Derek
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Post by Derek on Sept 10, 2007 18:50:46 GMT -5
question instead of setting it it a tree on land what would it produce in the water?
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Post by Itrapny on Sept 10, 2007 18:55:57 GMT -5
Never can say never, but the fisher is a land animal. They have been caught before in pocket sets, etc. around and in water, but why use a low percentage set? Set where they are more likely to be.
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Post by buckhunter649 on Sept 10, 2007 19:25:10 GMT -5
Where are they most likely to be?
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Post by Itrapny on Sept 10, 2007 19:29:55 GMT -5
Depends on where you're trapping. Where I trap them it's broken farmland mixed with hardwoods and dark timber. I get most of mine from ridges going from one habitat to another, say hardwoods to a beaver meadow or near a small creek or brook going through dark timber.
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Post by Spikehorn11 on Sept 11, 2007 0:44:58 GMT -5
All the fisher I have seen have been working the edges of water. Saw one by Oneida Lake, a Creek and a pond/swamp.
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Post by Issiah on Sept 30, 2007 10:33:23 GMT -5
Wire it! I'd use half a rib cage per set, maybe even a quarter. It's the lure that calls'um in, the bait just gets them into the trap. Should the lure be placed on the pole with the Bait? Would a Dirt Hole set or two nearby with lure be good to call Fisher / Marten to the Leaning Pole Set & possibly to the Dirthole Set(S) itself?
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Post by Itrapny on Sept 30, 2007 10:35:20 GMT -5
yes
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Post by Issiah on Sept 30, 2007 10:38:15 GMT -5
Are K9's attracted to the "Skunky" fisher lures?? Should Large amounts of fisher lure be used to call them in???
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Post by Itrapny on Sept 30, 2007 11:15:33 GMT -5
Yes, skunk is a universal attractor. Depnds on the type of lure how much to use. I use Night Owl Crossbones up high and then another lure at the actual set.
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Post by Issiah on Sept 30, 2007 19:30:11 GMT -5
Why the Crossbones up high?
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Post by Itrapny on Sept 30, 2007 19:41:34 GMT -5
If you'll notice that the wind currents are stronger the higher up you get. The higher you put a call lure the further it can spread the scent on the wind currents. Also, hot air rises and cold air falls, so when night falls and it cools off, the scent is distributed towards the ground as well in the immediate area. Just my thoughts on it, I'm sure there are more.
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Post by martinsmodified on Oct 9, 2007 21:29:47 GMT -5
"cross bones up high" up high so you dont brush up against it as you're backing out of your set. a pea size gobb of that stuff can ruin your truck/house/life. i will admit to cracking the lid about 6x in the off season. crossbones makes me smile: it smells like....like victory!
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Post by brushwolf on Oct 29, 2007 10:43:25 GMT -5
Interesting thread. I used fish that i salted down exclusively last year and had good luck with it. Also try the hind quarter of a coon as bait. Its very greasy and doesnt dry out to quickly. I dont use running poles here much because of the lack of success ive had with them. Either 160 boxes or dirtholes work well for me. If fisher season ran into the late winter here and we got decent snowfall i bet they would work alot better. Crossbones in the box or down the hole and a bit applied up high is all the lure ya need to get them there. My .02
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Post by TnPsycho on Nov 6, 2007 18:22:52 GMT -5
Im not the greatest with coniber traps, so please forgive my question, but how is the trap attached to the limb? I cant see it to well.. My brother use to trap a ton with these type traps, but I was to young to remember how any were set..
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Post by Itrapny on Nov 6, 2007 18:25:03 GMT -5
They're coni-clips and mine are from Minnesota Trapline Supply.
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Post by trappersrule on Dec 8, 2008 23:01:12 GMT -5
I have a question. I put an unlucky gobbler and a White Rock chicken at two different pole sets. It has been 3 weeks and nothing but mice at the turkey. I used some skunk for lure. I had seen 2 differnet fishers the the area during bow season. Am I doing something wrong?? Should I be only using deer or rat?
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Post by Itrapny on Dec 9, 2008 18:59:49 GMT -5
Well, I try not to use anything but red meat for fisher bait myself, but I know they'll eat whatever they find, very similar to a raccoon. The skunk should have brought them in too but I've noticed they don't like to climb poles until the snow gets a little deeper.
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Post by trappersrule on Dec 9, 2008 22:39:16 GMT -5
K, that helps. thanks a lot.
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Post by jimbison on Dec 15, 2008 13:48:38 GMT -5
don.t worry about not having lots of snow for the fisher to climb a pole right location bait lure will do it all they will climb on bare ground as well here is 17.18,and 19 on dec. 3
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Post by Lonny Mattison on Dec 16, 2008 4:24:44 GMT -5
good job with the fisher
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Derek
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Post by Derek on Dec 16, 2008 18:09:50 GMT -5
nice fisher
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Post by jdpaint on Apr 24, 2009 20:04:47 GMT -5
Seems like a good call station to catch coyotes circling .You use this in big woods or large chunks of ground?Nice coon and fisher.
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