Here is a few more styles of stoploss. Thought this thread needed some pics,lol


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All my stoploss traps(Blake and lambs are a good example),have had the chain moved from the jaw end to the spring end.That way, it allows me to pull the chain tight when setting and does not leave excess chain with which the rats can pull back onto the huts.
Tom

nice pics and good info

wynn, how and where in the world do you find all those continual masses of guard-style traps?

That's just a few . lol I love to fix up the misfits that people cut the guards and springs off. I have seen almost every kind made. lol Finding parts is the tough part.

so its a no on the home made bail and spring

Ducky I'm going to be trying that. I got some rat traps at an auction and I have some B&L #1 longs that somebody took the bail off!

Stoploss works on my rats
A must in shallow water

colony traps work to

Even for a nut ball
I use a rake in deep water and large orage zip ties for trap ring on long chain some spots a take a mix of traps and some I don't

In my area I'm trapping the same water the French did hundreds of your ago , sometimes you can feel there spirits , gives me a chill at times , and the lifting power to just go and go and hit it hard . For me it's all day every day or not at all . I tried to just hobby trap it just doesn't work for me . Not saying there's anything wrong with running a small line . I just can't . I know providing for your family comes first and it better .

My reason for going hard is I want to catch a few more than the day before.

good job pesky

ok guys i had some problem with my acount and got a new name . it seems as thought its has died . so any one got anything else to add. and tips or trick to using these traps

Welcome back Ducky.
Tom

I forgot if this has already been asked but what are the disadvantages and advantages of the delay pin?

I have removed the delay pin from all my stop loss and when working with Bill Duke on their stop loss,had them delete it from the trap.
I found over the years,if I lost a Muskrat in a stoploss ,it was because the delay pin failed to function.It got hung up and the pin failed to allow the stop loss spring to release.
Way to avoid this problem---- remove the delay pin.
Tom

Thanks for the info Tom! I never 100% understood the purpose of the delay pin so I never used it.

ok so i geuss i have 2 acounts now hehehe . its me again. so what kind of set do you guys prefer for stop losses

Every foothold set for muskrats.

I did a test on SL's by setting the traps, with/without the pin, and firing them with a screwdriver. I found that without the pin the bail tended to shove the driver to one side, possably leading to "Kick-outs". I use a roofing nail for the pins, so that the pin will fall out of the chain when fired.