Otters in my ponds - Pond Boss Forum The 2 worst critters that can visit your pond from the fish perspective are otters and cormorants (water turkeys , anhinga) Get rid of them ASAP Not only will the otters eat a bunch they will kill a lot more and eat part or very little So one may eat 2 lbs of fish and kill another 2 lbs In addition they target the bigger fish (your brood
Otters - Pond Boss Forum Otters are relatively predictable for trapping around a pond Any secondary water source (such as a creek below the pond overflow or forage pond upstream) will typically have a crossover trail connecting them where the otter travel back and forth between the 2 bodies of water or they will swim through small channels of water connecting 2 larger
HELP HELP OTTERS! ! - Pond Boss Forum The otters swimming the pond almost always investigate the shiny rock and swim down into the bucket I have caught dozens of otters this way and there is no worry of accidental catches You also can wire a fish to the bottom of the bucket The white bucket stands out in the pond setting and otters cant resist investigating
how bad are otters? - Pond Boss Forum IMO otters are the #1 worst enemy of a pond owner as far as animals go I have seen them clean out 1 acre ponds of nearly all the fish Once they find easy pickings, they'll keep coming back til there is nothing left My dad's friend had huge losses of fish in his ponds to otters until he got fed up and started shooting them
Otters - Pond Boss Forum Otters are relatively predictable for trapping around a pond Any secondary water source (such as a creek below the pond overflow or forage pond upstream) will typically have a crossover trail connecting them where the otter travel back and forth between the 2 bodies of water or they will swim through small channels of water connecting 2 larger
Otters in the ICW - Pensacola Fishing Forum A nutria would be a reasonable assumption, but it was definitely an otter We had otters around our place on the river and I learned how to recognize them by their behavior, as we had beavers too and had to differentiate between the two Good call on the otter's likely home being behind The Oyster Bar- Dale andI were wondering where it might roost
Otters - Pond Boss Forum Optimistic me says the catching the one bass and a couple bluegills and catfish means the otters didn’t destroy the pond (Two were caught and I’ve only ever seen two) Pessimistic me is concerned that I’ve only caught one bass when I have been throwing rattle traps jerk baits and chatterbaits to specifically target them
how bad are otters? - Pond Boss Forum IMO otters are the #1 worst enemy of a pond owner as far as animals go I have seen them clean out 1 acre ponds of nearly all the fish Once they find easy pickings, they'll keep coming back til there is nothing left My dad's friend had huge losses of fish in his ponds to otters until he got fed up and started shooting them
Overwhelmed by river otters - Pond Boss Forum Both my ponds have been stripped multiple times by river otters Discouraging, to say the least There is a city of Fayetteville, Arkansas, owned protected otter haven, called Lake Sequoyah, just a few miles downstream from my ponds, plus the ponds are only about 1 4 mile from the White River, which feeds that lake
Looks like the otters cleaned me out - Pond Boss Forum Otters don't jump or climb a fence so a short fence buried on the bottom works Another idea is a cattle electric fence wire near the ground but you need to keep it mowed so weeds don't short it out You can trap Otters or use other methods of permanently removing your Otters but more will replace them