The Fisher were moving!

Caught a few today! Should have 2-5 more when I check the rest of the traps.

SELFIE JP!!!

Any limits up there ?

Very Nice!

Good job JP. Do you do anything special with them or just sell the fur? Since prices plummeted we’ve been leaving them alone except for the one I caught just to tan.

Nice.Way to go.Love trapping fisher.

Selfie!!!!!!!

Squeezed one in for you! Live action!

Oh, good. Nothing like a Jurassic selfie to round out my day.

Moosetrot

Trapping in Canada is for those that couldn't make it in hockey. LOL. Joking

Thanks man. Haha.

Enabler!

Look who came by to see again!

lol....

Something might have changed in the past week since you posted your last selfie. Shaved maybe, scars from a knife fight, who knows. Nice catch.

Nice catch JP.
How do the marten tolerate the fisher where you are.
I know some areas both species are plentiful.
Where I am marten dont do well where there are a lot of fisher.

No. That’s an American thing.

They seem to co-exist fine here. Very often we catch Marten and Fisher in the same trap.

All females ?

Please don’t encourage that behavior. Lol Nice catch JP. Hope you have full traps in the morning

Yep fisher eat marten

Have had fisher eat marten in traps quite a bit.

Nice JP, fisher are great.

Smell almost as good as muskrats.

Nice

Sounds less “free” to me.

JP....what’s your best head count of Fisher in a single season ?

Just my experiences in Northern Maine. Ten years ago I caught about 6 marten per fisher. 2019 I caught 1 to 1. 2020 I caught 2 marten per fisher. I had a single trap at a location for about two weeks in 2020. It caught two marten & two fisher on the last check I saw fisher & marten tracks near the set that had a weasel in it. For some reason every trap I set may catch either a fisher or marten. One trapper operating near me this year had about 2 marten per fisher. Two other nearby trappers had about 8 marten per fisher. The 2 to 1 guy was about ten miles from me the 8 to 1 guys were about 30 or so miles from me.

I always caught my limit of 10 fisher long before 25 marten every year.

Thanks man! I prefer skinning and putting up Fisher over marten or weasels.

Marten are easy

Almost got into an axe fight in the bush. Luckily we both compromised and moved along. Time will tell though.

2 males, 1 female.

Nice! I remember when they were selling for $200.00!

That would have been an exciting photo thread

Just got in the house, time to eat supper! I’m starving!

Lucky me, my wife made homemade perogies!! Do you guys eat perogies down there?

And she made cinnamon buns! Woohoo!!!



Cottage cheese perogies!!!! Yippee!!!

Lol. Good call.

Got a buddy that traps north of Algonquin Park in central Ontario, His quotas on one line which he regularly harvests year after year is 40 fisher and 40 marten.
Got another friend that traps south eastern Ontario and he has caught some seasons as high as 90 fisher a year.Marten are non existant where he traps.

I think Fishers are to cool..Congrats...

Yes, pirogies are a comfort food for my wife and the rest of the family. She does them homemade, anymore, to get the full satisfaction they offer.

Nice fisher, I like how you arranged them like cuddling dolls for the photos.

Nice!
Ya I thought since they were all stretched out like that they would make a good pic!

Was enjoying the thread ,was gonna tell ya congratulations
Then the selfie:-( , then to top it off cottage cheese
What’s next a hair bun?







Congratulations on the fisher
Good Trapping.

Cool looking critters! I don’t mind the selfies so much as you eating rotting cheese!! As cold as it is up there you’d think they could keep that cheese from ruining!

Lol

No limits in my Northern Zone in New York State !!!!

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Nice never used to be until a few years ago.

No man bun for this guy! I’m a trapper, what do ya think! Lol



It’s made with Canadian milk! That’s the difference lol. Cottage cheese is great in perogies! Give it a try some time!

JP....the wife have some Polish in her ?

I have had Perogies which is potatoes and diced ham.

JP which way were those fisher facing ?
They must have been running out of Minnesota cause none of those guys could catch any if their life depended on it.

