Fisher at first light

[fishbone]

well --i guess i wasnt there

[Shawn.H]

Hes got a good point, otters have short legs and there belly would be dragging against the snow.

[onice2013]

cool pics, I say it is a fisher and wasn't an otter although i seen otter on the banks of rivers I've fished, I have yet to see one of those. Seen plenty of mink though,, and these too

[spikeit]

well --i guess i wasnt there

and I guess you do not know much about otters because they are just as good on land as they are in the water.  Nice pics nonetheless

[onice2013]

and I guess you do not know much about otters because they are just as good on land as they are in the water.  Nice pics nonetheless

  you might be right rabbit look at the tail.. it is like an otters,, but the face looks like a fisher is there a radiation dump site near there

[jmc1ny]

I do alot of trapping for fishers and that is 100% fisher. Cool pics, Otter would run alittle then slide and arnt nearly as tall as a fisher

[Whopper Stopper]

Not sure what the confusion is. They are two different animals and this isn't an otter.

               WS

[The Reel Deal]

Wow, thats an awesome pic! Good looks! And cool pic with the tracks afterwards!

[JiggerMan]

thats no otter.  if it were an otter the tracks would have the feet side by side in the stride.  a fishers are a little staggered like those ones.  also front otter paws are more round and the back ones are slightly elongated but the fron of the paw is still rounded.  also i dont think an ottersclaws would show that much in the snow.  fishers have very large claws and those tracks show the presence of very large claws.

[oneida1]

i say its  a midget grizz bear,,, lol

[deadsmelthead]

definitely otter tracks

Hmm every otter i have ever come across has webed feet...

Its 100% a fisher, besides the way it moves making it obvious, it has a furry tail thats about as long as its body... Otters have no hair on their tail and they arent that long...

[Shawn.H]

Hmm every otter i have ever come across has webed feet...

Its 100% a fisher, besides the way it moves making it obvious, it has a furry tail thats about as long as its body... Otters have no hair on their tail and they arent that long...

Otters do have hair on their tails, just not as long 

[missoulafish]

Video of a fisher and how they move.

[deadsmelthead]

Otters do have hair on their tails, just not as long 

Your right i miss spoke... what i was getting at is its not bushy so to speak...

None the less otters don't take strides like that... they kinda run along like a hot dog...

[perchtrapper]

Fisher for sure, first pic shows with how much it looks like a cat and tracks speak for them selves, also otter usually leave tail marks. Big males Fisher will travel long distance and if from the pics looks like he was coming across south end of the lake east to west which would bring him off of Panther Mnt. which has good habitat for fisher.

[rufishn2]

That picture made it worth the trip.And way to go, you got out early don't see too many of those at the crack of noon....

[Baitfisher]

Always good to get out early!
I thought about making a run toward him to get a better picture, but i didn't want to freak him out. If he felt threatened he might have got nasty. 

[deadsmelthead]

Always good to get out early!
I thought about making a run toward him to get a better picture, but i didn't want to freak him out. If he felt threatened he might have got nasty.

Yeah i wouldn't push my luck with one either they seem to have the same mindset as a wolverine... I saw a video on you tube of one attacking a fox,  the fox got the short end of the stick...


Here it is....

[Idahogator]

Nice find with the video DSH, thanks.   

[deadsmelthead]

Nice find with the video DSH, thanks.   

Here an even cooler one....But shhhh... Dont tell ADKROY, im training a fisher army to fight his squirrel army...

[beagler]

Nice! I've trapped four fisher in the last two years around my house. They are NOT fun to release . They opened a trapping season on them next year in my area.
Here's a smaller one I caught.

[Idahogator]

Great photo Beagler.     

Hmm, the release, six helpers, each with a choke-stick. And then there's the screaming fisher, ha.     

[deadsmelthead]

Thats an awesome shot... eany meany miney moe catch a fisher by the toe... now how the hell to let him go....

[KAcollins4]

nice pics  ;

[KAcollins4]

cool pics i bet he was hungry   

[NYJigger72]

Great pics

[Shawn.H]

Great photo Beagler.     

Hmm, the release, six helpers, each with a choke-stick. And then there's the screaming fisher, ha.     

Hmm looks like a four-coiled Bridger? #3?

[perchtrapper]

Hmm looks like a four-coiled Bridger? #3?

I was gonna say Bridger No.2 laminated

[Shawn.H]

Hmm might be.. a fisher's foot is so darn big, thats why i said #3. Cant beat that for a Coyote set up.