Well this morning decided its nice out i would set up the bait trap and give it a whirl, its not the place i had in mind but this will be a test to see if it works. the next set will be a small swamp with little brook outlet thinking i may get some nice golden's in there lookin for 8 " baits or so may have to adjust the hole after i look up regs for sizes and stuff, well follow me threw as i set up my bait trap ? never really done much of it have tried but never really tried  

i put a rock in mine when its near current just incase it rises high it hopefully won't get swept away along with tying it to a tree.

Took potatoe bag and cut plastic mesh out of it.

added some secret bait for the bait.

Got this next idea from Dealiest catch LOL

threw in some other spcial bait for bait

stopped and took this pic on the way up to set it just felt right???

the set this was the most stragetic thisng i did all day heave it towards the water out to about 3 feet deep

tie it off to tree and put ducttape lable with my name and address which is required by the regs

Will go back in couple of days to report on how i did and hopefully have some bait ? prob just throw them back havnt set up bait house yet in the porch area but thats next

good idea on the camo mono how often do you check them?

Thanks i thought you ment 200lb camo rope i have camo rope for hunting so may switch to some of that i will go in morn and repot my progress . i want to move it ti the small swamp i found i am hoping to find some nice goldens by the time i go for pike.

paul yep i did and i had no shinners it was a test anyways little disapointed ,gonna try the little swamp area next and see how it goes . i did catch something think it was a baby eel ?? was gonna start a new thread to find out what it is but looks like one to me? i set it in slack water on edge of river ? oh well i had seen bait fish there earlier figured it was a good spt to start .

carva quick question or two if you don't mind. do you suspend your traps when on the ice? if otherwise what do you look for as far as depth,location ,weedlines etc... any help would be cool wanna try to catch some bait . save a few bucks and is something i will enjoy doing. Like i said before the next stop is small swampy arear with little open water small brook running threw it kinda small beaver pond not very big prob few feet deep in most areas.