fishermen ever see a fisher?

[k-bob]

saw excellent but stuffed fisher in NYC Museum American of Natural History. have seen coyotes, bears, rattlers, mink, chaz, and even a bobcat while out fishing, but never a fisher. Was surprised that the fisher was only about 12-15 lbs, I though they were bigger. anyone ever see one?

someone else's image of the nyc museum fisher:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8219/8275609371_7dd1b0259f_z.jpg

 

[troutbert]

I saw a fisher while fishing a brookie stream. It was pretty close and it looked straight at me, then scurried away and disappeared into the rhododendron.

 

[k-bob]

if one of those little dog/fox/weasels was ever close and looked straight at me, I might have scurried into the rhododendendron

 

[dc410]

I saw one while bowhunting in West Virginia. Never saw one in PA or while fishing. They are extremely quick!

 

[BradFromPotter]

I saw one crossing Rt 6 on top of Denton Hill.

 

[troutbert]

It was kind of a spooky looking animal. But, as you said in the first post, they just aren't very big, so nothing to be afraid of.

I felt very lucky to see one.

 

[WildTigerTrout]

I have seen a couple of them in the wild here in Pa.

 

[pitt100]

I've seen one each deer season for the past couple of years.

 

[Chaz]

I've seen bears, turkeys, deer, hawks, many species of birds, small mammals, bob cats, troutbert, foxgap, and k-bob, but no fishers. I fish Schuylkill County streams fairly often and hope to see one there.

 

[sandfly]

here.

 

[turkey]

BradFromPotter wrote:
I saw one crossing Rt 6 on top of Denton Hill.

I've never seen a fisher, plenty of mink though. Last Nov I was camping up on Denton and I couldn't believe the coyotes. All night long. It sounded like a 5 hour slasher film.

 

[The_Sasquatch]

Yup. My cabin is right on top of Denton Hill, and many many nights I've been woken up by the coyotes singing.

 

[turkey]

The_Sasquatch wrote:
Yup. My cabin is right on top of Denton Hill, and many many nights I've been woken up by the coyotes singing.

thats right Andy, I met my brother up there and we camped right behind your place. yippin' and yappin', howlin'. I was up all night. I also saw ringnecks just walking along 6 in Galeton.

 

[Fishidiot]

Nope (would like to someday).

 

[k-bob]

that is a great picture it looks like an evil panda bear

 

[RyanR]

I saw them quite a bit when I lived in NH but thus far I've only seen 1 maybe 2 here in PA. I tend to see mink quite often while fishing along PA's streams but not fishers. Despite their name, I don't think fishers are common sights along rivers and streams like a mink is.

 

[geebee]

how do they taste grilled ?

 

[StarvinMarvin]

Just saw one along the clarion Tuesday

 

[csoult]

Have one that hangs around my camp. They can be pretty mean.

 

[geebee]

they hiss don't they. they look cuddly but I interrupted one eating birds eggs (likely Plover) down on the beach one dawn.

i gave it a wide berth out of respect (its his beach not mine) and it had the face to hiss at me !