Yes, the best bobcat, fox or coyote bait and /or lure available. LOL....
(Student catch photo)
Our local wood rats don't have bushy tails. That looks like a Bushy-tailed Woodrat, was it caught in Ohio?
Here are pictures of our local wood rat (Eastern Woodrat
Neotoma floridana) compared to a Roof rat-
Woodrat Is the larger rat (adult male). Roof rat "teenage" male.