Hey boss! TRYING TO CAPSIZE ME?

Picked up a bottle of backbreaker from Minnesota Trapline Supply as a changeup over my home made lure. First check today and out of 24 traps I caught 17 beaver a mink and a coon. That little jon boat ain't meant to navigate a big mean river like the Willamette with over 600 lbs of critters in it!

Paul, you got a darn good beaver lure there! Had a couple of sprung traps too, so I only had three traps that didn't at least get messed with last night.

Good going!!! That's a lot of work you ahead of you. Better you than me - lol.

I'm glad to hear you like the lure.

Way to go Beaverpeeler!!!

Broke out the Backbreaker today....but not on 24 traps. Beaverpeeler you got some work to do!

Hey peeler...........what is that sticking out of the water behind the boat at 10 o'clock ?

White, that was the tip of the upright to my boat trailer. I didn't get out of the water until dark or I would have posed that pile of beaver a little better.

Plus I had a bs session about trapping with a duck hunter that took some time. He kind of surprised me when he asked if I was "Beaverpeeler". Yes says I...how did you know? Turns out he had seen the youtube video of my clean skinning a couple of years back.

Small world.

Your a celebrity BP.

Thanks !! I never would have guessed that !!

Well, you know how the WWII vets always say they don't feel like heros?

I don't feel like a celebrity! LOL

Isn't that a well known steelhead river? I quit fishing years ago, and don't remember so good now.

Here’s what my boat looks like.....So no ice and snow ...open water,must be nice...lol

There are some steelhead in the Willamette and its tributaries but the coastal streams like the Nehalem, Alsea and the Siletz get the most attention from the diehards. During the late winter runs I can't trap those streams because of all the steelhead fishermen.

Nice catch of beaver.Congrats

PD makes some of the best available! Nice haul BP!

Tough to get a boat up on plane with the Backbreaker on board, eh? Nice haul.

Nice catch

Great lure and awesome overnight catch! Just remember to keep your hands out of your bodygrippers.

What size is your little johnboat Beaverpeeler ? I know you've posted it before. My little 14' v-hull wouldn't hold that many I don't think. And mine is 46' wide at the stern.

Ouch

Great job!

With my weight and the weight of those beaver I had over 900 lbs in a boat rated for only 350. Lucky I was going downstream on my way back to the landing. I definitely was not planing...felt like a barge pulling an oil tanker. I think there were only two beaver that were less than XL in the batch and most were blankets.

Les that is a 14' jon. (Starcraft 1436).

Mtn man. No worries, it's been years since I've done that. Maybe even three!

Gotta stay home and skin today. Luckily we have a 48 hour check for Oregon.

(Had to get some green grass in the pic for Nessmuck).

Nice haul

I like that green grass pic, lol. I have 2' of snow after it settled.

Nice haul.

That looks nice! What are you doing with the Beaver?