Otter in the lake...
 

I do a lot of fly fishing for large mouth bass in the golf ponds/lakes
in my area of southern FL. Occasionally, I see and otter or two in the
waters. Questions are, will otters eat the larger bass and can they
clean out the lake of fish? Thanks.

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"Flycaster" wrote in message
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I do a lot of fly fishing for large mouth bass in the golf ponds/lakes in
my area of southern FL. Occasionally, I see and otter or two in the
waters. Questions are, will otters eat the larger bass

Yes.

and can they clean out the lake of fish?

Yes.

Thanks.

You're welcome.

Wolfgang

"Flycaster" wrote in message
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I do a lot of fly fishing for large mouth bass in the golf ponds/lakes
in my area of southern FL. Occasionally, I see and otter or two in the
waters. Questions are, will otters eat the larger bass and can they
clean out the lake of fish? Thanks.
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If my memory serves me, isn't Florida one of those areas of the world where
the bass grow particularly large and perhaps the otters may need to be
fearful of the bass? G Up here in the Pacific NW, I have seen a quite a
few otters over the years, and I have yet to see one with a fish in his/her
(Politically Correct) mouth bigger than a six or so inches. I imagine a
google search will provide you with the data you seek.

By the way, don't the alligators help control the otter population some?

Chris

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 18:28:38 -0500, Flycaster
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I do a lot of fly fishing for large mouth bass in the golf ponds/lakes
in my area of southern FL. Occasionally, I see and otter or two in the
waters. Questions are, will otters eat the larger bass

If they can catch them or find them injured or dead, yes.

and can they
clean out the lake of fish?

No. By the time the fish got hard to catch, the otters would move on.
(my silly remark for the day. Please ignore it if you're serious.)

They don't eat that much in way of fish. You might have to worry
about the crawfish and the bivalves if you're of a mind to be worrying
about something.

They might also eat smaller bass, particularly the fingerling sizes.
They may be quick and agile, but they like to eat things that don't
move to quickly and won't turn around and bite them.

Lots of things eat large bass. Larger bass, pike, legitimate
fishermen, poachers, just for a few examples. Save your worries for
poachers. They don't stop just because they have enough to eat, the
way otters do.

I find lots of otter dining rooms (they tend to take stuff back to
certain places to eat it) and seldom see anything resembling fish
bones or scales around there.



Cyli
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Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless.

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Flycaster wrote:

I do a lot of fly fishing for large mouth bass in the golf ponds/lakes
in my area of southern FL. Occasionally, I see and otter or two in
the waters. Questions are, will otters eat the larger bass and can
they clean out the lake of fish? Thanks.

Thank you all for your enlightment about my present otter "problem."



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Padishar Creel wrote:

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If my memory serves me, isn't Florida one of those areas of the world where
the bass grow particularly large and perhaps the otters may need to be
fearful of the bass? G Up here in the Pacific NW, I have seen a quite a
few otters over the years, and I have yet to see one with a fish in his/her
(Politically Correct) mouth bigger than a six or so inches. I imagine a
google search will provide you with the data you seek.

They commonly kill and eat spawning steelhead and salmon around here.

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Padishar Creel wrote:

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If my memory serves me, isn't Florida one of those areas of the world
where
the bass grow particularly large and perhaps the otters may need to be
fearful of the bass? G Up here in the Pacific NW, I have seen a
quite a
few otters over the years, and I have yet to see one with a fish in
his/her
(Politically Correct) mouth bigger than a six or so inches. I imagine a
google search will provide you with the data you seek.

They commonly kill and eat spawning steelhead and salmon around here.
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I really didn't know that! Until just know, I always thought of them as
cute little critters. Now were did I put my otter gun?

Chris

Padishar Creel wrote:
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They commonly kill and eat spawning steelhead and salmon around here.

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I really didn't know that! Until just know, I always thought of them as
cute little critters. Now were did I put my otter gun?

A full grown river otter is about four feet long. Regardless of what
Cyli says, they mainly eat fish.

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Flycaster wrote:
I do a lot of fly fishing for large mouth bass in the golf ponds/lakes
in my area of southern FL. Occasionally, I see and otter or two in the
waters. Questions are, will otters eat the larger bass and can they
clean out the lake of fish? Thanks.

The real question is "Why do you want to know?"

And the answer is "Leave the otters alone."

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:05:04 -0800, JR
wrote:

Flycaster wrote:
I do a lot of fly fishing for large mouth bass in the golf ponds/lakes
in my area of southern FL. Occasionally, I see and otter or two in the
waters. Questions are, will otters eat the larger bass and can they
clean out the lake of fish? Thanks.

The real question is "Why do you want to know?"

And the answer is "Leave the otters alone."

Ward, don't you think you're being a little hard on the Beaver?