Otis Fishing Report for September 25, 2023: It’s a foggy, dark night, as the clock strikes midnight in Katmai. Okay, so the “dark” part is obvious, but we can sometimes see the bears when there’s no fog. 😉
Just about 8:00 a.m., our first view of Otis is his rump, as he’s dining on the bank on the Lower River. He finishes up, and then turns toward the Fish Cache. We watch our boy walk off cam in that direction. It’s a safe bet that’s going to get him at least some snacks; hopefully and in our imagination, it’s a big ol’ fish!
Moments later, cams sliiiide to the right, and we see Otis is fishing the Cache. It appears to be a quiet day here, and he walks off toward fishier waters. He picks up a snack, eats, meanders, and walks off cam again. At 9:30 a.m., he returns from what appears to be a walk around the block. He hangs out in the Fish Cache with one of his dopplegangers.
Golden Otis makes a brief appearance, and then he’s off again!
It seems the Fish Cache isn’t all that and a bag of chips today, and so Otis meanders a bit nearby. Then he returns for a short bit… and leaves again. In fact, most of this day, Otis is off cams.
And as we’re just about ready to submit our report, -BAM- there he is, front and center on River Watch again, and he’s just the way we like him — chewing!
As Otis swims off into the sunset and cams pan the other direction, we’re going to total the fish count for September 25 at 12 DOAs. While we know that seems disappointing, it’s because he was off cams so much that the count is so low, and if Otis is off cams, it’s because he has other fishing holes with… FISH! And in Otis we trust.
Otis willing, we’ll post an update tomorrow, and until then, sending Wishes for Fishes and Sweet Salmon Snoozles! ♥
Bear cam images in this post are copyright National Park Service and/or Explore.org
