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Re: What's a big otter? [Re: Koss2005] #7133773 01/12/21 06:13 PM 01/12/21 06:13 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 11,208 Oregon beaverpeeler trapper
beaverpeeler trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 11,208 Oregon	As far as turning those otter I always guessed it was to grade for singe. Even when the market could care less about singe during the Nepal/China hot market days Goldberg always graded hard on singe...generally taking 33 to 50% off for it. My fear of moving stairs is escalating!

Re: What's a big otter? [Re: Koss2005] #7133777 01/12/21 06:18 PM 01/12/21 06:18 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 11,208 Oregon beaverpeeler trapper
beaverpeeler trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 11,208 Oregon	BTW Trapped4ever, our put ups look fairly similar. My fear of moving stairs is escalating!

Re: What's a big otter? [Re: Koss2005] #7133806 01/12/21 06:53 PM 01/12/21 06:53 PM
Joined: Mar 2016 Posts: 279 New Mexico, USA K Koss2005 OP trapper
Koss2005 OP trapper K Joined: Mar 2016 Posts: 279 New Mexico, USA	Trapped4ever can you tell me how you go about catching them? I'm new to this. I've read and watched youtube for information and they all show the traditional cross overs, pretty much the same thing. I'm curious how you do it on the coast. None of it would apply to me, just curious

Re: What's a big otter? [Re: trapped4ever] #7133813 01/12/21 07:01 PM 01/12/21 07:01 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 9,216 Alaska and Washington State W waggler trapper
waggler trapper W Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 9,216 Alaska and Washington State	Originally Posted by trapped4ever waggler, Around here, the adults seem to average in the 26-28 lb. range, and a 32lber would definitely be well above average, even for these coastal otters. The bigger ones are just here and there, not the norm, maybe 10%-20% of my overall harvest will exceed 30lbs.?? Was that 32lber in a targeted otter set, or a surprise catch in a mink or beaver set?? #48 N.H.?? HA!! I know we both have expressed an affinity for those great old otter traps! I didn't really know about otter toilets at the time. I made what amounted to a oversized mink style pocket set with mink musk in the back, a 48 Newhouse (you guessed it) in front, set on a slide wire to a gunny sack full of rocks. This was in one of the silty, glacial rivers in western Washington. Probably the same otter we have in SE. The only difference that I've noticed in the otter from the two places is that surprisingly the otter in SE seem to have slightly shorter hair than coastal western Washington otter. Other than that they are pretty big on average. "My life is better than your vacation"

Re: What's a big otter? [Re: Koss2005] #7133852 01/12/21 07:38 PM 01/12/21 07:38 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,077 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,077 Minnesota	Thats Cool Mark! Big old pocket sets. I've caught a few medium otter on the Snake River. In 1.5s set for Mink..LOL! NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: What's a big otter? [Re: Koss2005] #7133884 01/12/21 07:57 PM 01/12/21 07:57 PM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 1,265 Indiana C concrete man trapper
concrete man trapper C Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 1,265 Indiana	Don't know if this one is big . it measured 68 inches nose to tip of tail.

Re: What's a big otter? [Re: Koss2005] #7133897 01/12/21 08:03 PM 01/12/21 08:03 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 446 Southeast, AK R rosscoak trapper
rosscoak trapper R Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 446 Southeast, AK	I talked to a biologist here in SE who wanted to have an ungrad do a study on the coastal otter here. His theory was that they were possibly a localized subspecies. I think they just have more food available and thus eat a lot and grow bigger. I've seen a few go over 7 ft tip to tip. My 8 yo. Son caught one a trap he won by writing an essay for Teds Fur shed. He set it and helped with the blocking and bedding. I'd say this one is a bit above average for us....a good sized male about 62 inches tip to tip. It was a fenced in trail set leading from toilets to saltwater .#5 bridger. Trap was barely covered. It was a back foot catch. It had 2 swivels and 6 ft of cable on a quick link to a small spruce. Last edited by rosscoak; 01/12/21 08:05 PM.

Re: What's a big otter? [Re: concrete man] #7133899 01/12/21 08:04 PM 01/12/21 08:04 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,077 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,077 Minnesota	Originally Posted by concrete man Don't know if this one is big . it measured 68 inches nose to tip of tail. Thats Big all right NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: What's a big otter? [Re: trapped4ever] #7143616 01/18/21 08:26 PM 01/18/21 08:26 PM
Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 175 GA K Kmax8 trapper
Kmax8 trapper K Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 175 GA	Originally Posted by trapped4ever I've seen them exceed 60" nose to base of tail, on an 8" wide board, quite a few times. I recall having to wrap the tail tip around the bottom and up the other side of an 84" long fur form, at least a few times, so well in excess of 7', tip to tip. Many of the bigger ones here will exceed 35lbs, and some of the big hogs will even be in the 40+lbs. The otter in my area get large enough, they commonly kill and eat adult beavers. I am 74" tall, for reference in the pictures, probably closer to 76" in boots. Wow that's awesome man!!

Re: What's a big otter? [Re: Koss2005] #7143748 01/18/21 09:08 PM 01/18/21 09:08 PM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 7,692 Virginia 5 52Carl trapper
52Carl trapper 5 Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 7,692 Virginia	You are gonna get in trouble for trapping them seals!

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