Moving to Marquette

As the title states I’m moving to Marquette this week. Any tips on running a line in that part of the country?

You're roughly 2 hrs. north of me,in big snow country.Decent Beaver country,probably good Fisher and Marten country,not too sure on numbers of coyote and fox.I've known some trappers up that way thru the years but they've were all water trappers.

Marquette KS?

spent a lot of time there

He calls himself UP Jake so I'm assuming he means Michigan.

Take the time to meet Asa Lenon. Exciting opportunities for a nice coyote, mink and beaver line. I enjoyed UP trapping the most on day float trips trapping both water and land animals. Generally you will be the only person there, at least that was the way it was 15 years ago. I hope to take the Grand kids trapping their when they get older.

You guys have good marten and Fisher numbers there?

Marquette, Michigan. Sorry about the confusion.

Just curious Jake, where are you moving from?

My oldest daughter moved up there last year she loves it.

Depends on where your at up here,some guys will say their overrun with them and other guys will tell you should have been here 10 yrs.ago.I live south of U.S.2 and every now and then you'll run across a fisher track,but their not thick.A biologist I talked to some years ago told me judging by the information on the form you fill out when you tag them that was the case across the whole U.P.,north of U.S.2 is definitely more to their liking.

If you plan on running a k9 line, you may want to insure you have a decent catch pole. If you haven't caught a wolf yet the first one can be a trip. You will not have large numbers of any one critter except maybe rats on a good year but the guys in that area who know the ground and put in the time still put up decent numbers.
Good luck

A lot of tree huggers there

I’ll be moving from southeast Indiana.

Your moving to the liberal county in the the u.p the west end of my line is in mqt co and we put up good #s every yr you just need to work hard and not be afraid of the weather.

Nothing liberal about Marquette KS. Got a real nice motorcycle museum there. Plenty of work. Hunting and trapping is decent. Fishing at Kanopolis reservoir is pretty decent. 100 grand will buy you a very nice house.

heck its not even liberal in Liberal KS

join u p trappers when you get here good group of guys, when r you moving

I’ll be up there for good on Thursday.

Snow shoes, lond track snowmobile,and lot of drags if you plan on land trapping in the winter and good luck finding traps after a big snow overnight. Fish line to a marker ribbon is a trick one guy up there I know uses.

Using "clogs",which are logs used as drags instead of grappels,and if you anchor your sets use fence staples.A big enough clog and your coyote isn't going very far and leaves a heck of a lot of sign.Use a big enough staple and put into hardwood and nothing is going to pull it out.

I’ll be certain to join the UP trappers association. Thanks for the tips!

Why the up? Pm

Good move joining the UP Trappers Association, great bunch of trappers. I give all new members of district 5 which covers Marquette a free trapping dvd and 1 oz of Lenon Lure. Enjoy the area my friend as there are few places that compare. Hopefully you get moved up there in time for the National Trappers Convention in July 26 - 28, 2018 in Escanaba.

Definitely planning on attending! My work schedule allows me to be off on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday so I’m planning on making a weekend out of it.

I love it when a group can define an area as rural as Marquette as liberal! I guess for the UP it might be liberal...which makes it ultra-conservative on either coast.

You are moving to some of the most beautiful part of the country and that includes all points east to west. Some fascinating history in the area (you should try to get into the Huron Mtn Club...or just join!), incredible tracts of public land with loads of outdoor opportunities. If you're moving there because you have a job then you have found the rarest thing of all in the UP, a job. Congrats and enjoy the beautiful UP.

Clark

Clark is right,for the U.P.its considered liberal but its nowhere near as bad as other large urban areas.Actually,its not all that big as cities go.The college has attracted it share of fruits and nuts but the area has a large sportsmen following too.

what r you going to be doing in Marquette

I’m a GM Master tech. I’ve wanted to come up here for the last few years. Well two months ago I saw an add for a tech at a Chevy dealer in Marquette so I applied and got the job.

great