Beav is right.
Altho I have a dyke on my trapline. Where I snare muskrats crossing it .High and dry.Water in both sides.

Now when actually trapping them do you guys try blending in your conibears at all in blind sets?

I blend in the sides a little.

Another point i see is that mink like to travel cover(doesnt have to have water in the cover) between larger bodies of water.

I would say no.

Mink can live in small streams and drainages and marsh land not so with the larger otter.
You may find mink living in otter habitat but you won't find many otter living In prime mink habitat.

Water sheds change with the seasons as do populations that can die or migrate, so for me personally, it doesn't seem worth my time to scout during the spring or summer months. It will seldom be a true indication of the population, come late fall or winter, when mink are prime. If I have that much time, I'll spend it fishing !

they do on Newt's line in Jersey. Otters and mink and rats in the same big marshes. Newt is the go to guy on that.

Nobody has came up with the first places I find mink sign.

Along a creek?

Boat ramps

The woods...

Well are ya gonna leave us hanging? Or do we have to pay?

The fish cleaning station.

I set alot mink traps on bridges. Not all bridges are mink bridges. Some mink pass under a bridge never to return again. Looking forward to minktoberfest. As Don Powell once said mink don't always do anything. Don't ever forget that.

I will say the number one mink set for me is not under a bridge. Every trapline varies to some degree. Always keep an open mind and never get stuck in your ways.

Must be a lot of fish cleaning stations in NJ...….none on my line.

"Sign"
In "Newt's World" means
Tracks
Scat
Trails
#1 -Places most likly where a target animal is most likly go as they make their way around their home range.
With mink,on a salt marsh .Tracks and scat are seldom found.

Dont ever rember making a set at a fish cleaning station.

who said anything about making any sets. We were talking about sign. I have even fed a few mink at those fish cleaning stations.

I will remember salt water marshes the next time Im on a coast trapping mink...…. No wonder nobody got that one.

Sign doesn't usually hang around long here either Newt. Water is always going up and down.

I scout when i'm setting traps. They're here, no sense scouting really.