"Dirty word I realize... bamboo." why is that? I am always looking for bamboo......jk

Looks like beaver bait.

Makes nice pack baskets

How many traps have you lost so far to beavers HobbieTrapper?

None.

I loose more to otters taking the dead rats......jk

Lol....thought so.

I think it's "tradition" in this area to use wood poles or stakes on the salt marsh. I like tradition, too much of it fading these days IMO.

If I used those during open water, the beavers would absolutely love snacking on them. I can't use anything green...everything needs to be dead and dry.

Day 2, 10 sets.

Not setting the world on fire but better than nothing. No traps lost to beaver.

Must be what they call black muskrats?Very nice.Way to go.

Blacks used to get a $ or 2 more, now I've heard less... not sold a rat in 10 years or so... our ditch rats are gone.

We use White Cedar poles. But call'm stakes

That's what they like for "butter bean poles" across the bay here Newt... last a few years.

I thought white cedars are protected?

Not that I know of.Mostly white cedar up here in Maine.

Day 3.

What I know about muskrat trapping wouldn’t fill a thimble, much to learn. I’ve caught 7 in a relatively small area. I normally stay too long in one area so I’m trying to figure out when to move on. Today I started moving outward, even added four more sets.

Here is the marsh I’m trapping.

Nice video.Thanks for sharing.

I have been using nothing but gum poles for many years, try to cut them about three or four weeks before I start trapping a marsh. I like the flexibility of gum in case we get big tides and there’s a lot of grass floating around getting hung up on the poles. I have found that muskrats love chewing on them, especially late season.