Author Topic: otter glands for lure? (Read 479 times)

mocoon · « **on:** December 10, 2004, 02:39:10 PM »

Just wondering if you can save anything on an otter and use it in lure formulations such as using beaver castor - I have had good luck catching a few otter and want to use all I can from them if possible.

Bogmaster · « **Reply #1 on:** December 11, 2004, 01:29:07 AM »

Mo, welcome to Graybeards.
You can save the otter glands and use them as an attractant,but I catch sevaral otter each year at my castor mound sets.Otter like all animals ,gravitate to beaver castor.
Good luck, Tom

yottey · « **Reply #2 on:** December 11, 2004, 02:16:59 PM »

Otter glands are better used in K-9 lures than otter lures!yottey

Asa Lenon · « **Reply #3 on:** December 11, 2004, 04:00:14 PM »

Otter glands are better used in K-9 lures than otter lures! yottey

I agree with yottey, they will bring out curiosity in the canines but I don't believe any of us have enough knowledge and understanding about otter to know for sure what message otter glands in an otter lure are transmitting to an otter. Ace

mocoon · « **Reply #4 on:** December 12, 2004, 11:25:06 AM »

Thanks for the info on the glands, I just caught my 9th otter this morning using blind sets on crossovers off one levee - around here we can catch a limit of 20 and I am now going to shoot for that - before this year I had only caught one in my 7 years of trapping.

blackpowder man 0106 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 12, 2004, 01:55:26 PM »

what state are ya pulling in all of these otter from? I've never even gotten a single one... I'm hoping to change that once i start trapping a big slow river within the next week or two. Any suggestions on the best way to get em?

Asa Lenon · « **Reply #6 on:** December 12, 2004, 03:40:01 PM »

Limit of 20....Wow! What state is this? Ace

Bogmaster · « **Reply #7 on:** December 12, 2004, 04:02:57 PM »

Missouri--parts of this state have limit of 20,other parts are open for all you are able to take.The big increase of otter ,have been extremely hard on fish farms.
Tom

Asa Lenon · « **Reply #8 on:** December 13, 2004, 09:21:54 AM »

I wondered why I sell so many big jars of otter lure. Ace

mocoon · « **Reply #9 on:** December 13, 2004, 11:06:38 AM »

My suggestion is to get to know the animal you want to catch - seriously. Look for tracks and I concentrate on fresh scat piles which around here look greenish with fish scales and crawdead parts in it - also another field observation - look for green patches of grassy crossings - I personally believe the otters might be attracted to them this time of year when most everything else is brown. With any animal I would rather set them blind initially and then swithch to bait and lure later. As of yet - sorry Asa but I have not used any lure, just trail sets but am about ready to switch to some lure and footholds before the ice locks up.