Otter Tips?

[Humptulips]

Bend your trigger wires so they don,t touch the water and put "live"fish on a wire stringer wired under the trigger. Use catfish or trout for bait. The fish works best if it is an oily fish. Bluegil or small bass don,t work as well as catfish or trout.

He will wreck 1x2 wire.

That would be illegal in WA. You can use legaly obtained food fish for bait or some kind of scrap fish like a carp but catfish, trout or any kind of game fish is a no no.

Link to game fish of WA,  http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=77.08.020

[Jonathan_S]

Pay attention what Kirk DeKalb said about the 1x2 wire mesh. It's not strong enough to hold them. Otter or Beaver. Needs to be 1x1 14ga. Because you don't want to catch him and have get out. You never catch him again.

I assume you guys mean for a land set because all my swimthtrough traps are built with 1x2" wire and they've caught dozens of beaver and a few otter without any problems