Originally Posted by Snipe
May try a piece of fish or chicken leftovers or something. Snakes have always worked great for us in traps but it's Russian roulette trying to actually find a rattler-which usually doesn't take much looking.. not many garters and I leave the bull snakes alone because they are too beneficial.

+1 to snakes for crawfish bait. I've had two northern water snakes drowned after slithering into the mini-B looking for a free lunch. They worked really well in the crawfish trap.

I tried some raw chicken necks. Not so good, so I let em sit in the sun on the dock for a day. They were a little better after that but still not great.

Best thing I've tried so far is the carcass of a catfish after the fillets were removed.