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Fishers and bait piles #8558564 02/02/26 01:09 PM 02/02/26 01:09 PM
Joined: Nov 2018 Ontario S Saskfly OP trapper
Saskfly OP trapper S Joined: Nov 2018 Ontario	With the cold we have been getting the animals have been hitting the bait piles hard. This one has Coyotes and fishers in it, not usually touched unless the animals are super hungry. Two fishers have been working it, they finally meet up on camera. In the daylight one the darker fisher just climbed the tree and waited. The second one, they had a roaring fight on the video, talk about fast! For those wondering our season is still open but already took the amount I wanted out of this area.

Re: Fishers and bait piles [Re: Saskfly] #8558585 02/02/26 01:54 PM 02/02/26 01:54 PM
Joined: Sep 2016 MB J Jurassic Park trapper
Jurassic Park trapper J Joined: Sep 2016 MB	Nice pics! I had a bait pile that had 3 Fishers protecting it. Coyotes didn’t hit the bait until I caught 2 of the Fishers. I ended up catching the 3rd Fisher and a bunch of Coyotes. Cold as ice! Clique non-member 100% Manly

Re: Fishers and bait piles [Re: Saskfly] #8558587 02/02/26 01:58 PM 02/02/26 01:58 PM
Joined: May 2019 Saskatchewan R rvsask trapper
rvsask trapper R Joined: May 2019 Saskatchewan	Cool pics, thanks for sharing. I think people underestimate how fisher can key on things like bait piles or winter killed animals. I picked up four big males last year in 7 days out of the same box that was near to a dead whitetail buck that the coyotes, eagles and ravens were also working over. Trail cams give us a neat window. I had one set on video mode on a box that I picked one up at yesterday. It took that big male 3 full minutes to commit to entering the box. It was the last decision he will ever make. lol How many did you take from the area? Just curious as I always wonder if I have taken too many from a spot or if I could pit in longer.

Re: Fishers and bait piles [Re: Saskfly] #8558592 02/02/26 02:18 PM 02/02/26 02:18 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 SW Pa B Bob Jameson trapper
Bob Jameson trapper B Joined: Dec 2006 SW Pa	Just over the state line into W.Va. a buddy traps that area. He took me to an area that many locals would take their deer carcasses after processing. He had several fisher hitting those deer remains for many weeks. www.jamesonsultrablend.com www.wildlifepestcontrolservices.com

Re: Fishers and bait piles [Re: Saskfly] #8558603 02/02/26 02:51 PM 02/02/26 02:51 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Three Lakes,WI 74 C corky trapper
corky trapper C Joined: Dec 2006 Three Lakes,WI 74	One of my favorite spots to trap fishers is where bear baits were located earlier. http://www.usdebtclock.org/ This place is getting more like Facebook every day.

Re: Fishers and bait piles [Re: rvsask] #8558959 02/03/26 07:17 AM 02/03/26 07:17 AM
Joined: Nov 2018 Ontario S Saskfly OP trapper
Saskfly OP trapper S Joined: Nov 2018 Ontario	Originally Posted by rvsask Cool pics, thanks for sharing. I think people underestimate how fisher can key on things like bait piles or winter killed animals. I picked up four big males last year in 7 days out of the same box that was near to a dead whitetail buck that the coyotes, eagles and ravens were also working over. Trail cams give us a neat window. I had one set on video mode on a box that I picked one up at yesterday. It took that big male 3 full minutes to commit to entering the box. It was the last decision he will ever make. lol How many did you take from the area? Just curious as I always wonder if I have taken too many from a spot or if I could pit in longer. I trapped three out of the direct area and pulled them because the last two where females. Was surprised that there was two more in the area and one is either a juvenile or another female. Pulled 8 out of the larger area around it probably around 1000 acres, trapping 300 of it. I always go by how many females I catch, compared to males, Its hard when your trapping a small area. Coyote looking up at the Fisher, the coyote did not stay at the bait pile.

Re: Fishers and bait piles [Re: corky] #8558960 02/03/26 07:18 AM 02/03/26 07:18 AM
Joined: Nov 2018 Ontario S Saskfly OP trapper
Saskfly OP trapper S Joined: Nov 2018 Ontario	Originally Posted by corky One of my favorite spots to trap fishers is where bear baits were located earlier. Absolutely!

Re: Fishers and bait piles [Re: Saskfly] #8559047 02/03/26 09:55 AM 02/03/26 09:55 AM
Joined: Dec 2013 Northern MN O Osky trapper
Osky trapper O Joined: Dec 2013 Northern MN	On my fall bear baits I never use meat products yet Fisher are regular visitors. Often in the troughs eating and other times lingering to hunt rodents, birds and other small game. Osky www.SureDockusa.com “ I said I don’t have much use for traps these days, never said I didn’t know how to use them.”

Re: Fishers and bait piles [Re: Saskfly] #8560901 02/06/26 08:06 AM 02/06/26 08:06 AM
Joined: Nov 2018 Ontario S Saskfly OP trapper
Saskfly OP trapper S Joined: Nov 2018 Ontario	You tube Short Fisher Video https://youtube.com/shorts/LaQuzb57CCA?si=UUunX9vCrZLYP7Ca

Re: Fishers and bait piles [Re: Saskfly] #8560907 02/06/26 08:19 AM 02/06/26 08:19 AM
Joined: May 2019 Saskatchewan R rvsask trapper
rvsask trapper R Joined: May 2019 Saskatchewan	I notice them on camera quite often at bear bait in the spring as well. As the years have passed I’ve really noticed that the type of habitat isn’t all that critical here. I used to focus on conifers, now I catch them basically anywhere there are lots of rabbits. They’re my favourite animal to trap by far. Thanks for the video.

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