I’ve got at least 3 I’ve been trying to catch for like a year. I bought a new trap, tried cantaloupe, apples, berries etc. and they literally walk right around the cage. Is there anything else they actually like when fruit fails?
Can you find where they live and put the trap at the opening. Also, I’ve found that putting a few pieces in front of the cage helps.. Also putting stuff over the cage, like branches and leaves will help as it’ll look less like a trap… hopefully you’ll get them soon
@@hufius I know exactly where they live and watch them crawl under the hole they dug under the fence. I have literally took paver blocks and basically made it so only way out of hole is into cage, they just will dig new hole into yard. Tried doing the trail, they will take the easy pieces and never walk into cage.
I live in Scotland but 10 hour flight to Mexico and I made it but tomorrow we are leaving Mexico stayed in Mexico for 2 weeks in RIU plaza dunamar remember it’s 5 star hotel see y'all later
What’s the height you can get out of three? I have the longer ones in a three pack. I’m thinking I’m getting around fifteen feet with three and no aiders.
With 3 without aiders I usually get up around 13ft, if I add aiders I’ll get to 16-17ft with 3 and 20-22 (depending on how much clothing I have to wear) with 4..
Again, sorry Jeff for late reply, I usually get a notification and try to reply right away, somehow just saw your two comments now when I was looking at my monthly recap.. I actually just sold the last one about a month ago, putting in a new order this week, I’ll let you know I get them in. I just charge my cost plus shipping. Oh, and I’m in Lake Geneva, hit me up if you ever come down this way… some good fishing around here.
Hi Jeff, so sorry for late reply.. I usually cut them about 1/2 inch wide. If I feel like it’s too big, I can always trim them down a bit. I love using this fly around this time of year with the gills on beds.. so much fun to watch them hammer a top water
Hi Jason, it’s super fun. My setup is usually 8w with floating line. I use a fairly long leader 10-11 ft usually 12lbs fluorocarbon, I just tie my own and basically do 1/3 of 20lbs, 1/3 of 16lbs and then the 12 in the end. Where I fish the carp are massive, like around 30-40lbs the big guys.. if I go to one of the other lakes I like to go to, the carp are usually smaller, around 3-7lbs and with those I use my 6w with 8lbs tippet. So 16-12-8. Go get em! You’ll be hooked when you get on one… 😁🤙🤙🤙
I use size 16 to 20 nymphs, emergers, and dries without gut hooking my fish. Perhaps you are too slow in realizing you have a strike and therefore deeply hooking the fish. I only use a larger hook when I need a bigger hook gap due to a bulky fly, but I very seldom use larger than a size 8, even on a streamer fly. Baby fish grow to adult size feeding mostly on small subsurface flies, but you might be surprised at what a size 20 Griffith's Gnat will do!!!
Sorta a bucktail Deceiver - if you are looking for it at the store, that’s what I would ask for. Probably one of my favorite flies for all around fishing… anything will hammer it - let me know if you have any other questions 🤙🤙
Double over hand knot, But cool idea, people be spending $$ for aiders An old garden hose, but may knock around. I brought clear 3/4 hose & used am steel
Thanks for the knot name. And yeah, just a simple easy cheap idea, I used it for a cpl years and then did the same as you, amsteel and I just got black hose.. actually made a video the year after this video about those aiders too.. those are a little more expensive, but well worth it for the less bulk. 🤙
100% agree. After this video I actual got a real camera and did a cpl more “fly focused” videos. I hope you still got the idea of what was happening and if you tie the fly slay on it..
Thanks so much for the kind words. I use it every single time I walk in to hunt. For some reason my saddle tends to slide down a bit, but this does the trick. Have a great day
Over the past thirteen years we have helped hundreds of people improve upon their woodchuck trapping. Once making the switch from "bait and wait," of those who made the switch, none have ever gone back to using bait, which saves time, money for bait, while greatly reducing the risk of catching non-targetted animals in a system that requires no maintenance. Some years back we reintroduced this system to the national organization, NWCOA, at Myrtle Beach with a power point presentation that has become the standard for woodchuck trapping. @@hufius
