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Bait for mink #6735097
01/18/20 11:10 PM
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What's a good bait to put in a pocket set for mink?

Re: Bait for mink [Re: trapper314] #6735099
01/18/20 11:11 PM
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hand size hunk of carp pinned up out of the water in back with some grass over it.

Re: Bait for mink [Re: trapper314] #6735105
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] #6735110
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Bullhead


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Re: Bait for mink [Re: upstateNY] #6735113
01/18/20 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by upstateNY
Bullhead


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Re: Bait for mink [Re: trapper314] #6735114
01/18/20 11:17 PM
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Muskrat meat


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Re: Bait for mink [Re: trapper314] #6735127
01/18/20 11:22 PM
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Red fox gland lure on a stick stuck in the back top of your pocket hole will nab em.

Re: Bait for mink [Re: trapper314] #6735138
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 [Re: trapper314] #6735141
01/18/20 11:28 PM
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Muskrat is best I have used.


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Re: Bait for mink [Re: ] #6735144
01/18/20 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by bleeohio
Red fox gland lure on a stick stuck in the back top of your pocket hole will nab em.

Never tried that...


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Re: Bait for mink [Re: trapper314] #6735212
01/19/20 12:08 AM
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Carmans pros choice


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Re: Bait for mink [Re: trapper314] #6735220
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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 [Re: trapper314] #6735221
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Salmon heads.


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Re: Bait for mink [Re: trapper314] #6735223
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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 [Re: trapper314] #6735228
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Another skinned mink carcass cut up pieces, especially the liver. Ever notice that is what they eat first when they find a trapped mink the liver area.

Re: Bait for mink [Re: Boco] #6735756
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Originally Posted by Boco
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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Re: Bait for mink [Re: trapper314] #6735827
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Duck what's left after u take meet off or rat meat

Re: Bait for mink [Re: trapper314] #6735829
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Muskrat!

Re: Bait for mink [Re: trapper314] #6735848
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Muskrat or eel


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