An otter in a Duke 330 on a trail in a bend of a river, where the otters would cut across the land in the bend. Hooked ever since.

Possum in a #1 longspring Victor.

Mouse!

A friend and I bought a 2 trap mouse pack.

There was a creek bottom near our homes and we set there.

Peanut butter as bait. Works everytime.

It was a muskrat in a colony trap in 2010.

Pocket gopher 1957 age 9 .25 cent bounty from the township and an extra nickel from the farmer!

Bryce

[quote=Huntall76]Don't know if many use this method but I still do it every year on most of my creek bank water set . I use coils now but 32 years ago all I had was a hand full of #1 long springs an (1) 110 .

I wrap the pan in aluminium foil and place the trap where the pan is covered by about an inch of water. No lure or bait needed (not that i had any) , any coon cruising the bank would see the shinny foil and I'm assuming thought it was a dead fish or it just liked shinny stuff but it has always worked great. I've caught most of my coons over the years doing this.


I did the same thing on a many of small creeks I always had the best luck with it when I found a spring feeding into the creek . If I recall I remember seeing it in a magazine somewhere when I was a kid .

Muskrat in 1963. They were thick back then. Even a 8 year old boy with a couple #1 long springs and knee high boots could catch them. Sure miss that.