Otter ???? Off spindle point 4/28/2019

tis · 05-02-2019, 07:56 AM

My daughter and family made a hockey rink in front of the house last year and the otters thought that was wonderful. They made a hole in the middle or it melted a little to make a hole and they kept coming in and out of the hole and sliding on the ice. The first time I saw an otter it was on the land and I thought it was a great big dog's face when I saw it. We don't see them in the summer either. I wonder where they go? Out in the middle?

Grant · 05-02-2019, 11:00 AM

We had an otter who liked to toy with us.

He/she would raid our boathouse occasionally, leave a mess, and escape--usually JUST before we entered.

This happened most often in the spring, fall, and winter. Every spring, when "opening up" for the season, things would be strewn about and pooped on (with lots of fish scales). And occasionally you'd enter the boathouse to find wet tracks and fresh (rank) poop. He/she especially loved one particular orange PFD vest, which was regularly knocked down, moved, and pooped on.

But each spring you had to spend a while scraping up and washing off the scale-laden poop from the deck.

tis · 05-02-2019, 02:15 PM

Yes, I have heard it's not pretty if they get in your boathouse.

farechofisherman · 05-03-2019, 06:18 PM

Otter or beavers are in many areas of the lake.

tis · 05-03-2019, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by farechofisherman

Otter or beavers are in many areas of the lake.

And we have a busy little muskrat (notice I didn't say busy beaver) making a nest in front of the house right now. We have tons of empty clam shells from the winter and I don't know if it is the mink or the muskrat.

ApS · 05-03-2019, 08:21 PM

It's easy to tell you've got mink along your shoreline...

tis · 05-04-2019, 08:08 AM

UH huh! We do! But we also have muskrats.

05-02-2019, 11:00 AM	#2
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,501 Thanks: 377 Thanked 231 Times in 125 Posts	Ninja Otter We had an otter who liked to toy with us. He/she would raid our boathouse occasionally, leave a mess, and escape--usually JUST before we entered. This happened most often in the spring, fall, and winter. Every spring, when "opening up" for the season, things would be strewn about and pooped on (with lots of fish scales). And occasionally you'd enter the boathouse to find wet tracks and fresh (rank) poop. He/she especially loved one particular orange PFD vest, which was regularly knocked down, moved, and pooped on. But each spring you had to spend a while scraping up and washing off the scale-laden poop from the deck. __________________ "When I die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it."

05-03-2019, 08:21 PM	#6
ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 5,941 Thanks: 2,213 Thanked 778 Times in 554 Posts	Even in September... It's easy to tell you've got mink along your shoreline... __________________ Is it "Common Sense" isn't.

05-02-2019, 07:56 AM	#1
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,759 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,462 Times in 1,018 Posts	My daughter and family made a hockey rink in front of the house last year and the otters thought that was wonderful. They made a hole in the middle or it melted a little to make a hole and they kept coming in and out of the hole and sliding on the ice. The first time I saw an otter it was on the land and I thought it was a great big dog's face when I saw it. We don't see them in the summer either. I wonder where they go? Out in the middle?

05-02-2019, 02:15 PM	#3
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,759 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,462 Times in 1,018 Posts	Yes, I have heard it's not pretty if they get in your boathouse.

05-03-2019, 06:18 PM	#4
farechofisherman Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: moultonborough & harrison, ny Posts: 63 Thanks: 134 Thanked 44 Times in 15 Posts	Otter or beavers are in many areas of the lake.

05-04-2019, 08:08 AM	#7
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,759 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,462 Times in 1,018 Posts	UH huh! We do! But we also have muskrats.