TnRiver46

Just rub some dirt on it

I’m glad I don’t think I’ve ever seen an algae bloom

Been waiting for that!

I went to a job the other day where they had already tried the terriers. We try not to even do rat jobs and price them high. People still call constantly because they CANNOT stop feeding birds and we are the only people that will come more than one time. They usually have pest control that will put our poison but never get to the bottom of it. Sometimes pet food is the cause but most often it’s bird feeders. Also anyone that hires us usually has money and lives in a fancy neighborhood, therefore they don’t want a pack of dogs tearing their yard up. anything can be snared but 99% of my work photos would get me on a government watch list if I put them online haha. Let’s just say a rat in a trap is often times eaten

Try 4/0 round bend , they work better for me. The ewg points inward just a bit, I would about rather have it pointing out slightly The zoom horny toad is a good one

Jerk bait

I just left a new rat job. If they are stealing the bait , you’ve got them right where you want them. Just keep re baiting every single day and they will make a mistake eventually. Try fiddling with the trip pan tension or adding wider things to it like wire mesh they might step on. The ninja rat Refuses to be captured and avoids all traps. The ninja rat is always alone and can sometimes take several months to catch. I usually have to get creative with a size 55 conibear or a snare to get the ninja. One time there was a ninja rat stuck in a garage that figured out how to live there. Between me and the customer, we tried it all. After several weeks the rat started chewing on door jambs leading me to believe he was stuck. The only thing that worked was crack the door and let it out. Don’t even get me started on the subterranean rats that travel old sewer lines and show up in houses. If trapping rats was easy, they would be extinct and the plague wouldn’t have killed several million people

They like moles too

Always check rules and regs before any fishing anywhere. Ohio he is all good to use up to 100 crawdads or 500 minnows. Or 500 total in combination. And you can’t release live minnows in a watershed they didn’t come from

Judging by his screen name, I don’t think he’s in Minnesota

You sir have a ninja rat. I’ve encountered many such rats, they suck. When you say they have grown wise to snap traps, you mean they rob the bait or they won’t touch them?

If you catch your minnows in the same river you fish, they will stay alive for a few days in a bucket with bubbler . I’ve had my buddy drop off buckets full on my front porch in the summer that I used a day later

Love the menace! I broke one off Monday and a little smallmouth ripped the flapper off another. Sadness.... I’ve never tried the speed craws, hoping they are a cheaper alternative

I didn’t buy split shot but they had a bunch. I think they took all the tackle from America and brought it to east TN

The one I mentioned isn’t anti perspirant, I guess I missed that part. Sweat is a natural reAction to heat so instead of trying to squash it, I just get one that covers up the smells for a day

Never tried that one, minnows and craws really only need fresh water every now and then, not necessarily constant. Although constant fresh water keep anything more lively. My buddies uses a bubble box on a perforated bucket with good success

Old spice high endurance, the blue stick not the white one.

This is usually what I end up doing after trying the other two.

Flow troll is good stuff but it will slow down a canoe/kayak exponentially

I’ve seen a 6-8 lb cat slap the daylights out of 40-50 lb dogs

I’ve put the rod in the back of my shirt to swim through long deep pools with both arms free. Also swam a long ways biting the rod blank. Neither are very comfy haha.

You have to walk in the water the whole time down here in the jungle. And sometimes swim

The cause is Probably the very same reason the chicken crossed the road

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