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Post by cajunbill2 on Jun 27, 2007 10:28:27 GMT -5
dig a trap bed for a 11/2 coil or 11 double long spring (set hair trigger )and put a rubber crawfish( the ones they sale at trapper supplys) on the pan now sifter dirt over thre intire area...now take a small paint brush and brush the dirt off the rubber crawfish so only it is uncovered...on a blade of grass put your lure..you now have a set that looks natural best on a bank along the waters edge.
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Post by Sunshine on Jun 30, 2007 3:37:10 GMT -5
do you lure the crawdad or is it a visual attractant?
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Post by cajunbill2 on Jun 30, 2007 8:47:49 GMT -5
sunny it is a sight attractor and on the blend in set yes use lure on dry land but rusty is right in the water it don't need to be hid unless you hid it from a thief...but i do recomend lure near the water to get him near the set...like rusty said it canbe set with out lure if you are in a good location..even the rubber crawfish in abait shop works just add a bobby pin to it
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Post by Sunshine on Jul 1, 2007 10:42:44 GMT -5
ok..Thanks
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Post by Sunshine on Jul 2, 2007 9:55:16 GMT -5
will frogs work?
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Post by Sunshine on Jul 4, 2007 1:10:35 GMT -5
cool ty
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Post by Creek Trapper on Jul 5, 2007 11:08:41 GMT -5
Neat set. I may try it.
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Post by BlakeTheTrapper on Jul 25, 2007 16:37:20 GMT -5
neat set
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Post by tannerc on Aug 2, 2007 16:48:22 GMT -5
im trying that this year for sure
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Post by mtbadger on Aug 3, 2007 17:40:21 GMT -5
Another way of doing this is wrap tin foil around the pan. Don't block the dog from firing. Also don't do this in high theft areas... The coon are naturally curious and will try to turn over or pick-up the tin foil....
Hope this helps somebody...
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Post by Sunshine on Aug 4, 2007 10:38:31 GMT -5
neat idea
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Post by cajunbill2 on Aug 4, 2007 12:24:04 GMT -5
caution don't use dead frogs because i tryed that once and all i caught was seven snakes which two was still trying to bite me....lol...the foil works goodalso during a full moon because as the moon goes up it throws off a reflection which catchs the coons eye
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Post by Sunshine on Aug 5, 2007 13:34:05 GMT -5
dont worry..NO FROGS
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Post by Earl8656 on Aug 5, 2007 20:39:42 GMT -5
all three will work well! The imitation crawfish held on with a paperclip worked best for me, in slow moving water with the trap submerged and just the crawfish showing!
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Post by hawkeye on Aug 23, 2009 0:22:01 GMT -5
I quit using bait of any kind on the pan of a trap, unless it is a dogproof using a piece of plywood. You catch way too many non targets, especially birds, even with the tin foil.
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Post by Sunshine on Aug 26, 2009 1:19:29 GMT -5
crows will go after aluminum foil.
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Post by hawkeye on Aug 26, 2009 10:27:18 GMT -5
So will crane, hawks, blackbirds, and rats, and I'm not talking about muskrats.
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Post by rszwieg on Sept 15, 2009 23:23:40 GMT -5
Same here. Too many birds took a liking to foil and those rubber critters didn't work for me at all.
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Post by hotwire on Apr 30, 2010 7:33:56 GMT -5
I never bait the pan of any trap. My thinking is you should try and shift a critter's focus to a spot behind or above the trap and make your set as species specific as you can.
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Post by wheelers on Apr 30, 2010 12:31:50 GMT -5
I agree with hotwire.
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Post by hawkeye on May 1, 2010 10:49:08 GMT -5
I thought by now this set would be illegal.
There is an old guy here that caught a golden eagle using tin foil on the pan. The state cop got to his trap first. He got quite a hefty fine and gave trappers around here a black eye. Believe me, the cops and the judges aren't going to listen to "I didn't mean to..."
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Post by backwoodsman on May 10, 2010 22:42:05 GMT -5
The set you describe is what we call a tinfish set. We use tin cut in the shape of a fish or aluminum foil on the remakes. Ive never ever caught anything but coons, mink and rats in this set and Ive used it over 3 decades. We put lure on a tall stick with a wad of grass, old sock etc. This set, the PVC set and pocket set account for the majority of our mink and coon.
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Post by trapper7 on May 12, 2010 11:30:26 GMT -5
During the summer I save all my fish heads when I clean fish. I cut a stick with a Y at the top and shove a fish head on each Y. In MN you can't have bait visible from the air or within so many feet of a trap. Then, I wrap both fish heads with long swamp grass, completely hiding the fish heads. You can squirt a little scent or lure on the grass if you want to, but the coon will realize there's food under the grass real quick.
I push the stick in the ground in an area where it will be very conspicuous, like a point or open area along a stream. I set a 1 1/2 coil between shore and the stick. I also try to find an area deep enough to drown the coon. I've never caught anything but coon with this set.
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