Otter's around Alexandria

[Wayne Ek]

This has nothing to do with ice-fishing. Today I was on my way back from Glenwood (truck shopping) and at the culvert between Maple and Turtle lakes(carp trap area) there was an otter playing on the ice and in the water... good show for about 10 minutes.

[fisherking01]

Ten four on that, I've seen several in my life around the western part of Douglas county. Mother and 5 juveniles on Christina put on a good show when we were doing duck blinds. Three on Stockhaven when we were duck hunting, and several others along the chippewa river. They're pretty neat and very inquisitive.

[muchowja]

There have been three of them right next to the road on Co. Rd 21 SW also.

[jigginjim]

We saw 4 otter in the BWCA while on a canoe trip with the boy scouts. It wa alot fun to watch them swim and play. They are some neat little creatures.

[Jim Hudson]

Awesome to hear you guys have been seeing some Otters.. Here in my area, the past few years their population has gone down, but this year there seems to be an up swing for them.

The other day, while fishing an inland lake, we had an Otter playing next to us all day long. He or she had two small holes through the ice, where the silly thing would pop on out of the holes like a rocket and slide it's way along the ice.

Very cool animals!!!

[Gissert]

There is a fair amount of them around. I nearly had one join me in my duck boat a couple years ago.

I caught one in a conibar trap about 12 years ago while spring beaver trapping. Game warden let me keep it for $40, and I now have it mounted in my living room with a small brown trout in its mouth.

There were getting to be a lot of incidental catches back then. The DNR has since moved the otter zone boundary south.

[woodyjdh]

I've seen them on a small "lake" near Winnibigosh. Even saw the remnants of a otter slide going into Winnie. I don't get out enough around here to see them. But I have heard they are out around Christina...might have to go road tripping with the son someday and investigate.