Re: Bait and lure for muskrats
[Re: TheYouthTrapper]
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08/08/22 02:52 AM
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For lure I found poplar bud oil works I store the lure in my coat pocket while trapping
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Re: Bait and lure for muskrats
[Re: TheYouthTrapper]
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08/08/22 06:25 AM
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Always just used a 1/4 of an apple on a stick. Used a drop of Hawbaker's oil apple (don't know if it's even made anymore) on the slice for a while. Not sure it was necessary or helped any more than just the apple slice.
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Re: Bait and lure for muskrats
[Re: TheYouthTrapper]
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08/08/22 07:24 AM
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I've used carrots before on triggers of 110s under ice. I've always used lenons or carmans mcl100 as my lure and just keep it in my wader pockets
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Re: Bait and lure for muskrats
[Re: TheYouthTrapper]
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08/08/22 07:30 AM
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Not sure I ever caught a muskrat using bait or lure, I seldom used it. I probably tried it when I was first trapping 65 years ago. Once I learned a little about trapping muskrats I found it wasn't necessary.
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Re: Bait and lure for muskrats
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08/08/22 08:06 AM
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Not sure I ever caught a muskrat using bait or lure, I seldom used it. I probably tried it when I was first trapping 65 years ago. Once I learned a little about trapping muskrats I found it wasn't necessary. In most situations its not but sometimes it is when you're in scenarios where you're not setting dens and runs because they don6 exist or not practical to find
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Re: Bait and lure for muskrats
[Re: TheYouthTrapper]
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08/08/22 08:29 AM
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A freshly made mud slide seems to be the best lure. But the boys and I often add a little toothpaste to the set - mostly to make us feel like we are doing something.
I've never had much luck with muskrat bait of any kind.
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Re: Bait and lure for muskrats
[Re: TheYouthTrapper]
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08/08/22 11:18 AM
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Here's the way I see It. You find a rat toilet or feed bed and you set them. Now your only going to catch ONE rat at those locations. But If you make several lured sets close by those locations your going to catch more then ONE rat. Those feed beds and toilets are being used by more then ONE rat.
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Re: Bait and lure for muskrats
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08/08/22 11:39 AM
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I very rarely need lure to catch a muskrat. The problem with lure in my area is that any lure that attracts muskrat attracts beavers, and beaver season isn't open most of rat season. And usually, it's easier to just drop a conibear in a run. Lenon makes a dandy muskrat lure but coon love it too, so fasten your traps well if you use it.
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Re: Bait and lure for muskrats
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08/08/22 12:15 PM
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No lure needed. Just scrapped carrot or parsnip or sliced apple is bait and lure itself.
Last edited by bctomcat; 08/08/22 03:55 PM.
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