrat carcass.


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Re: mink trappin bait [Re: Sledgehammer] #352687
09/29/07 10:03 AM
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don't have any of those yet will try this trappin season


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Re: mink trappin bait [Re: ] #352832
09/29/07 01:02 PM
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Sledgehammer has a good point using muskrat. I save mine in plastic gallon ice cream buckets and freeze until ready to thaw and use...I can usually fit 5 or 6 carcasses in there. I cut them in half and use in mink boxes when the snow flies. Also, blood from the muskrats pools in the bottom and I pour it off into squeeze bottles to freshen up weasel boxes. Remember to gut the rats before putting them in the buckets or they will spoil faster and lose freshness.

Re: mink trappin bait [Re: ] #352949
09/29/07 03:35 PM
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Carp, trout, salmon or any fresh oily fish.

Re: mink trappin bait [Re: LT GREY] #352950
09/29/07 03:35 PM
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Muskrat or even mink carcas.

Re: mink trappin bait [Re: LT GREY] #355680
10/02/07 08:55 AM
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I add mink gland to mine..some trappers don't but I do on a lot of sets.

Re: mink trappin bait [Re: LT GREY] #355724
10/02/07 10:26 AM
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"Fresh" or "Fresh Preserved" are The "Key" words here......


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Re: mink trappin bait [Re: Vinke] #355735
10/02/07 10:39 AM
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I use creek chubs often. I don't cut them up though I think they have a fresher smell used whole with out the guts exposed. Fresh frozen muskrat and mink are my other two go to baits for mink.

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Re: mink trappin bait [Re: ] #355788
10/02/07 11:57 AM
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I have caught about $600 worth of mink in the last 2 weeks but I do not use bait.... I am more comfortable just making blind sets.

Re: mink trappin bait [Re: Barkstone] #355792
10/02/07 12:07 PM
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LAST TWO WEEKS??? You trappin' September mink, Barky?


You must be doin' ADC work, trapping fish ponds........? I don't know?

Re: mink trappin bait [Re: LT GREY] #355810
10/02/07 12:30 PM
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Yep ADC work, stopping the Koi eaters....

Re: mink trappin bait [Re: Barkstone] #355840
10/02/07 12:56 PM
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Good thing you clarified that......I was worried about you! ha! \:\)

Hey how about getting some photo's and/or a story over on the ADC forum? We'd all love to hear about it....(I would anyway).

Re: mink trappin bait [Re: LT GREY] #356399
10/02/07 09:16 PM
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Barkstone,

All of the above bait work great. I believe that a pockets set has more to offer a mink. But dont pass up those good blinds sets. once you find a good blind set that is structure (bridge wall rock, fence, rubble pile & ect. Keep an invantory there great year after year.

After you have caught your mink. I use the Skinned male rear quarters & the whole female mink in my pockets. And I always take my knife & cut the rear gland before putting them in my pocket set.

One other bait I found to be fair pocket bait is "deer" There are pleanty of road kill on my trapline. It works as a great change up if you stay in one spot for long.

"Minnow"

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Re: mink trappin bait [Re: minnow] #356456
10/02/07 09:58 PM
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thanx all info will help


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Re: mink trappin bait [Re: welder] #356493
10/02/07 10:16 PM
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Vinke,

Do you care to elaborate, on what are the keys, to fresh and fresh preserved? \:\)

THanks,

Krusty

Re: mink trappin bait [Re: Krustyklimber] #356537
10/02/07 10:49 PM
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Krusty, Mink have low tolerance to food type poisoning and seek fresh food out.......When available ....is my understanding..... Also I have never caught an otter on "Old" bait


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Re: mink trappin bait [Re: Vinke] #356555
10/02/07 11:11 PM
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Carp chunks, Small Bullheads with stinger clipped, or a Weasel carcass is what you would find in my pocket set's.

Re: mink trappin bait [Re: ] #356599
10/03/07 12:15 AM
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Vinke,

Thanks.

Lucky for me, I have access to a fair supply of fresh muskrat carcasses (as well as half a dozen, frozen the day they were caught). And a good supply of beaver meat (one 58 pounds, and one 38 pounds, before skinning).

I also have some slightly tainted frozen beef (stew chunks), I guess that's what I'll use in my weasel boxes.

Krusty

Re: mink trappin bait [Re: Krustyklimber] #356677
10/03/07 07:17 AM
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Smelts and eel are tied for top spot on my list.

I find smelts will dry out as opposed to rotting yet still give off a good fishy smell.

Eels for the same reason, and like beaver flesh I find eel will still give off a good smell when frozen.


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