I encourage mink [whatever that means] on my property per Scott's post - they're an effective predator on muskrats. I don't mind losing an occasional crayfish or bg as long as I know there's pressure on the rats. I tie my fish cage lids down now and didn't lose any fish this Winter - lesson learned.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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