Well, I haven’t been on FB since I posted, and I completely missed your post above. But I just now read it. I really think this is the way to go. Thanks! I know it will keep the deer out, but I can live with that. I have a couple of deep cell RV batteries sitting in the barn, and a 200 ah portable solar panel. Maybe I can just get it set up and go from there.
I think the otters are coming up from behind the dam anyway.

Originally Posted by esshup
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/power-wizard-pw9000-electric-fence-controller It's for moderate to heavy vegetation too, so you probably won't have to trim much around it.

I know you don't have power there (yet) but if there are Otters coming and hitting the pond; you don't know exactly where they are traveling AND you aren't there all the time, I think running electric will be cheaper in the long run than restocking the pond a few times, not to mention the years of fish growth that you lose every time they visit.

You will need to either turn kill the power to the fence when you are physically at the pond, or set it back far enough from the water that you can walk around it easily. If it was mine, I'd just cut the power when I was there and put a lighted switch so that would remind me to turn the power back on before I left.

Last edited by SetterGuy; 03/27/23 12:08 PM.

9 yr old pond, 1 ac, 15' deep.
RES, YP, GS, FHM (no longer), HBG (going away), SMB, and HSB (only one seen in 5 yrs) Restocked HSB (2020) Have seen one of these.
I think that's about all I should put in my little pond.
Otter attack in 2023