Matt Jones

I just bought a Matt Jones 2004 coon trapping VHS video. Good Stuff! Does he still have a trapping business? In the video it showed 3-Rivers Trapping Supply but queries to that address only show Carman’s 3-Rivers mink lure at various dealer locations.

He and Len Williams did a super job. It was well worth the money. Is he still trapping or is he doing primarily commercial fishing?

Matt Jones is one heck of a trapper and all around outdoorsman. I do not believe he runs a trapping business. (But he may sell some products. You would have to contact him. I have bought some fine fish oil etc. from him over the years.)
He has many DVDs on the market and all are top notch. He is not one of those blow hard braggers that often come to mind like the puppy trapper.


Matt and another top flight trapper runs a top notch predator trapping school each winter. If you want to trap in the hard core conditions those boys do, it would be worth the coin. Lord I would pay the tuition just to hear the man's stories.

Mac

Matt used to be on here all the time... man he had some good and funny posts. I miss him lol

https://trapperman.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/userposts/id/21543

It looks like many of his posts have been deleted, possibly by him.

I miss him too. May have to get another tissue for my eye!

Chris

"I miss him too. May have to get another tissue for my eye!"

Chris

Well Chris, it is a tad sad when a man that can truly rack up the numbers when the prices are there, has a ton of experience, just plain get sick of the crap that gets thrower around at times. A lot of valuable members have walked away.

Probably you will cry your kind self to sleep now.

Mac

Matt Jones made me the man i am today.

great vids.

Trap with him

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057621182436

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Looks like last time he logged in was in 19 . If I remember correctly he left then came back for a little while and is gone again. Wish he would come back he was full of knowledge , I remember meeting him a few times At a few conventions he was a down to earth guy , not like a few I know that’s really stuck on their self .

Please don't read my comment the wrong way. Matt and I are friends and enjoyed a trapline together. I honestly miss him posting on here and would love for him to start again. A few years back somebody belittled his commercial fishing and perhaps that turned him off to the site. It certainly was not me!

Chris

A Matt Jones story from the archives-
https://trapperman.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/6263406/an-old-matt-jones-story-from-the-depths

would a Kentucky non resident trapping liscense be required...........or is that included in the cost?

That explains a lot!!!!!!

That man was forever cutting parts of his body off, or afraid a woman was going too.


Chris, I remember when the commercial fishing thing went on. I was sad to see him go.

I believe Matt sold his vids and lures to Sterling maybe?....I'll tell you this, he can flat out smoke most of these so-called professional trappers.

He's just a natural, and Jtrap if Matt made you the man you are today "prayers sent" brother, Lol.

I miss him on here also. Always good info in a style only he has. lol

Guess too many people who forgot fish are for eating ragged on him so I don't blame him one bit.

It was probably one of the holier than thou CPR only catfishermen crying about him selling catfish to paylakes.

Matt Jones the man, the myth the legend!



Chris

As you can see Matt is Commercial Fisherman, where I come from and according to Maritime Tradition and Law, he should be addressed as Captain. No doubt he just may have a license. that indicates that title. A commercial fisherman like Matt is a very rare item in todays world. I communicate with Matt once in a while on FB, and will probably visit with him in a year or two (its on my punch list, i think i would prefer running trot lines and nets with him). I have seen his posts when he was on that river in the most adverse conditions, that is one tough man. He is quite an individual, a river man maybe like Mike Fink of yesteryear. The world could use more men Matt Jones, and yes he is a very good trapper. Any trappers that want some entertainment should watch his videos, they are classic and full of stories, his fur handling segments give him more opportunity to tell stories. I keep them with my Thorpe CDs. Some of the best entertainment out there

Matt Jones was great to have around here. I can clearly remember him and J Lord tradin back handed compliments and every post along those lines was hilarious

I really wish I had bugged one of the mods to archive some of his posts on hoop nets and the like

Matt was a hoot. Always enjoyed his posts.
Does he still have his ear?

He's just a natural, and Jtrap if Matt made you the man you are today "prayers sent" brother, Lol.

He's caused me to suffer liver damage im sure if nothing else, lol.

He still never told me how he lost that ear so i imagine the actual story behind that must be something else, lol.

But yes he's still got the ear, it just sits 1.2 centimeter's lower than the other one now.

Glad to hear all your rowdy friends haven’t settled down jtrap.

I spoke to Matt at the KY Fur Takers fur sale in Etown last year. Hardly recognized him, he was skinny as a rail.... Think he may have been battling some health issues...

He's a legend trapper here in KY, I've learned a ton from his videos and talking to him.

Who is the puppy trapper? Thanks