We also have a pair on our stocked lake
- well said Mike. Its a pleasure and surely a priveledge to see such animals.
Our club is happy to bare the loss as its all part of the ecosystem, it would seem they are doing a good job at keeping the Red Signal Crayfish under control by the number of munched claws and shells left on the bank.
We have not seen much other evidence of them and certainly no half eaten fish carcasses
but perhaps they drag them of and hide them
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Anyway as one of the fisher managers at our place I fully agree with Mikes enlightened attitude towards them, afterall its quite a joy sometimes to see the master craftsmen at work.
Our fish supplier on the other hand found this attitude shocking until I explained that Club members were glad to experience nature truly at work and that the otters were catching troots long before any of us. We in fact were the jhonny comelatelys to the lake and all we had done was make dinner somewhat easier to find
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Sandy.
