I can’t find the thread where this came up. I was going to ask the fella who reminded me about this set. Footholds in a spring that’s open water year round. Do you try and guide/block your trap with big sticks or small logs, or just kinda scatter them around under the water?
This set went in one ear and out the other when I read about it as I thought I wouldn’t find one where I trap. Found a beauty late last winter that was about 10-15’ in diameter, got one there in a snare at the end of the season.

If it's legal where you are, wire a piece of a hide to a post, and pound the post into the bottom of the creek, set your traps around it. It's like a pee post but without the need for urine. You can add scent if you like, but they'll get curious about a piece of deer/moose/beaver hide anyways if they're passing by

Sounds like a "tide pool set". Find a tide-pool within a few feet of the high tide line, put a pile of boulders in the middle of the pool, put a buck deer head in the middle of the pile with only the antlers protruding from the rocks. Set several foot-holds around the rock pile in a few inches of water.
If you don't have a deer head, use some rotted seal, or if in a pinch beaver. But don't have it exposed or you will attract nothing but ravens and eagles.

That may have been Spek. At least I know he did that at a spot on his line, and it payed off. I don't remember if he posted it here.

The fresh water one I am thinking of was a guy that runs a lodge in Canada. I forget his screen name but he takes hunting clients in the fall and trapping clients in the winter. Haven’t seen any of his post in some time.

He was from Alaska according to his info. He also said he usually didn’t use lure and blind sets were his go to because his wolves were heavily targeted….which would be similar to mine. These wolves don’t travel snowmobile trails for more than 50yds or so. They’ll walk right by an exposed frozen beaver and have had no luck with gland lure or the classic pee posts. But the open spring was loaded with tracks.
With the good weather we’ve had, I might be able to get back there tomorrow to check it out.

Saw one from a Canadian trapper that places four-five mb750 in the water on drags at a favorite crossover that the wolves use.

I think that’s the beauty of this idea. I got a bunch of 750s from a kid for a good price. I told him I’d rather spend $500 on 3 traps than 10 750s but I couldn’t turn the deal down. In the spring they shouldn’t freeze up, no snow or ice to bite through. I think they’ll be great there. It’s just in an open pool, who knows where they’ll step. I don’t really want to just scatter them like land mines, might try to guide them with bigger sticks in the water.

Yep thats the one I am thinking of also. Did some searching on here last night and couldn't find it though.

Could have been Yukon254 or Bushman but I think this one is more likely


https://trapperman.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/104934/tide-set-photos#Post104934

I think it was the Canadian guy I first saw doing it years ago, it's worked about as well as anything does. Sometimes better, it's a lot easier to make a scent free set under water.

I thought it was bushman or yukon254 also but couldn't find it on here under their names. It was a fresh water creek or spring and had great pictures and writeup on the set.

I do like that post from SEwaterboy, missed it way back when.