You should put a 330 on that trail. You should catch anything that goes by. If it’s a beaver or a muskrat, both are great!

I only find pushups or huts on ponds and lakes, I haven't seen any on flowing water

That looks like a flooded moose trail skirting the edge of a swamp.

Rats around here are hard to find. Huts are small and look just like most of the humps of grass. Push-ups are small and get buried quickly under the snow. During warm weather they are prone to collapse. Good Luck!

It's definitely not beaver cause there's no beaver in that pond. Might be left over from swans though actually. They love that pond.

Definitely possible that a moose made that. I don't see them much in winter so I forgot that was a possibility.

Thanks for the tips thats helpful. I have a couple spots where there potentially some dens that I'll have to check out while I'm setting for beaver and I'll keep my eyes open.

If you trap a push up when it gets about 10 degrees or colder at night, you may have problems with frozen in rats and or traps in morning if you don't have snow to pile on the pushups. At least those little push-ups around here that have enough room for maybe two rats.

Good luck!

good luck, sure looks like if there were any rats in the area, they would use that, take Pic, of set and catches guys and post, please

I have to check the ice before I start walking all over it but last night frozen things up pretty well and I've seen a few possible spots. I'll make sure to document any catches.

Today is spent digging out some of my miscellaneous trapping gear so I can hit the trail on Saturday. Gonna get some more marten, wolf, lynx sets out. I’ll keep you guys posted on any successful catches!

Looking forward to it.

I would think that many northern trappers just don't have wifi signal at their trapper shack.

I don’t have a line shack. The line starts on the edge of the road and then goes north for 6 miles. The line is ran on snowshoes. So you need to dress warmly when you go!

Ice is only about an inch thick so these tracks do nothing for me. Thought I saw an ermine checking out the farther side of the pond as well but can't get there without waiters.

Are you trying to catch an ermine?

Yes Dirt ,looks like a moose trail to me also.

Locals regs require traps in this area to either be fully submerged or if they're smaller than 120 they can be boxed instead, but I haven't set up any ermine boxes. I would consider it if I could get out there since I have a few 110's I was going to set up for muskrat that I could set for ermine instead. Wasn't able to confirm the tracks though so I'm not completely sure that I was seeing right.

Starlink is pretty cool, it works anywhere and doesn't take much power. I can run mine on a Milwaukee 18V battery for about 6 hours

Where are at FishingHole? It sounds like you are in Juneau.

Yea Fishing, where in Alaska are those requirements?