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Re: Otter set with fishing lure help needed
[Re: Newt]
#7092470
12/16/20 03:17 PM
12/16/20 03:17 PM
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Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 6,478 east central WI
k snow
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trapper
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Posts: 6,478
east central WI
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Forget the gimics KISS
Catch 'm where, they show you, where they want Kilt That's the conclusion I came to. Just more junk for debris to build up on.
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Re: Otter set with fishing lure help needed
[Re: morefuninajeep]
#7092624
12/16/20 05:32 PM
12/16/20 05:32 PM
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Joined: Sep 2020
Posts: 1,879 Pennsylvania
patrapperbuster
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Pennsylvania
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If otter are using the creek/river ya just got to find the pinch points for those conis & there's got to be crossover somewhere? Small tribs entering river? where a coni would be perfect. Large trunk/root at shore where some water filters around? As far as bait on trigger ya can drill hole thru lure to put trigger wire into. I've experimented with mice on trigger wires for mink by piercing mice with a trigger. Must be in protected water though because of leaves/debris
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Re: Otter set with fishing lure help needed
[Re: morefuninajeep]
#7096395
12/19/20 09:26 AM
12/19/20 09:26 AM
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Joined: Nov 2020
Posts: 212 Central MN
Gray Breard
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Central MN
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For foot hold sets, An old friend of my father used take chunked up fish and pack them in salt. I think that he caught more Otter than law allows.
My Gal's name is Ma Deuce.
The only thing needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.
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Re: Otter set with fishing lure help needed
[Re: morefuninajeep]
#7098072
12/20/20 01:36 PM
12/20/20 01:36 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 23,919 Wisconsin
The Beav
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They use to sell a double jointed minnow that was about 8" long for otter trapping. It had a hole through the top of the head and you stuck a rod through It and anchored the minnow up stream from your trap. I use to have some but don't know what became of them. Never tried It.
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Re: Otter set with fishing lure help needed
[Re: morefuninajeep]
#7110215
12/29/20 02:50 AM
12/29/20 02:50 AM
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Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 625 Wisconsin
buckmaster68
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Bottom edge sets are usually pretty good for catching otter also.
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Re: Otter set with fishing lure help needed
[Re: morefuninajeep]
#7110352
12/29/20 09:19 AM
12/29/20 09:19 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 5,257 Port Republic South Jersey
Newt
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Port Republic South Jersey
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Where to find otter sign?
While facing up stream. Look on the right side,under the most outstanding evergreen Look close and you will also find mink sign.
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Re: Otter set with fishing lure help needed
[Re: morefuninajeep]
#7111116
12/29/20 07:24 PM
12/29/20 07:24 PM
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Posts: 2,188 Rochester, MN
Teacher
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Several years ago, there was a writer/trapper from Canada. Nova Scotia I think. He said otters were on all the docks crapping up a storm and making the owners both mad and frustrated. Don’t know who came up with the set but they put a 1-2 pound fish across the inside bottom of a square plastic pail. They put a decent sized rock under the fish. Holes may have been drilled in the bucket to sink it. And a 220 across the open face of the bucket.
These buckets were hung in the water at the end of the docks. Most as I recall were in clear water and the bucket was on the bottom. As I recall, this set up took care of the otter problems.
If you’ve got otter traffic, find a deep hole or at least water deep enough to sink an upright bucket. Set up the bucket as written above. Wire it to a stake or pole near by.
Never too old to learn
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Re: Otter set with fishing lure help needed
[Re: morefuninajeep]
#7113564
12/31/20 11:03 AM
12/31/20 11:03 AM
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Joined: Dec 2018
Posts: 5,214 Crivitz WI
Sprung & Rusty
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Crivitz WI
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Here's what I came up with. I put a soft plastic minnow on the trigger attached the 220 to a branch then wired off to dead fall tree. The paddle tail wiggles like its supposed to lolOnly time will tell. Most of the other sets have been a mess for me with freeze thaw conditions. I was going to make a mink set like this. I was going to put the minnow on differently though. Making the minnow look like it was swimming. So down through the back and out the bottom. Pinch a small split shot underneath it on the trigger to keep it on. This way with current, the fish minnow would look like it's swimming.
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