Just a few pics from this morning’s chilly check. Not cold enough to lock up the water yet, but its close. Another 48 hours and the pocket and toilet sets for me will be done on the ponds and non-moving water. Last two are before and after.
I’ve never got a rat by the tail and is a first for me, have you gotten many befor Randy. Did an owl get it in picture 2? Nice pictures
No, an owl didn’t get him, though I’ve had that happen way too many times. When I slid the lock up the drown rod, I was a bit surprised to see him come up tail first. I get a couple each year like that. For rats on ponds, I do a lot of toilet rock sets. Take a blank area along the shore and place a rock that is large enough to stick up a few inches and for a rat to climb up on to take care of #2. Normally, they swim up the side of the rock, turn, dump, and then slide down into the deeper water. I like a double front foot catch as my goal. Sometimes they don’t follow the instructions. Kind-of like my wife says about some guys “You think they would know how to stand in FRONT of a toilet!” LOL The fur in #2 is just pushed forward from me grabbing him….forgot my gloves in the truck and that water is COLD!! 
Pretty good morning on those ponds. Picked up 9 coon, 6 grinners, and 14 rats out of about 35 sets made. Saturday was only 3 coon and 9 rats. I’ll skip tomorrow then chip ice and pull out on Thurs. If we get clear ice, I’ll be back to to some ice trapping on there if I find enough dens. Today I figured out that what dens are there have deep entrances.
Randy,
You ever do a floating set for rats. My buddy did that for the first time this fall. We got rats every day on it. It was the only thing in this small stock pond for them to climb out of the water on.
Hope you get a buch more!!
Grinners? opposum? and not a bad catch for two days.
Kooty, I use a few different types. Been having the best luck with floats made from scrap 6×6 treated posts. I drilled holes in the sides near the top for inserting brush. That makes a huge difference. I shot these pics without so people could see the design / concept in them.
Grinners = Opposum
Been doing any good Randy, hows the catch going.
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