Any pictures or diagrams on your anchoring systems for shallow creek beaver & otter footholds would be appreciated.

10 foot chain,they will be close on bank

Yep...
10' chain with 3 0r more Swivels...

8 ft, of chain with 4 swivels. 30 inches of cable with a soft ground Berkshire.

Thanks

Just make sure there is zero entanglement!

Did PA outlaw 330 body grippers ?

No, they just need to be mostly submerged. I have one, just also like options.

Like others said, a 10 foot chain. I have 2 swivels on the end of my chain, so I can cross stake though. I don't trust a single stake in soft gooey mud or sand.

There are very few places in Pennsylvania where you can set a beaver trap on 10’ of chain with no entanglement.

I’ve tried it with 3-4’ of chain with success but admit it was a very small sample size.

Trap choice matters on long chains. Check out Billingsley videos about it on youtube. I have tried long chaining with the full size 750/85 sizes, and it has not gone well, even with zero entanglement. Thats about all I have on that one, don’t use big traps, do use what Billingsley says. I am gearing up right now with some of the traps he recommends for those occasions when I need to long chain, but I have very little experience with it at this point.

Edit: I see you are in PA. So if I recall that correctly and it is still the case you can not use bigger than 6-1/2” foot traps? But I would still listen to what Billingsley says and get the high jaw traps.

You are correct. Thanks for the info. I’ll check it out

Got you. Thank you

Not so.

I use 10 feet of 1/8 cable. Sack of rocks at the end, staked with a 3/8 rerod t stake. I like the L shaped sliders. At the stake end, I have a 6 foot piece of 3/32 cable attached, with my trap tag in a loop at the end. The 3/32 cable really helps to locate your rig when high water hits. It also acts as a back up anchor if a beaver pulled the stake ( hasn’t happened, yet )

10ft of cable earth anchors and number 3 bridger with 5lbs of pan tension will hold them even the big ones. Front or back foot doesnt make any difference.

How long are your rebar stakes?

I've been trying 18" oak 1x2 stakes in soft muddy soil and they seem to grab better than rebar.