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Best muskrat lure on the market?? #7584933
05/16/22 12:23 PM
05/16/22 12:23 PM
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Illinois
foxkidd44 Offline OP
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Ok gang,,, what’s the best ray lure I can get my hands on?? Is there an ldc of sorts for rats?? I know there’s more buggars in this pond,,, I did get some to work a pvc elbow pipe set,,, and get caught,,, but after those 3… nothing. I know theres got to be more because of the amount of damage done.


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Re: Best muskrat lure on the market?? [Re: foxkidd44] #7584943
05/16/22 12:38 PM
05/16/22 12:38 PM
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Ontario, Canada
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I'm no big numbers guy, but I have known a few and none of them use lure for rats to any large degree and neither do I. I find (particularly in Spring) that lure is just going to add up to a pile of coons that aren't worth a plugged nickel.
Blind sets on sign are the biggest producers for me by far outside of colony traps in runs (not sure what's legal in your state)


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Re: Best muskrat lure on the market?? [Re: foxkidd44] #7584948
05/16/22 12:54 PM
05/16/22 12:54 PM
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White House, TN
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White House, TN
When we did have muskrats the best muskrat lure I found was Lennons muskrat super all call. Good stuff.

Last edited by camlock; 05/16/22 12:56 PM.
Re: Best muskrat lure on the market?? [Re: foxkidd44] #7584949
05/16/22 12:56 PM
05/16/22 12:56 PM
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UP Michigan
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UP Michigan

Re: Best muskrat lure on the market?? [Re: foxkidd44] #7584950
05/16/22 12:57 PM
05/16/22 12:57 PM
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Wisconsin
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Lure won't hurt your rat catch.
Lenons rat all call works well. So does Hudson seal. Poplar bud oil Is another good lure. If you don't have to worry about beaver use some castor or some sac oil.

You find one rat toilet and you set ONE trap and You catch One rat. The beav sets 4 traps around that toilet using a good rat lure and catches more then ONE rat. Same with feed beds or when setting on the hut. I know my system will take more rats then the One trap on location trapper.


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Re: Best muskrat lure on the market?? [Re: foxkidd44] #7584970
05/16/22 01:52 PM
05/16/22 01:52 PM
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Northern Illinois
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I’ve used Paul’s muskrat lure, Lenon’s, Marsyadas, Trapper Art and Leo Hoefts stuff with good results.
Others beaver lures were hard to beat...Mike Cain’s out of Michigan is good, as is Paul’s stuff.
Rat droppings are hard to beat mixed with a hand made mud slide.

Re: Best muskrat lure on the market?? [Re: MChewk] #7584983
05/16/22 02:29 PM
05/16/22 02:29 PM
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wisconsin
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wisconsin
I make my own out of Fairly common ingredients bought at Trapper Supply. But be sure you still have rats in the pond as Predators such as owls Eagles Hawks and various other Critters could have eliminated quite a few rats make sure there is fresh sign


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Re: Best muskrat lure on the market?? [Re: foxkidd44] #7584999
05/16/22 03:05 PM
05/16/22 03:05 PM
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W NY
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W NY
Poplar bud oil


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Re: Best muskrat lure on the market?? [Re: foxkidd44] #7585043
05/16/22 04:39 PM
05/16/22 04:39 PM
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Wisconsin
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Mad Scientist Offline
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Tried quite a few they all work but none much better than any other.

Re: Best muskrat lure on the market?? [Re: foxkidd44] #7585053
05/16/22 05:06 PM
05/16/22 05:06 PM
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Goldsboro, North Carolina
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I second Lenon's. Hard to beat that one.



Re: Best muskrat lure on the market?? [Re: foxkidd44] #7585064
05/16/22 05:36 PM
05/16/22 05:36 PM
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Ickesburg,Pa.
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I've had good results (when there were rats to trap in my area) with Carman's MCL 100.

Re: Best muskrat lure on the market?? [Re: bigbrad115] #7585076
05/16/22 06:08 PM
05/16/22 06:08 PM
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Maine
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Mac Offline
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Many years ago, the muskrat lures that Carmen made were awesome. Have not used them in a long time.

mac



Re: Best muskrat lure on the market?? [Re: foxkidd44] #7585091
05/16/22 06:35 PM
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Long ago when there were many rats around, I did very well using Hawbakers muskrat lure on feed bed sets. It worked great on their feed beds and when I would make one. On shore or on the edge of a house.


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Re: Best muskrat lure on the market?? [Re: foxkidd44] #7585124
05/16/22 07:36 PM
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Michigan
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Michigan
Another vote for Lenon's. I like the consistency-stays working for a few days.


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Re: Best muskrat lure on the market?? [Re: foxkidd44] #7585149
05/16/22 08:23 PM
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ohio
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Cavens bread and butter. Just tried Keg Creek this year and will use it again.

Re: Best muskrat lure on the market?? [Re: foxkidd44] #7585179
05/16/22 09:12 PM
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Indiana
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Mud the bottom of the pond mud .

Re: Best muskrat lure on the market?? [Re: foxkidd44] #7585187
05/16/22 09:27 PM
05/16/22 09:27 PM
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St. Cloud, MN
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Lenon's is the only one I have had luck with and I've tried a bunch of them.


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Re: Best muskrat lure on the market?? [Re: foxkidd44] #7585190
05/16/22 09:32 PM
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james bay frontierOnt.
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Used to float trap a few rats every spring for a couple weeks..
Used a small piece of fresh rat castor and pound it into the float with a hammer.

Last edited by Boco; 05/16/22 09:39 PM.

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Re: Best muskrat lure on the market?? [Re: foxkidd44] #7585243
05/16/22 11:19 PM
05/16/22 11:19 PM
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Illinois
foxkidd44 Offline OP
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Thanks for the help gang,,,,


Stand by your principles, Stand by your guns, and victory complete and permanent is sure at last.
Abraham Lincoln
Re: Best muskrat lure on the market?? [Re: foxkidd44] #7585264
05/17/22 12:01 AM
05/17/22 12:01 AM
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Interior Alaska
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Russ Carman’s Hudson Seal- I have caught a pile of rats on that lure, so many I have never been tempted to try anything else.


GUK.....it's the sound they make when they hit the end of the cable
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