Lots of ideas on home made lures out there, trying this primarily for Marten but likely work for other critters as well. I have let a pail of white fish simmer all summer and now its mostly slop with some fish scales and bones, planned on mixing some of that with skunk essence, bacon grease and vaseline. It's just a trial run to test it out, sound like it will work?
It should work as marten(and fisher) are an opportunistic predator/scavenger that will eat virtually anything; berries, birds and eggs, fish and of coarse MEAT. Thus, many types of food and LURE will attract them.
I have used just beaver castor with a couple drops of anise with good success on both marten and fisher.
With the fish slurry you have... once the fish have deteriorated enough it will just be sludge with a light colored oil floating on top of the sludge. The jar you keep the fish in should have a small nail hole in the lid so it vents off the gases and the jar should be in the sun for up to a year. It is this "amber" oil that floats to the top you want to use. Mix with a bit of glycerin for cold weather. The left over sludge can be used but it is the amber oil that will make a good lure that can be used for most of the weasel family (mustelids).
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With the fish slurry you have... once the fish have deteriorated enough it will just be sludge with a light colored oil floating on top of the sludge. The jar you keep the fish in should have a small nail hole in the lid so it vents off the gases and the jar should be in the sun for up to a year. It is this "amber" oil that floats to the top you want to use. Mix with a bit of glycerin for cold weather. The left over sludge can be used but it is the amber oil that will make a good lure that can be used for most of the weasel family (mustelids).
How much would you get from this. Say a 5 gallon pail of fish.
With the fish slurry you have... once the fish have deteriorated enough it will just be sludge with a light colored oil floating on top of the sludge. The jar you keep the fish in should have a small nail hole in the lid so it vents off the gases and the jar should be in the sun for up to a year. It is this "amber" oil that floats to the top you want to use. Mix with a bit of glycerin for cold weather. The left over sludge can be used but it is the amber oil that will make a good lure that can be used for most of the weasel family (mustelids).
How much would you get from this. Say a 5 gallon pail of fish. I am curious more for bear hunting. Or for bears is this worth it ? What does the glycerin do?
The trapping course i took talked of this but i never asked the question there.
Glycerin or glycol is used as an antifreeze in lures and also gives it a nice thick liquid consistency. When making fish oil try to use a fatty fish. And from a five gallon pail I usually get around a big jar full. Just about every animal likes it bears included. I usually save a bunch of heads and what not in March from ice fishing and keep the pail sealed in the sun until mid to late April for bears than hang it in a tree after cutting some holes in the lid. No matter how you hang it they'll get it eventually but she stinks.
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