Strong odor for Fisher

[TDunn]

Time and again, the benefits of a strong odor attractant when trapping Fisher has been stressed. I got to thinking about some of the strong odors I've come across while out kicking about. I don't know if, technically, theres a difference between strong and putrid, but I think there is. So I'm thinking next season I'd make a couple Fisher sets with a container of dead nightcrawlers, when its above freezing. Hey, what could it hurt?! Couple times a year I forget a container of the things and leave them in the truck too long. It will make a believer out of you!

[dj88ryr]

I always found Beaver meat great for Fishers, I also used a skunky call lure, they are very easy to trap.

[musher]

Beaver or feathered animals + XLDC !!

[CoonDuke]

The strongest, nastiest, most putrid and penetrating odor I have ever comne in contact with ( and I have smelled some nasty stuff ) was rotten salmon eggs.

A friend of mine had a old jar in his fishing vest and we made the mistake of opening it indoors. Whew!!!

[BK]

I like beaver meat for fisher, it holds up well,......I most often use a skunky lure , but I have caught them with beaver castor. I think a visual attracter such as a turkey wing feather on a string is huge as this pulls them down from the trees if they are up there.

[dj88ryr]

I used to catch them in dirtholes. BIG dirtholes, maybe 10" in diameter, with half a beaver carcass in the back. Maybe 15" deep. The big hole and skunky call lure always had them waiting in the morning. I usually limited out in 3 or 4 days. They are so easy, and back then, they were paying big bucks.

[BK]

DJ ,Why not jump in the beaver thread?............
I know you got stuff up your sleeve

[dj88ryr]

To be honest, I never used castor mounds up there, always runs, slides and crossovers with 330s and 280. I had all I could handle that way, the memories of being up half the night doing up 15-20 Beaver every night are not pleasant ones. The fur check was good, but I am not sure I could keep that pace anymore, it was grueling.

[Stef]

Yeah Fisher are real suckers for dirt holes.
Can't use foothold here for them but seen a lot of fisher caught with Cachottier alone without any bait on customers pictures.

Stef

[dj88ryr]

I would think you could modify this set some and jam a bodygripper in the hole with the same results.

[Stef]

Was reading a study the other night with penned fishers... they tested some baits and the best they found was

Chicken wings and Tuna cat food.

In the field, Marten prefered by far the Chicken wings.

Gray fox liked both by the way....LoL

Stef

[dj88ryr]

Hot wings like the ones Edge eats??? LMAO!!!

[Stef]

No ;D - Direct from the butcher shop!

[vttrapper]

Beaver and skunk essence. Fish oil with skunk essence worked well this season. Either sets on a pole or dirt holes. They are not hard to catch.

frank

[z]

!0" holes, !5" deep.

Isn't Vermont the "granite State"?

Seems like a lot of work for such a "dumb" animal!

A hunk of beaver carcass, wired or staked solid with a coilspring guarding it, guided as tight as you can will take fisher, You will also get some refusals. A fishers diet changes with the seasons as will where he can be found. Blue jay feathers littered around cubby sets work well also.........

Ever thought of writing a book Dj?............ZZ

[dj88ryr]

Why would I do that Zzzzz.

You were 50% right on the State, I was talking NH, Frank is Talking VT. NH= Granite State, Vermont = Green Mountain State. Don't let those names confuse you. The freakin ground is more rocky and harder to dig in here in PA. A lot of those areas where I trapped Fisher, were the immediate areas surrounding a Beaver bog. Very easy digging, not much in the way of rocks at all.

[Edge]

Interesting topic.I love fisher trapping,but here our season is short,and doesnt start until witer is in full force.
The area I trap fisher is area I've never seen without snow cover...I could catch them elsewhere but the area is part of my game,its the one trapline I run for me;the country is rough and grown up,and there are few people still in the woods at that time.
On the rare occaission I'm able to use cs traps I enjoy it,but for the most part I use those for cats and coyotes on the same line and use conis in boxes and buckets for the fisher and marten.
I have used many long call lures like Gusto,Super range all call,something by Carmens(label is gone and its old)but the bait is always beaver meat.I seldom use a flag,but if I cant set sign,i will use a feather on a light wire suspended over the bucket;or in the general vicinity.

Edge

[BK]

I wish some kid would show me how to post pics,....

[Stef]

In the Winter, strong call lure like XLDC, are a necessity to piled up fisher.

Had many reports from guys up north and they were telling me that many cross fisher tracks, then followed them and a good distance from the traps locations (boxes) ... Fishers, could smell lure, than turned left or right and went in a "Zig zag" pattern right to their traps and get caught.

BTW, I'm not a fisher trapper but when I was trapping marten in the north, I used to put 2 pieces flagging tape on my conibear #120 springs for eye appeal and worked great. (don't do that where somebody can find your trap).

There's a guy (winner on my website - picture contest) he's using a chunk of fish in wooden boxes guarded with #330s + XLDC and caught many wolverines in though weather.

You'll see pictures soon ;D

Stef

[Stef]

BK, send them to me ..I'll do it.

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