Muskrat Hideout?

[nategood21]

Anyone know of a muskrat area around Wenatchee? Needing some bait to test out an area. some fur money for gas would be nice too lol. been 3 weeks without anything in my traps. needing fur for gas money

[pnwmtnmn]

Rock Island check out the lakes along the highway.

[nategood21]

Ive seen em in there but i thought you couldn't trap in there. is there a way to make a floating colony trap concealed? was gonna throw some apples in it. but don't want ppl messing with it

[nategood21]

What dimentions do you guys use for muskrat traps? is 1x2 welded wire too big?

[3nails]

 Here is a pic of a 1x2 welded wire trap I made. 8" tall 6" wide 2" bite drop down to 6" door. 24" long. Designed by Hannibal.

[dayn]

I always thought(in theory of course) if you boated out on a pond or lake, and found a patch of cattails that extended 10 to 20 feet from the shore, to take some good loppers and cut a trail back into the cattails toward shore a good 4 or 5 feet, anchor your float off  to side cattails or use an anchor, and cover the floating colony with the cut cattails it might be a good hidden trap and the muskrat would investigate the new swim/runway, this is all of course speculation on my part, Kip probably has more knowledge than anyone about this so I would defer to him..

[pnwmtnmn]

Ive seen em in there but i thought you couldn't trap in there. is there a way to make a floating colony trap concealed? was gonna throw some apples in it. but don't want ppl messing with it

Those old rules/laws are for the old foothold traps. The cage traps are legal in cities, you just have to have the permission of the park managers. At the Rock Island golf course find the course maintenance man and ask if you can trap the ponds for Muskrats and you should have permission to walk along the banks of the ponds.  On the ponds that have public fishing and access a small boat and you're good to go.

[pnwmtnmn]

I always thought(in theory of course) if you boated out on a pond or lake, and found a patch of cattails that extended 10 to 20 feet from the shore, to take some good loppers and cut a trail back into the cattails toward shore a good 4 or 5 feet, anchor your float off  to side cattails or use an anchor, and cover the floating colony with the cut cattails it might be a good hidden trap and the muskrat would investigate the new swim/runway, this is all of course speculation on my part, Kip probably has more knowledge than anyone about this so I would defer to him..

Dayn you have it right.

[nategood21]

I'll give that a try. With that does anyone have a design they use for floating traps?