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fish_oholic

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Otter at the Lafarge lake
« on: May 29, 2006, 11:01:07 PM »
Recently, anytime i go to lafarge lake i  notice a big otter surfacing every now and then and (probably?) chasing fish.
I was just wonderig whether Otters feed on stocked Trouts. If so, should DFO be notified or any action could be taken to keep the otter away.
I just have a feeling that fishing becomes really difficult in this lake after just two weeks of stocking. I don't know whether the Otter plays any role on this.
Maybe you guys know the answer. I'm a newbie in fishing ::)
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Re: Otter at the Lafarge lake
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2006, 07:28:57 AM »
Otter feed on fish and I suspect it is any fish they can catch , also clams, crayfish etc and are part of the ecosystem.. I seriously doubt that DFO will take any action against a natural predator .Could be wrong so give it a try
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Re: Otter at the Lafarge lake
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2006, 08:16:40 AM »
almost everytime im out there in my boat, the otter surfaces right behind me and i here a crunching sound...and the crunching sound meaning its eating a fish. i dont think the DFO would do much about it, but yes, it takes many many fish out of there each day. :-\
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Re: Otter at the Lafarge lake
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2006, 09:33:20 AM »
Sounds like the otter is doing what otters do best,eat fish in their natural environment.Just gonna have to put up with it.
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Re: Otter at the Lafarge lake
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2006, 05:29:44 PM »
DFO wouldn't do anything about it anyway, since salmon or steelhead are not involved.  If anyone, it would be a CO or the ministry of earth, air, wind and fire that would look into it.
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Re: Otter at the Lafarge lake
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2006, 05:57:37 PM »
Did someone say sling shot??? ;)
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Re: Otter at the Lafarge lake
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2006, 10:43:43 PM »
Alot of times what looks like an otter is actually someones family pet Lab. The trick to getting rid of them is to throw a fish onto the road (when the traffic is heavy).
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Re: Otter at the Lafarge lake
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2006, 11:48:20 PM »
A few weeks back i was talking to the guys while they were stocking the lake about the otter and i was told there have been efforts to catch him but with no success.
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Re: Otter at the Lafarge lake
« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2006, 05:35:25 PM »
You guys say this as if your desire to catch fish for sport trumps the otters need to eat to survive!  We are lucky that we see wildlife in our lakes!
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Re: Otter at the Lafarge lake
« Reply #9 on: May 31, 2006, 07:37:22 PM »
Quote from: marmot on May 31, 2006, 05:35:25 PM
You guys say this as if your desire to catch fish for sport trumps the otters need to eat to survive!  We are lucky that we see wildlife in our lakes!


I agree , just let it stay, it was there first ( probably) and if we take it out of the lake , then we might aswell start taking other predators of fish out of other bodies of water too .
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Re: Otter at the Lafarge lake
« Reply #10 on: May 31, 2006, 09:10:55 PM »
I still like the sling shot idea ;D ;D
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Re: Otter at the Lafarge lake
« Reply #11 on: May 31, 2006, 10:37:54 PM »
"it was there first ( probably) "

It was a gravel quarry, it could get run over leaving the "lake".Any animal in a heavy traffic area is in danger of being run over. Pity it took residence in that old gravel pit and all the dogs chasing it around.
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Re: Otter at the Lafarge lake
« Reply #12 on: May 31, 2006, 10:48:01 PM »
lol..

yah i that lake used to be a gravel pitt..... I cant imagine that it was there before the lake was.....

I vote for the slingshot idea aswell....



Or atleast stop stocking the lake..... why spend our hard earned dollars to feed otters... ??? ??? ???
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Re: Otter at the Lafarge lake
« Reply #13 on: June 01, 2006, 02:05:37 AM »
To make sure it doesn't feed on the wild fish?  ;)
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Re: Otter at the Lafarge lake
« Reply #14 on: June 01, 2006, 10:22:24 PM »
hahah... no doubt...

I dont understand why they let this happen... I hope that some sort of authority should think about this... Maybe someone who has a connection on this site can handle this...
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