River Otters

[bwilso]

I used to think it was pretty awesome seeing the River Otters in my pond and using my floating dock to stretch out a bit. It didn't even bother me too badly when they would leave piles of Bluegill scales on the dock. Then they got to leaving piles of something else on my dock! The honeymoon was over when I began to find Bass skulls on the dock! They got nearly all of my larger Bass over the next few weeks until they finally moved downstream for the summer. Unfortunately the weather has cooled and I saw momma otter and three half grown ones in the pond this weekend. Don't know how in the heck they can catch a bass (you guys know how fast Bass are) but they do. They scatter and run when they see me but come back in a week or two. Wish they would winter somewhere else but my place fits all their needs.