John, sure looks like there was some party going on there, looks like otter to me. Go upstream and down and see if you can set some pinch points in the stream.

Well, I just got back from the big river and recovered my traps. We got hit with a nasty ice storm and couldn’t leave my house for most of a week. So my line has been underwater all that time. I caught 13 beaver and a nutria in 19 traps. Beaver are silt balls for sure.
Got to get them skinned before tomorrow afternoon ‘cuz I’m headed to the ITA sale in Idaho.

River is coming up fast right now lots of debris and downed trees in the river today. River forecast is for it to rise 5 ft today. Most of my traps were 2.5 to 3' under water. Was lucky I could find them all.