Driftwood line.

Got a few beaver sets out on the line close to town.Checked out a few spots a couple traps,and cut a couple nice standing dead spruce poles for drowners.
Took a few pics this afternoon.Couple big houses in one colony-Not trapping that one right now.

It looks like there ought to be some northern pike cruising around in some of those waters.

Brook trout in the creeks mostly but have caught the odd pike at spillway sets in spring.Always surprizes me where pike will get way up into headwaters in spring.
I fish the big rivers mostly when I do fish.

Oh, I thought it looked like bigger lakes in some of the pictures.

You're a lucky man Boco. Can't wait to get back up there in June to go fishing. Beautiful country.

Yes Lug,some of those beaver ponds look like lakes-and some do have hammer handle pike in them.
The terrain is fairly flat here,and a 3 or 4 foot beaver dam on a creek can flood a huge area.

Up in the lowlands closer to James Bay it is so flat ,a 4 inch high beaver dam can make a 2 mile diameter lake, no exaggeration.

Thanks for the explanation Boco, I would’ve never guessed at that.

Nice looking country.

Great pics, thanks for sharing.

so explain the spruce poles. How do you use them? For beaver?

Nice pictures.

Deep water pole stake for drowner wire.(foothold)
There is a picture of one,second picture-beaver pulled up from bottom of pole.
No need to haul around a ton of rebar,or a ton of drowning weights,lots of strong light poles everywhere in the bush here.
They are also used for deepwater tee pee sets for 330's.
No end of useful applications.Also great for snaring partridge out of trees if you dont have a shotgun handy.
They are very light and very strong and rigid.

nice !!

It's a great time of the year. I love it.

Snaring Partridges off a roost like that is legal up there?

He's in a life or death situation daily in the great north. You don't want him to starve do you?

Beautiful country you are in Boco. Thanks for sharing the drowning set up. I have read about using those but just never did. That must be an awesome place to live and trap.
thanks. Oh I bet the fishing is great too.
Mac

Nice

Thank you for the pictures, Boco.

Going out shortly will snap a few more.
Gotta check out a couple more spots.Fur is holding up good,a couple Red Rims but fur is good only one with bites.
Season closes May 15,then the nuisance calls will start coming in.

Great photos Boco

So,,is it legal to snare Partridges off their roost up there or not?

Here is a couple more from today.





Backfoot catch on the foothold drowner pole today.

Great pics and nice beavers

How long has the ice been off up there?

Great photos... that is beautiful country, this time of the year and the summer. Don't think I would like it in the winter. I like that black beaver.

Garry-

Creeks have been running for about 10 days,but still lots of snow in the dark bush.
Still ice on the lakes,but it wont last long-they are calling for a few days of plus 26c.Rivers broke up 3 or 4 days ago.
The water is ice cold right now.

Interesting. Thanks.

Boco, thanks for sharing. I enjoy seeing/hearing about how folks in other places do things.

Hey no problem,going out tomorrow will snap a few more.
I have 8 sets out at 4 different locations on Calder Creek(one drainage that intersects a couple concession roads)close to town.
13 beaver so far on 4 checks.

Thanks for the share.

Great pics. How do pelts and castor look this time of year?

Pelts are still good since the water is still cold and they have just come out from under the ice.A few still had a surprising amount of fat.
3 out of 13 were RR this spring,so far probably since it was a longer winter than normal.
Only one out of 13 beaver had a bite.Only one XXL,with mostly LG and a couple each of LM.and M
i will keep trapping til the 15th,as long as the traps are picking up the odd beaver. I wont expand the line at all.Just keep the traps at the potential nuisance spots I am working right now,to mitigate problems so I dont have to kill them and toss them later in the summer.
The rest of the beaver that dont pose any potential nuisance issues,I will leave alone until later in the fall.

Snow is melting pretty good today,most of the unmaintained concession roads are opening up.

Boco
Nice pictures,you got some beautiful country up there,thanks for sharing them with us

The Waterways look almost exactly like here

No problem Nate,I like looking at pics from different places too.

Yes 330 its boreal forest/muskeg,with glacial features interspersed like eskers,moraines kettle lakes etc.

Couple more shots from the line.


caught going thru deep culvert.



Back foot catch on drowner pole foothold.



Small lake on the line.

You're living the dream Boco. I'd love to take a trip up there to fish for brook trout someday. I'll bet there's good smallmouth bass too.

Bass are rare here Gene.The odd one is caught in the Mattagami river.
I think someone must have tossed some into the river since bass are not found in this area.
Loads of brook trout in every small coldwater stream.
The abundance of beaver provides perfect habitat for the brook trout.

very nice thanks for sharing

Always like looking at your line threads. It's been a long time since I've been in northern Canada. Love seeing those double long springs in use too. First beaver I ever caught was in a #3 vic dls.