End of season trap prep

[JakeLand]

End of the season is here and it's time to take care of everything so it's good until next season.
   1.  Pressure wash , repaired and repainted all cages
   2.  All lures are resealed and put in paper bags in fridge
   3. Pack basket scrubbed and clean
   4. Axe, pliers oiled and a new edge
   5.  Stretchers cleaned , disinfected and hung up
   6.  Fleshing knives and scrapers cleaned
   7.  Chest waders treated with rubber conditioner and ROLLED up in tote
  Now the long wait until next season ( except WCO work )

Any other good ideas or tips you guys can think of add them in !!!

[predatorpro]

Dude the season isnt even over yet....so not a real trapper!

[JakeLand]

For this guy it is . Everything is up and done

[ouchfoss]

I've gotten in the habit of selling off​ a lot of my cages when season is over because I've got new designs dreamed up. Every season I learn more about the advantages and disadvantages to each design and how I want to improve on them. No need to clean or repaint my traps if I don't own them anymore. 
The one thing I have to get figured out this week is what to do with all the rancid, vile smelling beaver meat I have in buckets in the backyard! I have quite a bit and I'm thinking of throwing it out in a spot where my cousin walked up on cougar two weeks ago. Leave it there for a few days and do some calling. 

[Jeremy S]

End of the season is here and it's time to take care of everything so it's good until next season.
   1.  Pressure wash , repaired and repainted all cages
   2.  All lures are resealed and put in paper bags in fridge
   3. Pack basket scrubbed and clean
   4. Axe, pliers oiled and a new edge
   5.  Stretchers cleaned , disinfected and hung up
   6.  Fleshing knives and scrapers cleaned
   7.  Chest waders treated with rubber conditioner and ROLLED up in tote
  Now the long wait until next season ( except WCO work )

Any other good ideas or tips you guys can think of add them in !!!

Do lures last a lot longer if they are refrigerated?

[JakeLand]

I re-seal them and refrigerate them and they work just as well
I also put them in the fridge every night when I would get home from the line

[Jeremy S]

That makes a lot of sense.