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#170490 - 12/29/02 04:20 AM PESKY OTTERS
Fishaddict Juvenille at Sea Registered: 01/21/02 Posts: 170 Loc: lacey, Wa.	My buddies and I were steelheading fishing yesterday. We heard a loud splash on the other side of the river and watched an otter catch a 7-8lb Chrome steelhead and wrestle it to shore. 2 other otters came in to join in the feast. Someone told me years ago that they go after salmon and steelies but I didnt believe him. Now, seeing is believing!!!!
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#170491 - 12/29/02 05:20 AM Re: PESKY OTTERS
stlhead River Nutrients Registered: 03/08/99 Posts: 3208	What rock was that otter standing on and what color was he using?
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#170492 - 12/29/02 08:35 AM Re: PESKY OTTERS
duc'Hunter Juvenille at Sea Registered: 03/14/00 Posts: 161 Loc: Lynnwood, Wa. USA	Quote: Originally posted by stlhead: What rock was that otter standing on and what color was he using?
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#170493 - 12/29/02 02:19 PM Re: PESKY OTTERS
Asteiger Juvenille at Sea Registered: 02/13/02 Posts: 244 Loc: Los Angeles	well it's good to know someones getting some fish..... skeets
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#170494 - 12/29/02 06:35 PM Re: PESKY OTTERS
steelheadaddict02 Fry Registered: 11/23/02 Posts: 26 Loc: Salem OR	Are you sure it wasn't a seal? Sometimes seals will make it pretty far upriver. The only reason I ask is that Otters are pretty small. That must have been a hell of a lucky otter to get a steely. I dont mind otters, these days there aren't to many left, so I enjoy seeing them . They are a welcome sight to a healthy river.
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#170495 - 12/30/02 08:35 AM Re: PESKY OTTERS
BERKLEY BOY75 Spawner Registered: 01/17/02 Posts: 678 Loc: AUBURN	ya, thats to bad the otter got a steelie, im sure he doesnt have to eat..he'll live off his fat reserves jus like the seals and sea lions, who tear the stomachs out of the salmon in the sound and leave the carcass be, maybe the otter used the steelie to its full potential..id rather see a otter than a sealion...lots less of them these days...
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#170496 - 12/30/02 09:11 AM Re: PESKY OTTERS
dustywaders Alevin Registered: 11/22/02 Posts: 14 Loc: south sound	I saw two otters the other day carrying a LiL' Chief smoker, when i asked them what was going on, the little one with buck teeth told me to mind my own business, and go rag about the gut eating seals. The they flipped me off, if i ever seaze them agin, i'm gonna blow there freakin heads off.yeeee haaaaa. _________________________ your going to KEEP that ???
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#170497 - 12/30/02 10:31 AM Re: PESKY OTTERS
skydriftin Returning Adult Registered: 01/26/02 Posts: 306 Loc: everett,wa	I know they're predators on our precious fish but I like otter anyway. 2 years ago,floated the bogy for 5 days straight same family of 5 there every day,super cool
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#170498 - 12/30/02 11:59 AM Re: PESKY OTTERS
stlhead River Nutrients Registered: 03/08/99 Posts: 3208	Those little poachers. They don't pay taxes or buy licenses or punchcards. What right have they to take our fish? There outta be a law.
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#170499 - 12/30/02 02:32 PM Re: PESKY OTTERS
Anonymous Unregistered	Otters regularly nail salmon and steelhead. They aren't nearly as big as seals, but they've got some serious speed and strength. Their jaws are like a beartrap, once they sink their teeth in, the fish is done.
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#170500 - 12/30/02 02:47 PM Re: PESKY OTTERS
Dan S. River Nutrients Registered: 03/07/99 Posts: 4789 Loc: SE Olympia, WA	No kidding Luke...........you see the chompers those things have? They're kinda like a pit bull of the water......you DON'T want those teeth coming near any appendages. $\:D$ _________________________ I said "Baby, what's the goin' price?" She told me to go to hell. Bon Scott, Shot Down in Flames
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