Good catch on those marten eating

By the way I see some fleas, they are quite out in the open,

Ingredients
Filling:
2 cups leftover mashed potatoes

1/2 cup smoked ham, diced

1/4 cup frozen sweet peas, thawed

1/2 cup shredded Gruyere

Dough:
2 cups bread flour

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 egg, beaten

2 teaspoons olive oil

1 cup warm water

1 gallon salted water

1 small onion, sliced

1/2 stick butter

2 scallions, sliced

Sour cream, to garnish

Directions

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In a medium bowl, add filling ingredients and combine well. Set aside.
In a large bowl add both flours, baking powder and salt and mix well. In a separate bowl add the remaining dough ingredients and whisk until combined. Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredient using a wooden spoon to form a ball. Cut in half. (You can freeze dough for another time, if desired.)
Flour a work surface and roll dough about 1/8-inch thick. Use a 3-inch biscuit cutter to cut out 12 rounds from the dough.
Place a dollop of filling in the center of each dough round. Fold dough over filling to form a half moon. Press edges together with your thumb. Seal the edges using the flat tines of a fork.
Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a simmer. Add perogies and cook for about 2 minutes. Drain perogies.
Meanwhile, in a large skillet over high heat, melt half of the butter and add the onion.
Cook onions for 5 to 6 minutes until slightly caramelized. Add perogies and the remaining butter. Allow to saute for a few minutes, then add the scallions.
Remove to a platter and serve with sour cream.

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Lol that is not a perogie! Lol.



Lol no! Everyone eats perogies here. Doesn’t matter what you are!

Cottage cheese perogies!!!! Yippee!!!

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Can anyone see the fleas on JP's dinner plate. Sorry they are not moving !

Strange.Just looked up the recipe I posted above.

Sounds like a copyright infringement of the original.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierogi

The Croatians and Ukiranians love their perogies.
I think they invented that stuff in the old country so they wouldnt have to eat their bootsoles when times were tough and they didnt have any real food.

A polish couple introduced me to them.They was my neighbors when I was child at my parents house.

Nice action on the fishers!! They are one of the coolest looking NA furbeaers. We'll never have them, they need actual forests and northern ones at that. We're lucky to have tree squirrels. The Black Hills out in western SD has some marten, maybe some fishers will ditty mount across the plains to join them someday, never can tell.

No real culture of perogies here, not enough eastern Euro ancestry people.Norskies don't really stuff things, except whatever they put on the inside of a lefse. A couple of my aunts, who grew up speaking German has their first language, used to make "cheese pockets" and "fleisch kniflah" which are both sort of like perogies. Maybe I should learn the recipes someday. I like eating big pieces of meat and less flour-dominated things. And whole pieces of fruits. I had an order of perogies at the Peace Gardens the only time I visited that place. Does that count...?

Bruce, that’s one complicated perogie lol.

To make the dough we use sour cream and flour!

Filling: cottage cheese, egg, salt, pepper.

Lol ...


They are excellent eating.

I think a Fisher would do better there than a Marten. Fisher love running around creeks and marsh. I’m sure you guys have that.
Don’t buy store bought perogies if you’re wanting to try them. Store bought suck balls!
Need them to be home made!

Fisher are king among what I have trapped.Hace never had a chance to catch a wolverine.

I didn’t see any fleas on them. Surprised me.
If you’re looking at those white specks on the fur it’s salt. I was salting a deer cape yesterday.

Funky thing about those fisher. The ones I have caught smell a bit of wolverine. We do have a yearly limit of one fisher, they are a relatively recent addition to our mainland SEAk area.

The pierogi i know, and we eat has potatoes and cheese in the dumpling, served with caramelized onions with yogurt or sour cream over top.

Around here it is a Polish dish. 50 years ago a friend ran this place:

Mrs. T's Pierogies is a mass market brand of pierogies in the United States. It is a product of Ateeco, Inc. based in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania.

The company was founded in 1952 by Ted Twardzik.[6][7] They make 14 varieties of pierogies and produce over 500 million pierogies per year.[6] In the full sized pieorgie, the varieties include; 4 Cheese Medley, 5 Cheese Pizza, American Cheese, Broccoli & Aged Chedder, Classic Cheddar, Classic Onion, Feta & Spinach, Garlic & Parmesan, Jalapeno & Sharp Cheddar, Loaded Baked Potato, Savory 5 Cheese Blend, Sour Cream and Chive, and, Traditional Sauerkraut.[8]

The company promotes the Great Pierogi Race at home games of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Look closely at his selfie and tell me what you see in what he calls a beard!

