Once a year for several weeks, a group of river otters calls our pond home. Some years there are two of them, other years three. It is a little frustrating to know they are eating so many fish and there is nothing I can do about it. I was walking around the pond today to see what they had been up to and found this. It is what is left of a Bowfin.
I know there were three of them in the pond at one point (I put them in there, oops) - two males and one female. I re-caught two of them and relocated them shortly after stocking them, but was unable to catch the third. I wasn't too worried, knowing the chance for them to populate the pond had hopefully been avoided.
I'm hoping this was the one that got away, but it was many years ago when I removed the first two. I am not sure what their growth rate is, but I am guessing this one was about 24-30 so inches (penny for scale).
I know there were three of them in the pond at one point (I put them in there, oops) - two males and one female. I re-caught two of them and relocated them shortly after stocking them, but was unable to catch the third. I wasn't too worried, knowing the chance for them to populate the pond had hopefully been avoided.
I'm hoping this was the one that got away, but it was many years ago when I removed the first two. I am not sure what their growth rate is, but I am guessing this one was about 24-30 so inches (penny for scale).