Otis Fishing Report for October 2, 2023: BREAKING NEWS! Four-time Fat Bear Champion bear 480 Otis has been selected to compete in the 2023 Fat Bear Week challenge again this year. On Monday, October 9, he’ll go up against his long-time friend bear 32 Chocolate Chunk the Hunk.
We asked Mr. Hunk what he thought of the competition, and he said, “Honestly, I just want to eat ice cream. Bears, shmares, who cares who’s fatter than fat? But if you insist that I give you advice — and this is off the record, mind you — I say Votis Otis. He came back focused, but a little rough around the edges, and I heard the winner receives U-Bear Eats salmon deliveries in their den. Otis is a good guy. Teaches Zen and Yoga to the littles. Doesn’t like them on his lawn all that much, but he teaches them stuff some of us other boars don’t know, like patience. Calm. How to avoid scuffles. Ya know? Yeah. Good guy. Vote for him”
In other news, our boy has gone fishin’ and could not be reached for comment.
He wasn’t seen on cams today, and we’ve been here all day. We know that’s disappointing, BUT if Otis is off cams, he’s off cams for eats. He knows these Katmai parts like no other bear, and In Otis We Trust.
So. You heard it here first, folks — even Mr. Hunk says Votis Otis! And we can’t disagree. 😉
Note: Voting for Fat Bear begins Wednesday, October 3, 2023, and you can cast your ballot explore.org/fat-bear-week.
That leaves us with no fish count for October 2, but we’ll still be back to see what we can see and report back in the morning!
Until then , sending Wishes for Fishes and remember: Votis for Otis — let’s make it 5! 😉 ♥
Bonus Content
Reposting this from other chatters today: NPR interview with Explore’s Mike Fitz talking about Fat Bear Week pssst! Otis gets a mention! List HERE (no paywall).
And we leave you with another SuspectCelery GIF of our boy. Act casual, he says. It’s just Fat Bear Week…
Bear cam images in this post are copyright National Park Service and/or Explore.org
