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King went chasing after this guy earlier today while playing in the river. I thought it was an Otter at first which had me worried and chasing after him as he was trying to cross the river to get it. King probably would have gotten smoked had it been a River Otter, but it was just a big harry Beaver after a second look. Can anyone confirm? I read that you can tell a Beaver and because their head and back are all exposed while in the water and swim in straight lines which this one was. I think Otters only have their heads exposed when swimming.
Had to zoom in far to see it and King was yanking me around so photos are kind of blurry.
Had to zoom in far to see it and King was yanking me around so photos are kind of blurry.
Could be beaver, but usually there will be evidence of them nearby. Dam or structure. Did you see anything like that?
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Most times when agitated a beaver will slap the water with its tail. Buddy hooked one when we were fishing in the valley. Tugged us around in an 8' skiff. Until he cut the line.
I’ve had muskrats, otters, and beavers in my pond.
That (based on photato) appears to be a beaver.
Beaver could **** up a dog with those chompers, I’d try to prevent that interaction from happening as well.
Otters are shaped much differently, and they move significantly smoother (in and out of water) than a beaver.
Otters are long and slender. The images you posted definitely weren’t otters or muskrats.
There were a few larger branches down in the river but no trees or dam structures. I think he was just passing through because he carried on down the river after stopping briefly. There's a pack of coyotes on the other side of the river where it's forested in a small area so I don't think it's a place this thing would want to hang around for long. I have heard trees falling over there late at night though.
This guy didnt seem very bothered at all and easily swam away from King. It almost looked like he was struggling to swim which is unlikely. He was just trying to grab onto hanging branches while the river was pulling him along.
I've seen Otters at another nearby river and they tend to slink up and down in the water if I remember right. They dive regularly and pop their heads up which I didn't see this one doing. I've never seen a Beaver in the wild before so this would be my first.
I knew that was coming. He lobbed that pitch right over the plate and you sent it.^^^
"I've never seen a Beaver in the wild before so this would be my first."
Sheltered youth huh?
I was gonna ask if he's never been to a tittie bar.
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"I've never seen a Beaver in the wild before so this would be my first."
Sheltered youth huh?
I assumed a joke was coming as well, and since I already made a joke about it in the initial post I felt I had to leave it for the rest of you this time haha.
My view this very instant. Enjoying Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
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Any story on the one that's chomped in half?
I'll take a few of those Reds.
My guess is Barracuda. It's happened to us bringing up big groupers and stuff. I remember quite a while back, we were out about a 100 miles, and my dad was bring up a monster grouper and all of a sudden just dead weight. Whole fish was gone from the gills back. I bet it weighted 25-30lbs based on the head. You could see them flashing in the water because it's so clear out that far.
We were dealing with quite a few sharks in the area. Not sure which one got the kingfish but we had a hammerhead hanging out and lots of sandbar sharks. I pulled up a couple of half snappers and hooked at least 3 sandbar sharks that we had to cut loose.
Those reds are so damn good. We are probably gonna cook a bunch of them at the station today. We are gonna do the same trip next month so we don’t have to ration this batch.
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