Originally Posted By: TGW1
Originally Posted By: Captain1
Over the past few months I have noticed that many of the small saplings around my pond have all but disappeared, next I noticed the cattails being systematically chewed at the base and floating. Yesterday I was fishing and in the middle of the pond saw commotion and it was an otter wrestling a giant LMB at the surface. I assume the bass lost. Today I found a large dying CNBG that had a 3" diameter bite out of the tail. I have read a few strings about otter control, but now I am concerned. We saw a small otter across the road a few years ago, but apparently they are establishing themselves in this part of East Texas and decided my pond looked good.

Highflyer taught me on how to set traps for otters, it's nice to have someone to teach us newbies on otter trapping here in E Texas.

Tracy


Tracy,
I agree...esshup and Kelly Duffie helped me trap a beaver I had a couple of months
back. I was headed down an ineffective path and those guys got me headed in the right direction. Great amount of experience here on the forum.

...when in doubt...set the hook...