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Re: WI 2019 to 2020 [Re: CableAble] #6667510
11/16/19 06:34 PM
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Sold my big catch today of 62 rats to Guy for $199 just now, at least he did not scare me away from the truck with his prices. Saw the president at the stop as well, do not know what he did, he was behind me.


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Re: WI 2019 to 2020 [Re: CableAble] #6674746
11/24/19 10:09 PM
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Not sure where this photo belongs. Took my daughter deer hunting this evening and ended up checking some sets as we moved through the woods. No deer, but she was excited to fill this tag. 17 days of checking this set and it connected. Filled my otter tag as well on Thursday. Ice is back to unsafe conditions. Setting weasel boxes this week and waiting for good ice to come back around. Hope folks are still getting our to enjoy time outdoors! Weather has been weird this fall but that keeps it exciting!
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Re: WI 2019 to 2020 [Re: CableAble] #6687811
12/09/19 09:15 AM
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Took a buddy's 14 year old son out to see if the coon would move with the warm up this weekend. He has been wanting to learn to trap for a while but lived too far away till last month when they moved back to my area. Got 17 sets out for coon and 6 for mink. Got one coon and no mink but had a good time and he is very excited about taking trappers ed and hunters safety this coming year.

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Re: WI 2019 to 2020 [Re: Trap Setter] #6687979
12/09/19 01:25 PM
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I want to finish the coons I am fleshing for a friend today and early tomorrow if the call for jury duty does not come. I flesh in my unheated garage and after Tuesday AM I don't want to be in there. Looks like Wednesday one can walk on the ice, but doing so in about 15 below windchill or more makes the start of the hard water season quite miserable. Will find out how the hip does walking ice and moving through cattails.

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Re: WI 2019 to 2020 [Re: CableAble] #6688804
12/10/19 09:15 AM
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Any one know where Cable Able is, he usually kept this thread up pretty good all by himself. Good luck on the ice Bryce, I pulled everything Sunday on the river, promised single digits will do that to you, did get a coon and two rats Sunday.


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Re: WI 2019 to 2020 [Re: CableAble] #6688825
12/10/19 09:45 AM
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I believe Rollys sign was featured in a Wis Trapper Mag.... start snooping if you find it before me let me know


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Re: WI 2019 to 2020 [Re: RdFx] #6690169
12/11/19 04:47 PM
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Went to a large marsh Monday that was partially drained this summer. A few rats are concentrated in a small section so that will be a short and small outing. Just got back from staking and marking a new marsh I picked up this year. First year and marked 50 places, almost all feeders as with the snow no bubble trails. I have more to cover but 4.5 hours fighting cattails with a recovering hip was enough for one day. Need to call in for jury duty tonight. I have about 40% of the marsh yet to explore. If we get 3 inches of snow even push ups get harder to find.

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Re: WI 2019 to 2020 [Re: bblwi] #6692275
12/13/19 05:38 PM
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We finished marking the new permissions yesterday and marked another permission. We have about have about 70 sites marked in the one marsh. We got two sets in yesterday and 1 rat today. While setting today we found a dozen other places to set, so more traps for tomorrow. We set the other permission too, so we have about 100 sets out with another 10-15 to set tomorrow.

Just a great day to be on the marsh, no wind and warm. We had to do some different things as many of our 6-7 foot stakes could not reach solid enough bottoms with the water levels so high. we also had to put snare loops on our traps so they would not slide down the stake. We would not be able to reach them. Had to do that with the body grippers too. Some of our 8 foot stakes are about 6 inches above the ice.
Hoping for a nice check tomorrow.

Bryce

Re: WI 2019 to 2020 [Re: CableAble] #6692546
12/13/19 09:21 PM
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Finaly got back out got 78 out and first check is 44

Jeez Bryce you guys should have a darn nice catch! What are the sets mostly baited or what? You dont do any sleeveing do ya?



