|
Home | Forums | Gallery | Webcams | Blogs | YouTube Channel | Classifieds | Calendar | Register | FAQ | Donate | Members List | Today's Posts | Search |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
05-01-2019, 11:31 AM | #1 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Somerville, ma / Laconia, nh
Posts: 55
Thanks: 9
Thanked 69 Times in 28 Posts
|
Otter ???? Off spindle point 4/28/2019
Hi;
Swear I spotted an OTTER swimming very fast out in 70' of water (the middle of the lake off Meridith/Spindle point) the other day(4/28/2019) while fishing the Weirs Beach area. I could only see the head, but it was swimming towards Meridith very fast. I've seen muskrats for years, but they are always near shore and usually at night. I have, also, seen several minks living in our breakwater for many years, but they are small, thin, and long. This animal had a head bigger than any muskrat; probably, weighed over 20 pounds, and was extremely fast. It ended up diving, so I was not able to get close enough to get a pic or identify it as an otter. Has anyone ever seen an otter(s) in the lake???? WINNI BOB |
05-01-2019, 02:00 PM | #3 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Moultonborough near the Loon Center
Posts: 194
Thanks: 60
Thanked 68 Times in 46 Posts
|
We have had a pair of otters near our home across from the Loon Center for years. Back when we had a bubbler they loved to feed in the open space around our dock in the Winter.
|
The Following User Says Thank You to loonguy For This Useful Post: | ||
WINNI BOB (05-01-2019) |
05-01-2019, 05:46 PM | #4 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Windham and Meredith
Posts: 225
Blog Entries: 5
Thanks: 33
Thanked 89 Times in 42 Posts
|
Otters
We see them all of the time in Meredith Bay. (Both otters and minks) The otters seem to be around in Spring and Fall and not in the Summer. Minks are around all of the time.
|
The Following User Says Thank You to boat_guy64 For This Useful Post: | ||
WINNI BOB (05-01-2019) |
05-01-2019, 09:50 PM | #5 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Somerville, ma / Laconia, nh
Posts: 55
Thanks: 9
Thanked 69 Times in 28 Posts
|
Otters in the lake
Thank you for all the answers to my question as to the presence of otters in the lake. Just one more magnificent wild creature to add to my long and varied list of wildlife that I have encountered in over 55 years of experience on the lake.
WINNI BOB |
Sponsored Links |
|
05-02-2019, 05:55 AM | #6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Alton Bay
Posts: 5,559
Blog Entries: 2
Thanks: 2,414
Thanked 1,922 Times in 1,064 Posts
|
Otter in our brook
We have seen an otter(s) in our brook over the years, and have seen their "slides" down the snow-covered banks in the winter. Saw one running down the stream backs the other day, having toward the lake. Cool sight.
Dave
__________________
I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!! |
05-02-2019, 06:56 AM | #7 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 6,476
Thanks: 726
Thanked 1,397 Times in 968 Posts
|
My daughter and family made a hockey rink in front of the house last year and the otters thought that was wonderful. They made a hole in the middle or it melted a little to make a hole and they kept coming in and out of the hole and sliding on the ice. The first time I saw an otter it was on the land and I thought it was a great big dog's face when I saw it. We don't see them in the summer either. I wonder where they go? Out in the middle?
|
05-02-2019, 10:00 AM | #8 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough
Posts: 1,490
Thanks: 345
Thanked 213 Times in 117 Posts
|
Ninja Otter
We had an otter who liked to toy with us.
He/she would raid our boathouse occasionally, leave a mess, and escape--usually JUST before we entered. This happened most often in the spring, fall, and winter. Every spring, when "opening up" for the season, things would be strewn about and pooped on (with lots of fish scales). And occasionally you'd enter the boathouse to find wet tracks and fresh (rank) poop. He/she especially loved one particular orange PFD vest, which was regularly knocked down, moved, and pooped on. But each spring you had to spend a while scraping up and washing off the scale-laden poop from the deck.
__________________
"When I die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it." |
05-02-2019, 01:15 PM | #9 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 6,476
Thanks: 726
Thanked 1,397 Times in 968 Posts
|
Yes, I have heard it's not pretty if they get in your boathouse.
|
05-03-2019, 05:18 PM | #10 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: moultonborough & harrison, ny
Posts: 58
Thanks: 113
Thanked 33 Times in 12 Posts
|
Otter or beavers are in many areas of the lake.
|
05-03-2019, 06:44 PM | #11 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 6,476
Thanks: 726
Thanked 1,397 Times in 968 Posts
|
And we have a busy little muskrat (notice I didn't say busy beaver) making a nest in front of the house right now. We have tons of empty clam shells from the winter and I don't know if it is the mink or the muskrat.
|
05-03-2019, 07:21 PM | #12 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro
Posts: 5,820
Thanks: 2,111
Thanked 753 Times in 538 Posts
|
Even in September...
It's easy to tell you've got mink along your shoreline...
__________________
Every MP who enters Winter Harbor will pass by my porch of 67 years... |
05-04-2019, 07:08 AM | #13 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 6,476
Thanks: 726
Thanked 1,397 Times in 968 Posts
|
UH huh! We do! But we also have muskrats.
|
Bookmarks |
|
|