The past two summers have been very dry causing creeks like Eagle Creek to basically become a series of ponds during those months. That's why the otters on Elkhorn haven't been as damaging because of its spring fed nature, never going nearly still in dry months like Eagle. That info also mentions twice that crawdads are a major food source for otters which means less food for the fish. You info kind of supports what people are saying about otters hurting fishing.