Re: Float trapping
[Re: newfox1]
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03/15/20 07:13 PM
03/15/20 07:13 PM
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Posts: 46,433 james bay frontierOnt.
Boco
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Are your traps held on the float in any way or just set on the board?
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Float trapping
[Re: newfox1]
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03/16/20 07:13 PM
03/16/20 07:13 PM
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Joined: Mar 2016
Posts: 3,886 lewis county,new york
newfox1
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lewis county,new york
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Whartonrat 70hp,the rats are usually hanging under the board. Trapalaska,I put lure on the outside pieces of parsnip,no problems with coon occasionally a mink will eat one Trapperrev, my boards are 40” rough cut 2x8 get 3 from a ten footer,2x6 are to tippy and don’t handle the boat wake as well 2x10 gives rats to much room to get by traps. Had a great day got to spend it on the river with one of my buddies, water went down about 2 feet few boards were beached, nice otter in 220 and ten rats today ,I’m headed to shed .
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Re: Float trapping
[Re: newfox1]
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03/17/20 09:29 AM
03/17/20 09:29 AM
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Posts: 548 NY
whartonrattrappe
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I’m headed to shed . Nice catch, I'm sure you are, like I am, happy to be able to enjoy spring trapping for a change. The last few years have been either froze up or very unstable weather. Now we'll see how good my memory is...will there be PBR in the shed?
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Re: Float trapping
[Re: newfox1]
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03/17/20 09:35 AM
03/17/20 09:35 AM
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Posts: 28,978 potter co. p.a.
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i'm a watchin and lovin it.spent many,many summers on black lake.i'm floating in my kayak on the river to wrap up beaver season.
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Re: Float trapping
[Re: newfox1]
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03/17/20 03:50 PM
03/17/20 03:50 PM
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Posts: 3,886 lewis county,new york
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Day 6 little snow this morning,nice rain shower when I was checking,water went down again but should come up a little the next few days,seen three adult bald eagles today,there’s quite a few around. Wharton no professional bull riding in the shed lol, but there’s genny reds. Today’s catch 7 rats 1 beaver.
Last edited by newfox1; 03/17/20 03:57 PM.
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Re: Float trapping
[Re: newfox1]
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03/17/20 06:28 PM
03/17/20 06:28 PM
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nimzy
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What percentage is male? They must b out pretty good there?
Thanks
Last edited by nimzy; 03/17/20 06:29 PM.
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Re: Float trapping
[Re: newfox1]
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03/18/20 06:07 AM
03/18/20 06:07 AM
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Posts: 8,999 Henderson, N.Y. Jefferson Co.
walleyed
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Walleyed,there not to bad females are worse,one advantage of using boards instead of wires you can make them look nicer i do pretty well on my spring rats in Williamstown how you doing you usually catch a bunch in the spring?? Nimzy I'm catching a little more than half males. It's picked up quite bit over by the lake. Got 20 on Sunday. Got 8 on Monday. Got 15 yesterday. I would say 70% are males. Our rats are really spread out because of the high water level on Lake Ontario so no big concentrations but a few scattered every where. I'd venture to say the population is up over the last couple years. Lots of trappers out too hitting the traditional hot spots. You would think Rats were back at $10.00 each the way trappers are out and about. Probably just all the trappers practicing "social distancing" on the marsh away from people, crowds, and the virus disturbance sweeping NY. w
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Re: Float trapping
[Re: newfox1]
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03/18/20 06:15 AM
03/18/20 06:15 AM
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Joined: May 2010
Posts: 28,978 potter co. p.a.
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"Twerker"
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potter co. p.a.
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saw a half dozen rats out while floating my beaver traps yesterday.
trappin is keepin me from listening to the crap.
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