[creekchub]

what methods of staking do you employ in marsh settings especially around rat huts and feed beds?

 

[itrapny]

I usually use a long forked stick about an inch in diameter cut during the Summer. The fork makes it easy to push into the mud with either a canoe paddle or my broken hoe I use for a trap retriever.

 

[OldCoon]

I do just like Itrapny does except I tie a streamer of flagging from the top of the stake so I don't miss any sets. In a marsh everything tends to look the same and many times landmarks are few and far between.

 

[itrapny]

I just use suveyers ribbon and attach it to the cattails near the set. That way I can keep my stake length down below 2 feet and they fit it the packbasket better, not to mention it will hold a coon better if he can't get to the stake.

 

[Tim B]

I like 5 ft sections of river cane. Its free--light--and strong.
Tim B

 

[gcs]

On 110's I use a piece of lath most of the time, but they do blend into the background, you can paint the end with some red flourescent spray paint, or use the surveyors ribbon.

 

[creekchub]

do any of you use slide wires? or just one stake and move

 

[itrapny]

When I set up in a marsh I'm only looking for rats. 3 days max in one spot and move on. Slide wires are too bulky and a downright pain in th butt when you're rat trapping.

 

[Bogmaster]

Chub,do you get the Trapper and Predator Caller magazine?I had an article last year,called No Latheing Matter.It dealt with just the question you are asking.
Tom

 

[creekchub]

you would not happen to know what months issue that was in do ya bog? now im gonna have an go thru all them mags i just put up

 

[Bogmaster]

Chub,you are just going to have to go through them.I should start a listing of my articles,but then I have to go through 3 or 4 years of tpc lol.
Tom

 

[Tim B]

Chub-
I had an article on rats in the T&PC last year on open water lake rats--the staking methods would be the same for all sets on the edge...
but i dont remember what issue it was either...
Tim B

 

[creekchub]

thanks guys went thru some old t&pc mags but have not found the right one yet ill keep looking