Creek Fishing???

[Shellkat]

He lives there, with 3 brothers, 2 sisters and 14 cousins,and eating their body weight every few days.

[mhall]

Laugh all you want roadrunner, it may not be that funny in a year or so....

[colonelmeyer]

Another great use for otter fur; string silencers. Naturally water resistant and super quiet.

[roadrunner]

Laugh all you want roadrunner, it may not be that funny in a year or so....

Believe me I'm not laughing I like the way you express yourself we know where you stand. (okay I laughed some)

I don't like it that Illinois is turning loose otters and bobcats and they will not admit it when you ask them they are like Holder and Obama they lie to you and then two or three years later it come out that they did relocate these animals. In my way of thinking when they don't admit what they are doing they know it is wrong and stupid.

I am hoping the otter does not stay if he does he will probably run into a .222

[jastew]

Haven't been enough this year to make a judgement, but last year was my best year ever for numbers and size of smallmouth. The creeks, and one stretch of river I fish regularly were great.

I'll add this though, another creek that used to be my favorite has really fallen off the past few years. Last time I was there (3yrs ago) I saw a family of otters.

[mhall]

Haven't been enough this year to make a judgement, but last year was my best year ever for numbers and size of smallmouth. The creeks, and one stretch of river I fish regularly were great.

I'll add this though, another creek that used to be my favorite has really fallen off the past few years. Last time I was there (3yrs ago) I saw a family of otters.

Good post.....It's not everywhere and there are still fish and in some cases and area's it's still good to at times great. But there are areas that use to be great that are now dead and so on.
I do agree with what you said and it was a nice caviat to add to this thread and makes me feel a little better about the future but I still have bigtime concerns...

[hunter82i]

I've posted this information in other threads previously; but I'll say it again. Eagle Creek near our property in Owen Cty SHOULD be loaded with fish. Perfect conditions. The reality is that it is a ghost town and the only thing I can with any regularity is rock bass. Local land owners have confirmed Otters cleaning out the creeks and their ponds.

Not really sure how to fix this. I guarantee if we could remove the Otters, the fishery would be back in a few years.

[linedrager]

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[chasmo]

I live on south Elkhorn in and I thought I had a problem with otters just this year. Turns out it is the Mexican workers seining the creek of everything! I found two nets hidden in a bush and got rid of them. On the otter front, my father in law lives on Eagle Creek and it used to be full of nice smallies and catfish. Now, you are lucky to even see a small pumpkinseed! 10 years ago I went down there and caught a 15 lb blue catfish on a 1/16oz beetle spin, and now can't get a hit from anything. I also know of other farmers where the otters have cleaned out their ponds that are close to the creek.

[hunter82i]

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[Drew1233]

Joey, I have been fishing Floyd's fork for the last 7 years and have only run into one beaver or otter. That was last week kayaking. The fishing several weeks ago was amazing but we were run out of there by storms. We immediately caught a nice smallie and a decent redeye/warmouth using cut up baitfish caught with a casting net. I was fishing off to the side of the swift water along the grass line. The fish were coming out of the grass absolutely killing the bait. Of course I'm not saying the exact spot but where I was fishing was about 50 yards up from the kayak launch on echo trail. This has always been my favorite fishing and I have never seen any predators to the fish in that area. I hope you can find this spot and slay em just like I have been! Good luck!!