It is hard to argue the location thing and I agree 100% But I recall back in the 70s when I purchased a bottle of lure that was recomended by lots of users. Key word there maybe lots of users?
I won't go into brands, but I can say that it was a well know brand and I believe still made today. At least the maker still makes lure not sure if that particular lure is in his cataloge. Anyway I made several sets on my line using what I thought would be a sure thing coon lure. As the name of the lure implied. I can't say why that particular lure didn't work for me but I can say that it didn't. After a few days with no hits on the sets lure with that brand lure. I relured using something different and had hits the next day. Now maybe with different weather different location I might have made a haul??
I'm not a lure maker not even as hard core a trapper as many on this site. I have however spent at least a few days or more trapping something each fall, since the mid 70s. Most years I try at least one new lure on my line if it's a longer line. I've found I have brands of lure that work for me year after year and others that just never seem to hit.
This is not to say that any particular brand of lure is better than another. Just that the lures I use work for me the way I use them and under the conditions I use them in. It used to be there were a lot of trappers here my line mixed and crossed with several other trappers. There were guys spreading a lot of the same brand lure everywhere trying to catch the same critters. That is something that has changed from back in the hay days as some call them. I know I was always trying the so called odd brand or off brand lures back then. When I found a lure I liked I kept that a secret.
When people ask what lure I was using of course I told them the same brand lure that I knew many others where using LOL. Or at least thats what everyone said they were using?
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I say experiment on your line with lures from the guys that been in the business for years and you'll find a keeper. Check out and test the new comer and off breed lure brands and you might find a jewel. All I know is that I'm glad I had more than one lure brand in my pack. When I could no longer get my O.L Butchers to use I could have cried. Lucky for me my #1 brand was and is still being made by someone who sometimes post on this board.
I know I will keep testing and look for lures that work on my line the way I trap. You never know when your favorite brand will just be gone.
and that's my rambling on it all lmao!
Mac
