Any rats yet??
 

We are still 2 feet of snow and maybe the edges will open up this wkend. itching to see some spring rats catches.. :)

my Huskies have killed 2 in 2 days in their dog run, I have yet to see one alive this season, but they are def out and about, 70m up hill from the water to the fenced dog run.

16 yesterday can't wait till 5pm so I can get back to checking traps this work think really screws up anything good :angry3:

get some pics up to feed my need!!:)

Attachment 89539 that's from today I will have tomorrow:sHa_shakeshout:

Are you trapping in a marsh, Pointer? The darned drainage ditches around here are blocked or flooding and it makes for poor trapping. I might have to go with a plan B for a week and head out to the lake.

Runs and culverts with colony's and 110s along the shore line with carrots and the good ol 22 with some solids I got all those rats in one slough theirs still a lot of ice yet in most of the spots I usually trap

Are u guys seeing lots of rats where the huts are froze over now with the open water?

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Seen some tracks in the snow and I followed them. Bingo hole in the snow so you guessed it 120.
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First rat of the season got em about 2 weeks ago.
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Here are a few to feed your addiction. One is a good size about 12 inches long.

I seen almost 50 yesterday they were coming trough holes in the ice everywhere and today I seen probably 30+ but I didn't look around so much today

Only sloughs I'm seeing any is where they have lived in the road banks. Went for a drive tonight an seen 5. I'm thinking I might be smarter to leave them till fall.
Last fall I figgered I'd leave them till march, so I've been wrong before. I doubt there's 5% of what was around last fall

I'll let you know on Wednesday night, Nube. The ditches aren't going to work for me for another week or two, either blocked or flooded, so I'm going to go to the local lake/slew. It has huts and I thought that it died out every year, but an older fella told me that I should get my butt in there if I wanted rats. The slew is only maximum 3' deep....maybe 4 right now. He trapped it for +60 years but he said that he slowed down a bit once he hit 75 years old. :)

Taylor I think your right and I might be selective of what I trap this spring. I could easily wipe them out for a few years if I hit them hard I think and then I will be a sad boy!! I think I should expect a 90% die off this year I think. Thank goodness they breed fast and a lot

Spring Rats
 

Picked up 35 the last couple days, huge jumbo springs...love it. Got booted off a lake due to my quad starting to fall through the ice in the shallows. Common sense prevailed and I pulled all my sets. Time to hit the shallower stuff, culverts are almost open here. Dug outs are also opening, getting floaters readied.

Spruce

rats
 

Got all my gear back up and running on my Lake i'm trapping,Picked up five yesterday,tomoorrow i'll be taking 10 ft jon and my 36lb trolling motor and setting another 23 floats,i'll leave this area alone come fall and trap main lake body,so next spring i can do it all over again,they love the floats,Great Spring trapping to all.Peter

nice pics bill.


your going all in peter. launching a boat! i can only wish i had a piece of water big enough that could take a boat.

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Oh man thanks guys,:sHa_shakeshout:

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Nice looking colony traps that you have there, Pointer. :)

You're really getting a good haul so far.....Good for you!

Those traps are payed off as of tonights haul had 5 in one trap put out some more tonight im getting more open water to work with every day now:sHa_shakeshout:

Hey pointer I guess your hairy rat is bigger than my hairy rat. Hahaha. Shhh don't tell my girlfriend.

good to see the prep. work paying off pointer.

funny iv'e never seen a request for rats as bear bait, only beaver.

Gotta love a big rat I'm in a new area this year and its producing some big rats seems like every bigger one I get had a white tip on its tail

Bears love rats I give all my carcasses to a guy from work he was telling they work just as good as beaver

I took a drive out to the slew this afternoon and I saw 5 or 6 rats in about 10 minutes, nice size too. I could have shot them but I didn't have my waders with me. It's only about 3' deep at the deepest point. It has huts on it and it appears that it did extremely well this winter. I'm going to pack up in a bit and set my traps tomorrow. Let the games begin. :sHa_shakeshout:

If I knew how to post pics I would post!
Anyone wana poster for me haha

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Another 14 fell to the floats,i love em,as an added bonus seen 5 or 6 pike spawning in the shallows,the big girl had a lot of boy friends,beautiful weather for it,gotta do some moving around,seen some sun worshipping rats rather down the shore line,that's 49 from 13 floats so far,battery charging,jon is ready and so are the rest of my floats,another 50 rats and I will done for this season,leave some for next time,good looking pic's guys,i'll load mine from today after supper,Peter

Pics posted for Davesilva. :)

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