Muskrats

[snaresonly]

It appears to me that alot of people here get excited about catching rats. I am new to upland trapping, but have done rat trapping for years. Where I come from all we have is rat trappers. They are now getting few and far between. I only catch about 6 a year. I catch them in my ditch. After doing so many years, I do not see the craze about catching them. We use 110 blind sets. Granted they are cheap to catch other then boat and gas cost.  It is nothing for some of the trappers to catch 120 a day. I guess it would be like me catching a bobcat?

[RdFx]

Rats in  Wisconsin are down in numbers and where i used to catch 2-300 rats im caught 7 rats last yr...This yr ive got an even dozen.  Rats are easy to catch and  help pay the gas and if you have big  swamp rats  and older ones you could always make a good average.  If you have creek  rats or rats where there isnt alot of food the rats are thin skinned and papery and dont get very big.  Bobcats are actually very easy to catch first you have to have them to trap them and once you learn thier nature and habits  you can regularly catch them..

[snaresonly]

we have tons of good rats. the old guys say their numbers are down. They use to catch 100 or more a day. The big thing is to catch them you have to go out in a boat and wade through jersey mud at low tide. It is alot of work. Now they catch between 25 and 50 a day. Some catch alot more but they are also running 100 to 200 traps. If I can't walk to it on dry land I do not need to catch it.