What are ya having the best luck with? I was using marshmallows with molasses and went cold with that so I switched to dog good with fish oil and clam juice. Caught my first one with that concoction last night. Thanks for sharing TOO John. People aren't always willing to share their trapping secrets.
Out in the woods or along the creeks
Probely the cheap cat food or the cotton ball with Tuna oil ( toss up )
But in the barns
Marshmellos , hands down
But the location of the trap is the big thing
I have a shallow creek , formed to drain 5 or 6 feild tiles
One spot on a bend , 1 Dog Proof trap set there
Will out catch 10 other sets along the ditch combined
How I found that spot ....I took my time and watched where there were coon tracks
Then put the info in my log book
Same as a freinds great Yote snare location
He found a trail the Yotes use
Day after day
No bait , just a nice pinch point on the trail and 2 snares
OH another thing
Trapping maybe done in the fall - winter
But great info as to where the coon , rats , fox , mink and Yotes live and travel paths
Can be easly seen in the spring and summer
After turkey season
I take walks through the areas I trap
Taking notes
Early this fall , while deer scouting
I saw a tree had fallen over the creek
Not 200 yds from the land owners house
That fallen tree is now a coon super highway to cross the creek
I placed a home made boxtrap in the tree root ball , baited with a chunk of Shad
The land owners kid checks that trap 2 times a day for me
More than a few doubles in the same day
John