I am trapping an area that has an otter frequenting. The problem is i do not have any otter lure. I have tried a dirthole with mink lure but no luck yet. I have some Backbreaker and various fox and coyote lures. Has anyone had any dirthole experience with otter? Any help is greatly appreciated.

And a friend catch an otter in one of his coyote sets this year. He was totally surprised as he didn't even know there was otters in that area. This being the case, I would think a good canine lure would work even as a curiosity attractant.

If you can find a toilet, make a big gawdy dirt hole at the toilet and put a bit of red fox gland lure in the hole.

I found the toilet yesterday and made a 2" dirt hole. I think I lured it with mink master. I will go back tomorrow and make another bigger dirt hole and see if I have any fox gland lure.

I am by far not the best otter trapper considering I just caught my first but, it was on a castor mound with Backbreaker. The best I can figure it was hunting and got curious.

Is there a trail coming to the toilet if there is put a 220 on it or find a cross over close by put a 220 on it I have never had much luck using lure on otters.

I used to run DPs in a number of creek bottoms. I would often spike fish oil with shellfish oil and squirt it from the trap to the water. Not uncommon for otter and mink to check it out.

Pass-thru I had him play with 2 dog proofs today.
Scott Wood I can't use a 220 on dry land.

wvratter that's to bad a 220 on a cross over or trail is a real killer on otters

Skunk essense...

i use beaver castor for lure find a otter toilet put castor on it set some #3 and wait double stake.

I am no expert but wouldn't the otter thrashing around in a foothold singe the fur? Is a drowner setup an option?

Singe Happens in spring. When the days grow longer. NOT from a fleshing bean or cought in a foot hold.

Thats "IT"

Copy that, thanks for the info.

They are very fond of mink glands!

I put in a few drowner sets today. Lures one with Backbreaker, one with windwalker, and one with hellfire. I also made a new dirthole with red fox gland lure. We got a couple inches of snow this morning at daylight so I couldn't find any tracks.
I did pick up a small boar coon. I didn't figure they would be pug with these frigidly temperatures.

I pick up peed on toilet materials (leaves, grass, etc) with otter scat and interchange with toilets that I find on different streams. In other words the otters visiting that toilet will smell an otter they don't know and have to check it out.

It does work quite well if you don't have nice pinch points to blind set on that toilet.

Done this^^^ a many a time. Very effective.

Have also used catch circle dirt from k9 and bcat catches...works well, but that's for another thread.