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AlbertaAl
03-25-2019, 12:24 PM
Is anyone seeing rats swimming on the swamp shorelines ?
HunterDave
03-25-2019, 12:56 PM
It hasn't started to open up here yet. Has it where you are? As soon as it does I'm sure that I'll see them though.
AlbertaAl
03-25-2019, 01:20 PM
I'm seeing water running in the creeks and the swamps are open water.
I'm pretty sure there's lots of ice but those critters might find a way to get on top of the ice.
HunterDave
03-25-2019, 01:57 PM
The other day I saw where a beaver had chewed through the ice but a it's a little early for me to be targeting muskrats. I have to use float sets where I trap so I need deeper water than a few inches along the shore. It won't be long now.
tikka250
03-25-2019, 03:09 PM
Did a little driving around the other night and saw a few rats here and there as well as one beaver but it still needs a few warm days I think.
AlbertaAl
03-25-2019, 05:14 PM
I built a dozen floats ready to go for this season...
Not to anxious to go for a long drive and get nothing @ 114.9 / liter Regular in SE Edmonton
shakeyleg02
03-25-2019, 06:50 PM
I built a dozen floats ready to go for this season...
Not to anxious to go for a long drive and get nothing @ 114.9 / liter Regular in SE Edmonton

Thats nothin 119 -121 around lethbridge area