Otters in my ponds - Pond Boss Forum
2009年12月21日 · The 2 worst critters that can visit your pond from the fish perspective are otters and cormorants (water turkeys , anhinga). Get rid of them ASAP. Not only will the otters eat a bunch they will kill a lot more and eat part or very little. So one may eat 2 …
how bad are otters? - Pond Boss Forum
2010年2月8日 · IMO otters are the #1 worst enemy of a pond owner as far as animals go. I have seen them clean out 1 acre ponds of nearly all the fish. Once they find easy pickings, they'll keep coming back til there is nothing left. My dad's friend had huge losses of fish in his ponds to otters until he got fed up and started shooting them.
Otters - Pond Boss Forum
Optimistic me says the catching the one bass and a couple bluegills and catfish means the otters didn’t destroy the pond. (Two were caught and I’ve only ever seen two) Pessimistic me is concerned that I’ve only caught one bass when I have been throwing rattle traps jerk baits and chatterbaits to specifically target them.
Otters - Pond Boss Forum
Otters are relatively predictable for trapping around a pond. Any secondary water source (such as a creek below the pond overflow or forage pond upstream) will typically have a crossover trail connecting them where the otter travel back and forth between the 2 bodies of water or they will swim through small channels of water connecting 2 larger ...
Otter-proof safe havens for fish - Pond Boss Forum
2009年5月7日 · POND CONSTRUCTION. Creating habitat. Otter-proof safe havens for fish. 4 members (Bill Cody, jpsdad, Learninboutfish, Sunil), 491 guests, and 441 robots. Our little pond with the lighthouse now has otter problems. Some people tried to convince me that was an honor, but I'm not so sure. There is a pile of fish scales on the banks of a tiny ...
HELP HELP OTTERS! ! - Pond Boss Forum
Posts: 9. Illinois. For open water otters use a bucket set. It basically mimics a bucket set used for raccoon with a 220 conibear guarding the end of a square bucket. Take a softball sized rock, wrap it in aluminum foil and place it in the bottom of the bucket. Set …
Otters - Pond Boss Forum
Otters are relatively predictable for trapping around a pond. Any secondary water source (such as a creek below the pond overflow or forage pond upstream) will typically have a crossover trail connecting them where the otter travel back and forth between the 2 bodies of water or they will swim through small channels of water connecting 2 larger ...
Otters Strike Again! - Pond Boss Forum
2024年3月4日 · Video footage reveals the adorable culprit responsible for stealing over $125,000 in Koi from an English spa 🦦 Over the past few months, the Grosvenor Pulford Hotel near Chester, England, has been mysteriously losing Koi from its Asian …
River Otters!!! relocation??? options? - Pond Boss Forum
The lake is full of LMB and large sunfish. While I was out there I was surprised by two new residents. Two very large river otters were cruising around the pond enjoying some nice and tasty fresh fish. I did a little research, and an adult river otter might eat 2-3 lbs of fish per day. That's 2 otters x 3 lbs x 365 = 2,190 lbs of fish in a year.
Looks like the otters cleaned me out - Pond Boss Forum
2023年3月30日 · Otters don't jump or climb a fence so a short fence buried on the bottom works. Another idea is a cattle electric fence wire near the ground but you need to keep it mowed so weeds don't short it out. You can trap Otters or use other methods of permanently removing your Otters but more will replace them.