Moosetrot

Never smelled a Wolverine before so I’ll take your word for it.

We also make them with potato and cheese as well.

We bought 14lbs of cottage cheese from a farm and made a ton of perogies with it. Cottage cheese are our favourite.

Lol that’s just me aging! White hairs are popping up all over!

Good stuff, comfort food at its finest.

The fleas are on the dinner plate, they must have jumped off and stuck to the perogies and the oils stuck them there, oh well they are history now

Moosetrot those white hairs is cause he is chasing older women now.


any funny feeling come 6 hours from now, you will know they want out.

Not many. I’m not a very good trapper.

They are a good substitute for sesame seeds.

Don't tell the fishers in North Dakota they need forests to survive.

That comes after you bust out of puberty. Be patient.

It only gets better

Good job on the fishers. Your perogies look good, but brown butter makes them great

Nice catch JP, with we had them here.

Thanks Rat Pack! Never heard of brown butter before. Going to google it lol.



Thanks Flipper!

He'd probably throw in the towel if we told him what lay ahead.

Steven 49er- And where are those Nodak fishers found, the Pembina escarpment and the Turtle Mountains...? Nothing like that around here, and certainly no porky-pigs. Maybe parts of Roberts and Marshall Counties in ne SD and the Black Hills could support fishers (the Black Hills have porcupines), but for most of the state, I highly doubt it. But, I could be wrong, we'll see.

Fisher are very adaptable.

No limits in northern NY State, I caught 9 this past fall. But I’m done trapping them, no money in them. But I know all you guys just want to trap, have at it.

Nice catch! You should post some of them when they're all put up an dried

Nice catch on the fisher’s, congrats!

My parents where Czec n Ukrainian. Mom made lots of perogi, she baked them, melted butter, real butter not the water today with onions, slow cooked for hours. Those baked perogi where great, made in a triangle with mashed potatoes, bite end off n spoon melted butter onions in, OMG. Ate them till you puked to eat some more. They where great.

Lol that’s great! My Grandma and Aunt would bake them in lots of butter! They’re great that way.

When are the taxidermistry mounts being done
gota show some teeth...
that bear hug was cute....

Quickly checked 2 traps today and had another Fisher!

nice necklace...

Nice.

Here we go again! A few more Fisher to add to the list! Last one was huge! I’m going to cut his stomach open and see what’s inside. I said I would never do that again after the first one. But here I go!!







Oh and a Vole in a Marten butt!

Way to go.Congrats

Love the pictures
Even the vole shot

You run 160's?

Jurassic Fisher Man!!

How many Fishah yah got now ?

Nice prime fur there JP.Mount that marten with the vole stuck in its arse.
You can call it an eastern european mount.I think you stuck that frozen vole in there.

Glad you like them man!




Yup, always ran 160’s rather than 120’s for this exact reason.

I think I’m at 6 right now.

LOL!
I was walking back to the sled looking at the Marten for chew damage cause the eyes were missing. Was glad to see everything looked fine, then I thought I better check out it’s (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman). Flipped it over and there was this vole with its head buried in there.
First glance I thought it was dead, but then I could see it breathing. Shook him out and stepped on it. Left him on the trail for something to pick it up for supper!
That photo is legit!

Well done JP!

Not bad for a hair bun guy :-)

Congratulations

My best was 11.... in our 31 day season of December. The limit back then was 15.......and now it’s only 2. I don’t even bother to trap them now.

Lmao! I am the last guy to have a man bun. I keep my hair short lol.

Did your Fisher population drop? I think ours is on the rise, but probably not nearly as high as yours was when you could take 15.

Fish and game must think so

I can picture you in a Mullet JP with a can of Mountain dew in one hand.

MDew yes!

Lol, no way would I ever have a mullet either or shave my head.

Coffee for this guy pretty much is all you’ll see me drinking. You guys don’t know me as good as I thought lol!