Otter in Union County?

[logs22]

So I was doing a little night fishing at Lenape Park pond, which isn't my preferred local spot but everywhere else is offimits for stocking so I decided to make due. As I walked up I saw something swimming and splashing around. I figured it was just a carp as that pond is filled with them so I turned on my headlamp and what i saw was definitely no carp. It looked to me like an otter. I thought maybe it was a muskrat but as I watched it was way too fluid and sleek for a muskrat. It was swimming around more like a seal than any muskrat or beaver.i have seen. I checked online and see that there are otters all over NJ but I found no record of one ever being spotted in UC. Anyone else come across otters in NJ?

[CroboNJ]

Can't say I have, but it's a cool find.

[bigfishy]

never saw an otter in nj but lots and lots of mink

[Skunk City]

Probably a beaver. They are very active this time of year, especially at night. I've ran into them twice this week. Their massive tail slaps are pretty startling, especially when you aren't expecting it!

[Eskimo]

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I have seen otters in the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. I guess it's not impossible for a wayward otter to find himself in an urban park pond.

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[acabtp]

it was a beaver or muskrat