quackhead wrote:MuddyWaterWarlock wrote:quackhead wrote:Does anyone know if rats can smell under water? I heard a piece of apple on the trigger of a conibear in the water On a stick works. Just got #1 ls and have 3 1.5 Bridget coils coming. Hoping drowning sets will give me more success. In a week I haven't caught any in conibears.
What kind of water, creek, swamp, slough, are there obvious paths in grass or reeds, can you see the dens are they huts or holes in the bank, are there culverts etc.?
Mainly a small slough, but some river and some shallow ponds. I believe there are holes not dens but unsure since I have not been there without 3 ft of snow. There is some spots where it looks like they get out and eat on bank and some spots where they look like they are running on top of ice.
In a slough, look for huts. Around the bottom of those huts are entrances. Find the runs to those entrances. These will be about 4 inches wide and a conibear fits well. Use sticks to force the rats through the trap. Colony traps also work well here. In flooded areas look for the same type of a trail and use the same type of set. Funnel the rats to the trap. If there are road culverts this is also a real good place to set connibears.
In ponds look for holes under water into the bank and set connibears in a similar matter. THey may come up the bank and make a slide like assa said. THese slides are also good places for the same set. If the water is not too deep you can get into it a little, make a stake out of a piece of 2x2 and nail a small board on it about 5inches wide and 10 inches long, put two nails sticking out on it, one for a 1longspring and the other for a piece of apple. shove the stake in the water, leaving the board about halfway out with the trap under the water, the rat will come up to get the apple and step in the trap, make sure trap chain is secure to stake with another bent nail.
If you are around water there are probably mink and coons. Set a trap with a piece of fish or sardine on and around the huts and banks.
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