Flat set with red fox urine and a drop of call. #2 Duke
My gal thought at first it was a little bear ! Glad I got a pic with her in it to help show the relative size of the little beast.
Season here went out 1-31 so we let him go. Would have loved to have weighed it, I'm sure it was quite a bit bigger that the wiki describes as average.
Beautiful animal, released unharmed. Strong little bugger too. Getting him freed was my very first adventure with a homemade catch pole.
Likely to never happen again, I feel blessed.
What an experience !

Nice catch.I sure miss trapping fisher.

Awesome Fisher

Cool catch

Very cool. Eric

Lots of carcass dump piles in WV after and during deer season. Those fisher pig out on them once they locate them. Usually come in nearly every night.

Thats a Hammer!! Great Job!

Thanks for the comments folks !
How do you typically set for these when targeting ?
Marten box ? Cubby ? Are they steel wary ? or like a cat ?
Are there specific "Fisher sets " ?
Thanks

I’ve caught them in bucket sets for coon and in footholds on a bait pile. Next season I’m going to try a couple of boxes set on trees with 160’s

Nice catch. I like baited cubbies with 120's on the ground. I also like Bob Noonan's set with a 160

Interesting, thanks. Nothing steel, or plastic shy about it then. Cool.

The typical set for fisher is
an elevated marten box with a 120 or 160 BG trap. But, being a opportunistic hunter/scavenger they will respond to most any baited set.

The set BCtomcat has caught a lot of fisher. Before the Inland Fish and wildlife of Maine decided to bend to the antis, I caught a lot of fisher in ground boxes using 120s or 5x5s. Ground sets with body grips must be used with discretion.

A true step down trench dirt hole set can be a great set and heavily guided. Fisher are not afraid of heavy guiding.
Cubby sets are great in any weather.
Back in the day foot hold traps were of course used a lot.
Body grips in tree sets are deadly.

Typically they are not trap shy. But if you find someone that says they cannot get shy, they probably are a youtube expert that has caught one on camera.

There is a lot more than the above to making a good fisher catch, but this should help.

Mac

Thanks for the info, my toolbox is now well equipped !
I'll look for him again next year.

I can see why your gal thought that it was a small bear. That thing is a hoss!

Amazing animal and an awesome experience for sure!
My first one was unexpected also, in a DP set for coon. I had to release it also, no season for them then.
When a Fisher season was set I was able to connect!
Best of luck to you next season!

Thanks ! Those are butes !
I have his address and told him .... "I'll be back"

Congrats! If you don't mind sharing, which county are you in?

A friend had made a "hole in the m'rat house" mink set and returned to a large hole in the house and trap/catch inside. Turned out to be a good sized Fisher(released). Never expected that !

This was in Hampshire. Where are you ?
Thanks