Your Best Homemade Coon/Mink Lure?

[mike3132]

OK all you trappers, give me your best homemade coon and mink lure.

I'm getting ready to start a varmint reduction program to help the small game on my property and need a good lure/bait but I hate to buy something I can make myself,........... so lets have those secret recipes. Mike

[tar12]

Mike if you want to catch volumes of coon,feral cats,possums purchase several 12 x36 single door live traps. Purchase some Jack Mackerel. Seine or catch some creek chubs. Mix 1 part Mackerel and 2 part chubs. Let this mixture become "loud". Depending on the size of your property this will keep you busy for weeks. Occasionally I will apply some of this mixture 3-4 feet up on a tree so the wind will carry the smell. This is a proven recipe that I have used for years with great success catching coons to start young dogs on.

[mike3132]

Im seeing the jack mackerel for bait a lot on the net so must work. I saw one recipe using mackerel, minnows, veg oil all in a blender , then mix in some cornmeal to stiffen, then roll up into tablespoon size balls. One guy added a can of smoked oysters too. Thanks, mike

[jgar]

If you are only after coons or possums use mini marshmallows....no joke.
I have a chicken coop by a creek. I will leave a mini-mallow trail right into my live traps.
Tried fish, jack mackerel, and kept catching my neighbors cats. No cats since i switched to the marshmallows 5 years ago.
Last year i caught 17 coons, 6 possums and a wayward groundhog... This is off a 30 yard stretch of creek next to my coop using nothing but mini marshmallows.

[Rifleman]

Man I am glad I stopped short of the trap when I was eatin those treats!

[jgar]

Man, that is great, I just checked this thread today.
Thanks for the humor Rifleman.