I have wooden cubbys made with wire mesh in the back and the front part of the bottom is cut out so it’s bare ground. Will it work for otter if I put some fish in the back and otter lure on the too lip? I searched other places for cubbys/bucket sets but what came up was bucket sets underwater. Mine would be on land by a old beaver lodge. Thanks in advance

There are better sets for otter that can be made by the old beaver lodge. It can be done but i could try other sets

What types of sets would you recommend? I couldn’t seem to find a run going into it but there was a hole about the size of a paint can opening a little above the water line

Is there a crossover somewhere? That's what I would set with a 330.

Seems like a muskrat hole to me?

Here is a set I have used several times in the past with success.This is a winter set.I have never told anyone about this set before.Find an old dead beaver house in water(not up on dry land)that has not yet collapsed.After the first permanent freeze up,take a RR lining bar and ream out a hole in the side of the beaver house into the chamber.Take a box(no screen) and shove it down into into the hole.leave enough sticking out to hold a magnum 120 trap in the slots.Then cover well with spruce boughs.The animals will find the hole even under snow.
This is a blind set with no bait.After freeze up animals like otter and mink are always looking for spots to get under the ice or up on top of the ice from under.They always look around old beaver dams and houses for this access.
This set works best in early winter and early spring.it takes mink and Otter.
I have seen otter tracks in the snow going directly to this set.

Correct me if I'm wrong, this set would be on the top (dry) side of an uninhabited beaver house?

Unfortunately in mn we can’t open a beaver house no matter if it’s old or new

That’s what I was thinking

Correct.

Before I started making those sets I just set the ones that already had a chew out hole.
Just look for those and set them up like I told you.
Unless you are not allowed to set at or on a beaver house-then you are screwed.
Thats when you need to join your provincial or state trapping org to get silly rules changed.

I could tell you about similar sets at an old dam,but no use me telling my sets if you cant use them.

Small water that flows out of a beaver pond ..and connects to another pond is a hot spot. Just look for pinch points...or make some pinch points out of rocks and logs
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Cross ovahs are the ticket for otters...set on the shallow side ...make at least 3 sets ..8 feet apart.As they don't travel alone.

Thank you Boco! Sound advice Ness!

There is a spot I could do that, however i would be accessing it via water since the surrounding land is private, only a sliver of the creek is public and with deer season coming I don’t want to cause a issue with the neighbors since they are big deer hunters

I was also wondering what the best trigger setting/ trigger shape for a 220 in a trail for otter?

Go ahead, some of us could use them.