So full disclosure I've only seen otter in a zoo or already on the stretcher. Also I am reasonably sure that I've never trapped or even lived in a region that had an open season on them.

Buuuuuttttt! This is social media and if an great otter man (or woman) the kind who is so good other trappers will buy books and videos from them would be willing to share a tip here (or start a new thread on the subject) please do so I can stir up some drama...

. As Boone Lane termed it the amount of "ignorance in the arrogance" knows no boundaries and I'd like to correct them, call their tip dumb, or otherwise go negative and imply that I know more about it than they do.

I promise I will NOT just scroll on by or resist the urge to be negative you can count on me!

Isn't social media grand?

LL,
You should've drove over to Georgia last weekend and watched my otter demo. Could've swung way up to Ohio and got Killbuck to come with you.

… I liked the picture of your demo Mr Swamp

… with those giant knee pads… you looked liked RoboPossumCop lol

You can "neck" down an otter set muck like a cat set.

I need robo-knees.

Maybe Killbuck will chime in about how a walk-through with duck feathers won't work for otter or cats. And a turd will completely ruin the set.

Lol

…. That was good Lefty lol

Scent post set at the fork of the road.

I forgot every one likes pictures.

Turd wont ruin the set. Piece of garden hose might. Have never set for otter either but caught one in a caster mound set. That's a beaver set, look it up.

… 1 otter and 5 rabbit back cats ?

Dangitt !… have you written your book yet ? … you got to leave some type of memoir of your adventures

It's Castor....get it right

Otter are predictable in their travel.
If an otter uses a travel route once it and others will use the same path.
Blind setting for otter is paydirt when you locate their travel pathways.Same spots will produce year after year.

Yeah, this isn't a post about fishing!

Ha ha ha

Hey...this isn't a post about robo-cops either!!!!

It is now, lol.

What about retired robo-cops?

Well,don’t nose knock to release…

Otters will wake back up.

Isn't Bruth T writin a book too?

Don't waste your money on "otter" lure.

Unless you find solid otter dirthole locations at otter toilets....then a musky lure is your friend.

There is a "unless" or a "but" in everything. Never say never.

To get an otter to move a few feet on a toilet t(o where you want them) lures may help. Other than that I say their use is kind of pointless.

On toilets I have used collected otter scat from other areas and squirted a little shellfish oil on top and got considerable interest from visiting otters.

I don't think anyone mentioned gang setting for them. They travel in multiples. I have often caught more than one in a single location setting. Also, be patient. Don't pull your sets to soon. I had a set where a tree had fallen across a stream. Made 4 body grip sets along the tree where I thought an otter might go through. After almost two weeks of nothing was surprised to find 3 caught otter. Two were caught in a single Belisle. That was a first and last time I ever had that happen.

Just like the other guys say- be patient. They have a large territory and it takes a while to come back sometimes. I usually put three body traps in a row on good stretches of a run or up the back of a dam or crossover. I have gotten three in a row before . Sometimes I think I should have set more traps.

Not an expert but find toilets set heavy no lure or scents

During the rut when trapping toilets you don't need to be very patient. If I don't get action in 3-4 days it probably was a dead toilet.

5 0tter day happened to me once...
I dreamt about having more outer than tags

Set below secondary dam in the Winter

My largest...60"

Put your trap where the otter is going anyhow

I have only caught five. Three were in buckets set for coon when I lived at the coast. They went in for chunks of fresh yellowfin tuna. They used to climb into boats at night and rob fresh fish from coolers. They also ate a lot of blue crabs, which I considered using for bait but never did.

Had a 14 otter day once. All off toilets.

That was a good payday BP back when they were avg 200 bucks.
14 otter today would net you around 850,still not bad.

I can't imagine having fresh chunks of yellowfin tuna for bait - pretty sure I would be stuck in that bucket.

When on the down side of a beaver dam. Facing up stream, The otters and mink. Will cross the dam on the right side. More time than not.

Otters ussually wherever the water flow is

catfish head nailee to a cypress stump with a #11 under it is what a lot do the old timers in Louisiana swear by