Nice pics Bruce! Some beautiful fur!

Guys, for us that don't have/trap fisher...on a longer trap check do fisher have a tendency to go green belly quick?

Cold here with freezing conditions.I don't go over a 3 day check.I will run two to 3 diffrent lines and check a diffrent line of traps each day.

Kind of figured but was wondering if they are like a 'coon. Corn eating 'coon can bloat like a basketball in even cool weather....24 hr check.

I asked some of my Maine buds about their five-day checks and green bellies and they largely said not an issue UNLESS its an uncharacteristically warm couple days in the fall.

MZ

Bruce, which size conibear and make do you prefer for fisher?

If these proposed season dates go through, it will be a game changer here..

Thanks for posting the chart Brandon

I would like the new seasons. I normally start 12/1 and only have 10 days of trapping, this would give me a month.

Here we have a 2 fisher limit. If you are in a good area you don't want to wait more than 24 hrs. Your limit can be achieved over night if your lucky. If I catch I pull the set to decrees the chance of to many caught fisher. Plus might even pull questionable sets. I catch all mine on the ground with boxes or even foothold gaurded small cubbies.

If you can just do a leaning pole opening down. Others have mentioned the issue of snow. If you want McDonald’s but it’s on the opposite side of a divided hwy do you want to make that u turn or just hit Burger King on your right? A hungry fisher will get in there no matter what but why not make it easy? Get those lazy ones. Direct path. Keep it simple. Keep it working as long as possible (snow)

Whst size foothold trap would you use? I had cool springs freezer down last year so this year I'm gonna use long springs. Thinking #11's

With marten also in the area 120’s.Just fisher 160’s

Good luck Mark. I took vacation to have all 5 days of the season to give it a go. I’m the guy who talked with you at the Pa trappers convention whose buddy has a farm up that neck of the woods. I plan on setting some duke 155s in likely spots. From my understanding you can set them out without any restrictions. I also have made some boxes with larger 160’s. I probably will try some on a tree with the opening facing down. Let me know how you make out. Maybe I’ll see you up at Herkimer.

Best wishes luck,
Gary

Bruce
Leaning pole set and chance of bobcat would 220 work better. Anyone?

BINGO!!!!! Been there and done that.