Thanks Lance. I had my surgery last Friday and everything went real good been spending a lot of time in the recliner hope to get out trapping in another couple weeks good luck to you also

Got my second otter this afternoon, so pulled all the sets today. Now I will put out more coyote sets and try my hand at weasels.

Congrats on your otter Kent, bottom edge again?

Yes, bottom edge. A point in the creek that is under cut enough to stuff in a 280. Did have some guide sticks to make the trap appear to be an inviting path to swim through.

Congrats on the otter K snow. Sounds like a real effective and efficient otter set.

Congrats on the otter K snow. Sounds like a real effective and efficient otter set.

Here's a diagram of my typical otter set. Pretty much a standard bottom edge. I use the horizontal stake pushed into the bank to do most of the holding. The creek bottoms here are gravel to rock, very difficult to get a wood stake in solid enough to hold. The two upright stakes are put in on the downstream side, one goes between the jaws and through the spring to help stabilize the trap. Sometimes I will add a KB stabilizer to the setup. Not in the lic, I have cable extensions staked up on the bank, in case something fights enough to loosen the woods stakes. The dotted area is soft silt build up.

At times I have added a second trap on the horizontal stake, to have two traps side by side.

Wow, thats a hog. Did you weigh it?

No scale...pretty heavy tho

Congrats on the otter K Snow and that is a huge beaver good to see folks still at it.

That's a Toad- wow!

Sold the seasons catch to Guy in Ixonia today, $5 top on muskrats so get out after them, don't catch small ones, the $1 ones hurt the average, $25 for an otter, I tossed all the coon in the marsh, and a coyote I got this week, way too rubbed to skin.

This is for k snow, 25 cents for squirrel tails

Check your local fly-tying clubs. I get $1.00/tail from the guys there.

A little thinning out may be in order.

My boys an I set traps Saturday am on three streams. Found one lodge and the rest we made castor mounds by areas the beaver were cutting small trees. Checked traps Sunday am and had two, Mondays check had one when we pulled the traps. Tried out a new pack basket I got for Christmas, it came in handy hauling out the biggest one that weighed 58# up a steep bluff

Nice going Wptourist. That basket sure looks like it came in handy.

I'm starting to get Beaver Fever from the pics- great day with the boys Wptourist. Only (2) song dogs yesterday- These two moved Sunday night after our major snowfall, if you squint hard, you can see it in the background. I'm pulling after this morning as I seem to be under increasing pressure to complete my Honey Do list.