Got an inch of rain coming tomorrow and then 6 inches of snow Sunday so I set traps without Miss Aalaiya. She'll be disappointed but She can help me combing, skinning, fleshing and boarding.

We also have inclement weather headed our way. RIvers are supposed to shoot up about 7 feet by Sunday so tomorrow gotta pull the line. BTW, luckily my boat and equipment were all safe and sound at the dock yesterday morning and was able to load my boat and take it home at the end of the day. Eight beaver, a ninth was 8 ft underwater wrapped around a submerged tree limb...going to try to get it picked up at low tide. I hate swimming for beaver hookups like that. Had to one time last year.

Was waiting on your boat report BP. I'm glad it worked out for you. Going to limp that impeller the last stretch this year or did you get it changed?

I blasted some air through the pee-hole and going to see if that works. Will find out tomorrow.

Gerry and I did a little scouting, Gerry says I bet there’s beaver in this house, there he goes.
I was at this old cabin with my dad over 40 years ago

As luck would have it the boss asked me if I wanted a week off, Duh.

X2 Duh!

Nice job Dale, some good looking beaver there.

NF, that cabin is so cool. I bet there's some great history there. And some epic beaver country!

Musty, here’s a couple more pics and the bridge to get to it.

Dale, you got some hogs there, going to be couple good days for shop work, we got some weather rolling in.

Nice beavers and really cool old cabin and bridge. We’re just getting ready to head up to our off grid camp. Haven’t been there much this year. Been renovating the house.

NF, it's been nasty and rainy most of the night and morning. Snow coming later. I got one . more this morning and now will have some nice time in the barn finishing them up.
Is that cabin abandoned? Sure would be a nice to camp to have in a place like that and run a small beaver line. You'd have me packing my bags one day for a trapping visit

Normally I am unable to drive to my camp in the core of the plateau, but yesterday because of the mild weather was able to drive there. It’s the earliest I’ve ever been able to drive my truck there, normally would be taking the snowmobile there this time of year. Set some beaver traps yesterday, and of course today and tomorrow 8”-16” of snow expected. Winter here on Tug Hill is far from over.

Dale, cabin is abandoned, cept maybe a porky. Has a fireplace in it and it’s falling down, it’s to bad, whole place could be fixed with youth and ambition, and some lumber of course. You can almost see those double beaver houses from that cabin.

Sometimes trapping tidewater adds a little diversity to the catch. I set my 330’s just below high tide but during low tide they’re out of the water 4-6 ft. Was surprised to pull up the cable and see that fox!

11 beaver, 3 otters and 1 grey fox today. Lost two traps to high water. Rained a bunch last night.

Way to BP, you trapped those even when the chips were against you. That grey was an added bonus.
First grey I ever caught I was running traps before school. Had two sets in a little farm pond for coon/muskrat/mink they were both set in about 2 inches of water. Had a girl I like walking to school with me on the line. She says looks like something floating. It was a grey caught in the water and drowned.

Got the rest of Wyatt Erpps freezer beaver done, couple nice supers. Gerry caught another nice one today.

BP, keep hammerin em. Raining hard here all afternoon.

Nice big beaver there NF.

That one's a whopper NF, the one in the middles a little skinny but has nice guard hairs around its face

Boards are filling up. Got 12lbs of castor headed out in am. Looks like a little snow on the way.

Nice job on the put up NF.

I always trim off the nose, is it preference or some
other reason you leave the nose on.

BH, I feel it gives the buyer of our pelts more marketing options.