Catching Lizards for Largemouth bait?
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Have brown Anoles in my yard… too many, wanted to catch them to use as bait/ feeding bass in my own pond, but looking for a more efficient way other than by hand; also I know about glue boards, just looking for something different so I wouldn’t have to mess with the trying to remove them from the glue. Thanks
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get a muck bucket, one of those large but not over tall wash tubs and put a lot of crickets in it…..place a stick over the top , but not in ….the anoles will jump in to eat the crickets. you may need to experiment, as the anoles are very good climbers.
Have you noticed there aren’t many flies in your yard? Wonder why? Those lizards are taking care of ‘em for ‘ya.
I’m all for using live baits including lizards, but if you’re catching them just to get rid of the population, then I dunno what to tell you.
There are lizards all over the place around my house, in the roses and on the walls near the garbage can and all they do is eat the maggots and flies along with any other predatory bug that feeds on my mother’s “precious plants”. And it really ticks me off when I see my grandfather chasing after them with a two-by-four trying to kill them for no reason.
To answer your question though, catching them one by one is probably best. After they notice their buddies disappearing in a trap, just like a bass with a familiar lure, they become wise to it and won’t go near it. Try a long blade of grass with a noose at the end. Just a basic slipknot is all it takes. Lower the loop to the lizard’s head and gently get it around it’s neck and yank up. The knot will close around the lizard’s neck and all you’ll have to do is drop it in a bucket.