Who's trapping bait?

[rude the dude]

yep...and i checked em at dark and first light this morning    i dunno how they even saw them but they are gone! went back today and threw em in and babysat em for 3 hrs...good haul but would have been better with 2 more traps 

Thats a drag.

[rich81]

If you catch em, break some bones..God knows they deserve it!!

if i catch the people who stole my trap they might be sleeping with the fishes with cement shoes  

[billditrite]

the odds of catching the culprits are pretty slim and im pretty sure it was probably some neighborhood punks...ive made a couple adjustments to make myself a little more stealth .

lets get back to trapping bait...i have been saying for a long time the black traps arent as good as the galvanized ones and id like to say i have been wrong...after the galv got stolen i put a couple black ones in there place and pulled in 220 out of 2 traps   

[pikeking]

Steal mine and I will notice!!!

They might not like me to much when I catch them.

[pegasus]

Steal mine and I will notice!!!
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They might not like me to much when I catch them.

How does this trap work, do you have anything that keeps the net open?

[nbourque]

I checked my traps this morning. Luckily they were both still there but I only mananged 5 shiners from one trap  . I may have to try a few other spots. Here's what the shiners look like from one of the ponds i'm trapping from: I believe these are emeralds.

[pikeking]

There is a metal ring that stands up so the net will stay open. I only use it ponds that have alot of cover.

[rich81]

lets get back to trapping bait...i have been saying for a long time the black traps arent as good as the galvanized ones and id like to say i have been wrong...after the galv got stolen i put a couple black ones in there place and pulled in 220 out of 2 traps   

my black ones work just fine too!! although some days a buddy i was trapping with seemed to catch more with his galvies.  who knows, sometimes dog food woorked sometimes it didn't most of the time bread was the ticket.  my only problem with the black ones were the clips,   i had a couple break on me last winter

[pegasus]

Sometimes I use half black and half galv. and it works better. The cheapest hot dog rolls work the best for me and if I use a bait bag it keeps the bread in the trap and not in the bucket when you dump out the fish.

[billditrite]

another good tip...floating bait attracts them but sinking bait gets em in the trap. if you are using dog food or something that eventually absorbs water and sinks, leave the old stuff in there and just add a little fresh stuff when you reset them.

[Mainehazmt]

kinda gets nasty digging out the minnows in the old stuff   LOL

[billditrite]

kinda gets nasty digging out the minnows in the old stuff   LOL

i let em flop their way out!

[nbourque]

I actually managed a little over a dozen in my trap this morning!  Best pull so far.

[Ice Chip]

Nick,

I always had better luck with a mix of cat food and dog food at the first pond.  The location I threw my traps at was right out from the culvert.  I often thought of trying at the drainage into the 2nd pond.

IC

[nbourque]

Nick,

I always had better luck with a mix of cat food and dog food at the first pond.  The location I threw my traps at was right out from the culvert.  I often thought of trying at the drainage into the 2nd pond.

IC

That's where I have 2 traps set right now. I've got a 3rd set in a diff spot.

[Oldbear]

For me I think the black wally world traps have way to big a hole unless I'm looking for catfish bait.  I wire on a rubber garden hose gasket on each end to narrow them down.  I do prefer the Gee galvanized ones and if their to big you can just bend them in a little.  Bait with cat or dog food in a mesh bag.

[ALASKANSS]

IM ready,hard to see but tank is full.

[SALMON SLAYER]

  used to trap for my own bait all the time, now i just buy them from a fellow down the road he has pretty good stuff and most of the time gives me a pretty good deal, i do miss going out and checking traps work got in the way wouldnt ya know..

[Mainehazmt]

where it was so nice today on my way out to the farm I threw 2 more traps out in the lake to see  lol  will check tommorrow