catman70 Posted October 4, 2006 Posted October 4, 2006 Well, went to Stockton this weekend. Had to cut the trip short on Sunday when our cooler was raided by Racoons Saturday night. Too bad becasue Sunday probably would have been a better day of fishing than Saturday. Caught two small bass, one walleye that was just short, a nice channel cat and a few good size crappie. All but the crappie came while trolling tail dancers. I think all came on a perch pattern. Caught the crappie on jigs and minnows around the 215 bridge - by "around" I mean right against the supports. There was a bass tournament this weekend, and talking with competitors and other anglers it didn't sound like anyone was tearing them up. I figure it had alot to do with that front on Thursday. At least that's what I'll tell myself.
Wayne SW/MO Posted October 4, 2006 Posted October 4, 2006 Interesting, while I've had the little bandits get in to everything else, never a cooler. I guess they are expanding their opportunities. Today's release is tomorrows gift to another fisherman.
Terry Beeson Posted October 4, 2006 Posted October 4, 2006 darn alcoholic coons.... Now they're goin' for the BEER!!! My last camping trip, I actually caught a SQUIRREL at least TRYING to raise the lid on my cooler (eggs, butter, bacon, but no beer... in THAT cooler anyway...) That night, a coon lifted that lid with about 5-6 pounds of kitchen untensils trying to hold it closed. He got to the loaf of bread and had a fine meal... Hey, Wayne... Notice how I picked up on Catman's crappie honey hole location? (sound of smacking lips and drool hitting floor....) TIGHT LINES, YA'LL "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
vonreed Posted October 4, 2006 Posted October 4, 2006 I've never had them get into a cooler, but back in July I went down to Arkansas and fished the White river for a couple days and they raided all the minnows I had caught out of the minnow bucket during the night. Maybe I'll use that technique when I'm trapping them from now on.
Terry Beeson Posted October 4, 2006 Posted October 4, 2006 Maybe I'll use that technique when I'm trapping them from now on. My family owned a small grocery store when I was growing up. One older gentleman would come in every afternoon and buy 2 or 3 cans of sardines. I thought he was taking them with him for lunch the next day until my dad explained it to me. He was a trapper and used the sardines in the traps. That man raised 6 kids on trapping and sawmill earnings. Always had plenty of coon and mink hides hanging in his "smoke house".... TIGHT LINES, YA'LL "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
catman70 Posted October 4, 2006 Author Posted October 4, 2006 This cooler even had a latch on it. Heard them outside scratching at it, woke my buddy and he thouht they wouldn't be able to figure out the latch. Five mintutes later I heard the latch pop. By the time I slipped on shoes (pants and shirt be darn) and got out of the tent they had gotten away with our leftover chicken and hotdogs. They didn't touch the crappie fillets - guess they wanted a turf dinner.
Terry Beeson Posted October 4, 2006 Posted October 4, 2006 Dag nab it... it was hard enough to train a good coon to pop that latch, but then he took leftover chicken and hot dogs in lieu of fresh crappie fillets... Looks like I need to work on that part of their training... C'mon, Ricky... let's go play "fetch the fillet".... TIGHT LINES, YA'LL "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
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