Re: Bait for mink
[Re: trapper314]
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01/18/20 11:14 PM
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Serious minkers here use suckers(cut in 3rds),caught during the spring run and frozen til fall
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Re: Bait for mink
[Re: trapper314]
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01/18/20 11:22 PM
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bleeohio
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Red fox gland lure on a stick stuck in the back top of your pocket hole will nab em.
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Re: Bait for mink
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01/18/20 11:26 PM
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Jack mackerel for the smaller jobs a bucket of carp steaks for the bigger jobs.
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Re: Bait for mink
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01/18/20 11:28 PM
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Muskrat is best I have used.
Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
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Re: Bait for mink
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01/19/20 12:12 AM
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Best bait I ever used was salted bulkhead. Thought about eating myself they smelled so good and that was after they had been in the pocket set for 10 days.
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Re: Bait for mink
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01/19/20 12:13 AM
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Best bait I ever used was salted bullhead. Thought about eating myself they smelled so good and that was after they had been in the pocket set for 10 days.
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Re: Bait for mink
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01/19/20 12:25 PM
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Serious minkers here use suckers(cut in 3rds),caught during the spring run and frozen til fall Sucker is good bait, if a fella takes the time to get some. Muskrat is what I'll use though, but you have to go rat trapping first, lol. If I was to concentrate on mink instead of rats, I would make sure I stocked up on sucker , bullheads, and save any tulibbees from winter ice fishing. Muskrat carcasses get freeze dried if you try to store them for a year .
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