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Re: WI 2019 to 2020 [Re: CableAble] #6692581
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Good catch CableAble, no we don't use any baits. About 50 of the sets on the better marsh are in pushups with stoploss, no bait. The 25 body grippers we set right below the ice and we put colored duct tape on the triggers as most bubble trails are not visible due to cloudy ice or snow. We found two places where the run into the house was open so those are hot sites. Cant' go out further to set 3 in the run as the ice is too thin. I need to lose a few more lbs and the water is over 6 foot deep out there.
The one marsh is actually a lake and the water has risen so much it lifted the cattails out of the bottom and they are now floating. They can't move due to the ice but you shove a stake in and it goes down 3 feet, hits some bottom and then through for another 2-4 feet.
Good luck tomorrow.
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Re: WI 2019 to 2020 [Re: CableAble] #6692713
12/13/19 10:42 PM
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Yeah that's crazy the water is high here to my 4 foot stakes are mostly barely out of the water looking forward to your guys catch!

Re: WI 2019 to 2020 [Re: CableAble] #6693434
12/14/19 05:44 PM
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Poor first check. We had about 70 sets in the one marsh and caught 16 rats. I have never had so many plugged and snapped traps as we did today. Must have had 35-40 plugged or snapped! They are there we just did not have a good outing. Also we caught 3 kit sized rats, so repro is good but Catching $1.00 rats the middle of December is not what we were planning for.
The other place we got 11 out of 24 so that was better.
It was icy the AM. Had to scrape freezing drizzle off the windshields and side mirrors. Roads were not too bad but side walks were not good at all.

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Re: WI 2019 to 2020 [Re: CableAble] #6693543
12/14/19 07:15 PM
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Bummer! Yeah I dont know it's just me or what but I went along with a guy last year who had 30 sleeves set all stoploss like your and I dont know I blame the trap but he caught 10 rats and if it didnt have a rat it was sprung I think the coils do alot better in them I dont have hardly any sprung with no catch

Re: WI 2019 to 2020 [Re: CableAble] #6693563
12/14/19 07:36 PM
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Are you sleeving everything? Are you finding the entrance or just pushing through to the cavity? When we did It we just pushed through under water to the cavity but It was important to fill that void or every trap was clogged with debris.
Do a little research for me and let me know if there Is a pattern to where the entrance Is like maybe the Sw side of the push up.


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Re: WI 2019 to 2020 [Re: CableAble] #6693707
12/14/19 09:45 PM
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Sleeve in, I would recommend to enter with the rat through the plunge hole. Stake and chain off to one side and not in run. Remove feed if bed is to tall so trap sets in water. Throw away the stoploss, especially if the swamp has starchy rough chews.

Re: WI 2019 to 2020 [Re: nimzy] #6693728
12/14/19 09:58 PM
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I tried a few coils last year and had about the same percentages as I did with the stoploss. What I did not like about the coils is I did not have a longer spring to help direct the trap where I wanted it to go. We are trying to find the 2nd plunge hole or opening when we can. We have had better percentages that way, but today it did not seem to make much difference. Nimzy you may be right about the starchy material. Lot of bigger chunks in the piles.
I will do some research but I believe we are about 90% or better putting the trap through the hole or entrances the rats use. That is what we spud to find.

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Re: WI 2019 to 2020 [Re: CableAble] #6693743
12/14/19 10:12 PM
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Try palming the coil over the top by the jaws, reach in and wiggle and twist to bed trap. I like weakened coils.

Clean the cavity after a catch too.

Re: WI 2019 to 2020 [Re: CableAble] #6693834
12/14/19 11:18 PM
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I sleeve most stuff if I can yeah I do it just like nimzy said always try to find the hole every time you come in from a random side they plug it I've seen

Re: WI 2019 to 2020 [Re: CableAble] #6693856
12/14/19 11:35 PM
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What do you guys mean by sleeve? I'm not familiar with that term. Is that using gauntlets to feel up from the bottom?

Re: WI 2019 to 2020 [Re: CableAble] #6693948
12/15/19 01:13 AM
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You can enter the push up If you enter below the ice or water level with out damaging the push up.


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