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the crappie bite in the river was slow , the mink on the other side of the river from me was entertaining me though , the weather was really nice and the bream were biting , so I tied on a bream jig and had me some fun after a few bit my crappie jig
that's my story on my lunch break and I am sticking to it :cheers2
Pretty fish.
Regards
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Always a fun day catching those!
Looks like the very best way to enjoy a lunch break. I love seeing glimpses of local wildlife when I'm fishing and remember otters, beavers, owls, woodpeckers, and even friendly snake encounters long after I've forgotten the details of the fishing. I don't think I've ever seen a mink in the wild before.
cricketcage I have to say this about that , never have seen a wild river otter that I am sure was one .
seen lots of sea otters off Kodiak island years ago though .
heard tell of a group of freshwater otters at my milk run spot I hit every week in a state park west of town
sure hope I get to see them some day
as far as minks go I have not seen many in my day , the ones down at the river 3 times in the last 2 years
and before that was almost 50 years ago in Pennsylvania on a trout creek .
kind of like bobcats , they are I think fairly common but just really wary and sneaky and STINKY
minks that are regular in an area leave a tell tale skunk odor around the banks , I do know that much
Looks like fun we have lots of otters in our rivers and streams.looks like fun day.
I used to fish below Cordell Hull Dam a lot. I would catch a white bass....a drum.....and just toss it about 3 feet from me in the rocks. That place had so many mink they would always come out and drag the fish back in under the rocks. Yes they do stink....LOL.
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Good pictures thanks
Great lunch break !! I'm sure the mink would have loved a couple of those sunnies. I had one try to steal a trout off my stringer once. Very persistent, I'd chase him off and it would come back a minute later. Should have given it a smaller one but it would have counted toward my limit.
yeah I managed to trap the first one I ever encountered as a kid back when just because it was so persistent . I wasn't good at trapping when I was young but that mink wouldn't quit hitting my baits till I ketched it .
it was up north and that thing was about the size of an otter ….man was it a big mink and super plush .
had that skin for 20 plus years and lost it somewhere on my travels ….
of course I have not trapped in 40 years but I still remember me and that mink going at it for a week or so .
fun times it was trying to be smarter than a mink ….
I did see the one across the river ketch him a sunfish though in the shallow water on the other side
there are a ton of sunfish along that concrete over on that side .