Re: Waiting game for fishers
[Re: Wblineman]
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12/25/19 01:30 PM
12/25/19 01:30 PM
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Nessmuck
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Set up near a stream ...in a canopy of pine and hemlocks.....waited 3 weeks for them
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
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Re: Waiting game for fishers
[Re: pcr2]
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12/25/19 02:05 PM
12/25/19 02:05 PM
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Wblineman
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this guy was checkin a couple porkie trees almost daily.first spotted the sign in deer season and kept an eye on it.clear nights haven't been helpin with other critters though. Saw your post, good catch , couldn’t comment on it cuz I couldn’t get logged in. Thanks for the comments guys, I think it was Sunday I followed around a set a tracks for a while and made like 3 cubbies. It’s only been a few days and I’m not trying to sound Impatient (although I am excited !) I’m just kinda second guessing it. My cubby sets were made in hemlocks with some springs running through and then a small marsh at the bottom. It’s only been 3 days but I was anxious to see your guys experiences
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Re: Waiting game for fishers
[Re: Wblineman]
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12/25/19 02:20 PM
12/25/19 02:20 PM
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don403
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i say 5-7 days to make their route.but i had one take 31 days caught it on the last .
24coyotes,4 coon 3 grey fox,118muskrats,4 mink,6 fisher 23 beaver , 10 otter,4 bobcat
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Re: Waiting game for fishers
[Re: Nessmuck]
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12/25/19 05:05 PM
12/25/19 05:05 PM
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Posco
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Set up near a stream ...in a canopy of pine and hemlocks.....waited 3 weeks for them One of my sets is along a stream in a cedar swamp. Just checked it this morning and had one run by my set by just a few feet and it didn't even break stride. Second time in a couple weeks where they've run right by me on a couple different sets and didn't even slow down. They come through in the same general area but I don't have enough traps to plug all the holes. Sign shows up in different places every time they come through.
Last edited by Posco; 12/25/19 11:28 PM.
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Re: Waiting game for fishers
[Re: Wblineman]
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12/25/19 06:03 PM
12/25/19 06:03 PM
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Posco
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Why do you think their avoiding your sets ? I don't think they are avoiding them, I think they are missing the wind on them. I have a roadkill skunk wired above that set, have Skunk Junk and Gusto pasted on there, too. Wired deer scraps to the tree. I had one dance all over a set earlier in the year but it was after a snow/rain/freeze event. Fisher sign just showed up again the past two days so I regrouped a couple of sets and am hoping for the best. They seem to find every gap I have between my sets and I can't fill them all.
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Re: Waiting game for fishers
[Re: Posco]
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12/25/19 07:42 PM
12/25/19 07:42 PM
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To much skunk lure IMO. Just use the deer scraps along with a beaver castor/anise lure.
The only constant in trapping is change so keep learning.
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Re: Waiting game for fishers
[Re: bctomcat]
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12/25/19 07:50 PM
12/25/19 07:50 PM
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To much skunk lure IMO. Just use the deer scraps along with a beaver castor/anise lure. Thanks, bc. I have several sets out for fisher, all are baited with deer scraps due to a lack of beaver trapping. I use anise and beaver castor, too. I normally don't go crazy with lure but I knew I was on location and the trap had been setting idle for quite a while. Figured I'd have a better chance of catching their nose.
Last edited by Posco; 12/25/19 09:15 PM.
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Re: Waiting game for fishers
[Re: Posco]
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12/25/19 08:41 PM
12/25/19 08:41 PM
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Jeremiah Wood
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To much skunk lure IMO. Just use the deer scraps along with a beaver castor/anise lure. Thanks, bc. I have several sets out for fisher, all are baited with deer scraps due to a lack of beaver trapping. I use anise and beaver caster, too. I normally don't go crazy with lure but I knew I was on location and the trap had been setting idle for quite a while. Figured I'd have a better chance of catching their nose. Sounds to me like too heavy on the lure too (this coming from someone who makes and sells a skunky lure!) LDC certainly helps bring them in, but if you're dead on location, a little bit goes a long way. The last 3 fisher I've caught have been with very little lure use (lured 3-4 weeks ago and none since). I would try another set a ways back from your current set, bait only, no lure, and see what happens. Far as the OP question on timing, anywhere from 1-3 weeks for return visit in my experience. Also, I think walk-by's are pretty common. Seems like I'll have one walk by sometimes half a dozen sets, and suddenly decides to go into the next one. So many variables to consider, like how full is his stomach, is there something in your bait/lure/set that triggers curiosity etc, or something else distracts him halfway to your set. I think the key is lots of sets on good habitat and sign, variety of baits and lures, and patience.
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Re: Waiting game for fishers
[Re: Jeremiah Wood]
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12/25/19 08:47 PM
12/25/19 08:47 PM
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I normally don't go crazy with lure but I knew I was on location and the trap had been setting idle for quite a while. Figured I'd have a better chance of catching their nose. Sounds to me like too heavy on the lure too (this coming from someone who makes and sells a skunky lure!) LDC certainly helps bring them in, but if you're dead on location, a little bit goes a long way. Thanks, jwood. I didn't apply all of that lure all at once. This set has been on location for the better part of a month and I've added here and there as I've gone along. I always get cat and fisher sign along this stream bottom and was getting frustrated by the lack of sign. Still haven't seen a cat track there. The fisher didn't even break stride so I think it missed the wind. I haven't seen any evidence where it worked the set any time previously.
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Re: Waiting game for fishers
[Re: Fisher Man]
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12/25/19 10:01 PM
12/25/19 10:01 PM
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Leave your traps in place, you have such a short season, and fisher can take awhile to return. Try pre baiting before the season to get them coming and see which locations get hit. What he said.
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Re: Waiting game for fishers
[Re: Wblineman]
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12/25/19 10:34 PM
12/25/19 10:34 PM
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Nessmuck
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Posco....I trap the same running poles year after year. Are you in a new spot ? Are you on the ground with cubbies or leaning poles ? And a good storm front moving in will produce too. If the weather stays Un-eventfull ....it’s a waiting game
Last edited by Nessmuck; 12/25/19 10:36 PM.
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