Otter Alert !

[agruss]

I have seen them on elk and anderson creek. I have fished a dock with nothing and then seen a otter can't say that was the reason. They are fun to watch but i don't want them to get in numbers. I think they are protected but wouldn't brother anyway.

[Bert]

They are fish eating machines, fun to watch but they are hard on fish.

[Pirogue]

Terrible critters if they find your pond. They will kill fish just for the joy of it.

[Barnacle Bill]

I ran across a couple of them once. They had themselves a side down the bank into the water and were having a ball. I think that's the only ones I've seen. This was in NE NC.

[Yak Fish]

I see otters pretty often where I fish. They're cool animals and a sign of a healthy environment.

Jim

[Alphahawk]

They are all over Mid-TN. TWRA reintroduced them years back and they have taken off big time. Some folks are not happy about them as has already been said they flat eat some fish.

Regards


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[SRHacksaw]

I see their tracks and slides into holes in the ice in our stream in the winter. When they slide their tail leaves a groove in the snow. You can tell when they do it for fun, too, with lots of grooves, like kids sledding. Have not seen one yet here, just the tracks.

[NIMROD]

Good numbers in Arkansas . I have shot and trapped them for the hides . Have caught a couple in gill nets commerical fishing .

[Ketchn]

Good numbers in Arkansas . I have shot and trapped them for the hides . Have caught a couple in gill nets commerical fishing .

I think that's why we don't have many in these parts , trapping was pretty big business back in the day .
We made pretty good money as teenagers stacking up hides . a 243 ,a 22 and a 12 guage ,a q beam ,a 12 foot john boat and 3 car batteries and 2 paddles would flat fill the boat up on one drift down the mighty trinity in the middle of the night .
when we trapped we used to just pull over and do sets in every little bar ditch all over the place . we never caught an otter or shot an otter only because we never saw one

[Crestliner08]

Great pictures! They are the bane of small pond fisheries however. Once a family moves through, the fish takes a serious dive. And if you see one, there are more.