Otters in the boat house

[Kit Carson]

A week ago I set some cages inside a boat house.
Chained the cages tightly to the dock near their very obvious toilet.
Used a can of sardines and metal fishing flashers tied to the top of the cage. Clam juice, oyster juice and a little bit of Cavens Otter Lure Supreme poured into a tin foil cup behind the pan...

Had one in the 16X16X42 cage today

[EmeraldBullet]

Nicely done.

[Machias]

Awesome!!

[jasnt]

Awesome! Congrats

[huntingfool7]

Nice!  What did he weigh in at? 

[Timberstalker]

That's awesome.  Thanks for sharing.

[carpsniperg2]

sweet catch! Is that a full size adult. I have only ever seen a few of them in person.

[Fishstiq]

Aww, he otter know better than to fall for that!  I know, that pun doesn't hold water around here....  I'll put it back in the cage, but now I'm trapped without a better pun.




.....I'll see myself out....

[2MANY]

Release it in the hatchery ponds at the Cowlitz.

The thing will starve to death.

[Trapper John]

Nice work   
I have caught a lot of those buggers in boat houses on Lake Washington
You did good.  Stay there, their are more.
JC   

[bear hunter]

 

[ouchfoss]

Nice!
Always wondered how they act if your that close to one live, especially in a cage. Was it trying to destroy the cage and tear you apart or just sitting there like a cat? 

[Kit Carson]

sweet catch! Is that a full size adult. I have only ever seen a few of them in person.

Not quite full size. Still somewhat of a juvenile I'd say

Aww, he otter know better than to fall for that!  I know, that pun doesn't hold water around here....  I'll put it back in the cage, but now I'm trapped without a better pun.




.....I'll see myself out....

Hmm...I think u been sniffin too much Cavens Gusto

Nice work   
I have caught a lot of those buggers in boat houses on Lake Washington
You did good.  Stay there, their are more.
JC   

Yup, I plan on keeping cages there for a while.

Nice!
Always wondered how they act if your that close to one live, especially in a cage. Was it trying to destroy the cage and tear you apart or just sitting there like a cat? 

Mostly just trying to get out of the cage., but they'll get pretty feisty when picking up the trap...also noisy at times. Most of my other otters were in the swim thrus you built...it took a while to get a job where a land set was the best option

[Kit Carson]

Got a nice adult female in the same trap this morning

[PolarBear]

Nice!  We had otters in our boat house.  Damn, they can make a mess!  Unfortunately our yacht club prohibited trapping them so I wound up placing bowls of ammonia around the boat. It worked really well.