I have to agree. I am up at 4:30 most mornings for my second job and so I can trap. At lunch and after work I go to the gym. Sometimes a set may go a couple days before it gets remade (this drives me nuts, but sometimes has to be done), and I do not have very many traps planted at a time, but I am doing it and loving it. Skinning is my biggest problem. My solution was to bag my catch and put it in the freezer on the way to work. When the weekend rolls arround I spend a little extra time working on my line, moving, remaking,etc... That is also when I try to catch up on my skinning. When that doesn't work I am fortunate to have a couple friends like Rascal who will help a guy out whenever he can. I have sold a few of the things I have caught frozen with the skin on. You don't get quite as much that way,but it can be quite convenient. Two traps in good places can be daily fun that will produce and not take much time. I average 8 to 12(somtimes 20), all in good spots. I have a big chest freezer just for trapping and it seems to fill quickly. I watched my dad work his butt off my whole life. His love is flyfishing. A sport I am also quite fond of. Now pop is retired and is not physicaly able to fish. He never has caught a trout on a fly or otherwise. He has a custom fly rod and all the stuff. He just never made time, and will now never get to. One more thing he did not teach me to fly fish either, I had to teach myself. Find a way, and take the kid.
