Sep 12, 2009 · I run an 1/8" cable through the side of the bucket and then connect it to the trap, this will allow you to pull the trap, bucket, and hopefully the otter in. Place a good sized rock in …

The otter will naturally follow the current as it swims. Any small streams that flow into the main stream should be blocked with a conibear. Here is where your smaller 280’s and 220’s can be …

Northern river otters can be trapped most effectively with coil-spring foothold traps, longspring foothold traps, and bodygrip traps. Bodygrip traps should be used only in submersion sets. …

Feb 24, 2024 · Don't need any unless you're setting pocket or dirthole sets for otter. Even then...no bait needed...just a curiosity-type lure (skunky, tonquin, mink musk). All bait will do is …

Sep 20, 2018 · In my experience baited sets are a poor choice for otter trapping. The most effective IMO are blind sets. With regard to the type of area to set, I would suggest key …

Dec 5, 2002 · They mostly use crossover sets where a creek makes a bend or block off a really narrow feeder creek and set the 220 or 280 in the middle...no bait or lure. I use the same …

The best bait to trap the animal would be fish-based foods, the best being fresh fish, then sardines. The more food you place in a trap, the higher the chances of catching a otter. After …

Jul 2, 2023 · This video is a continuing of the otter trapping series. Today we discus the use of conibears and footholds with bucket sets for river otters.#otter #trappi...

Oct 27, 2008 · Late last season, I helped a friend test a new product he calls the Bait Safe, a small metal container with holes in it that is meant to hold bait at cubby-type sets. It worked …

Nov 2, 2014 · A description of how I do one of the several otter sets that I like to use.