Beavers

[Jonas Staggs]

So I'm not sure where to post this, but I hit a SoCal creek today in the IE and came across a beaver. I have video but can't share it here? Anyways I didn't think there was beaver here? I never seen one in person and was shocked to see one up close. Absolutely amazing. 

 

Biggest creek bass for the day

 

[MN Fisher]

20 minutes ago, Jonas Staggs said:

I have video but can't share it here?

Upload it to Youtube - then past the link here.

[Jonas Staggs]

3 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Upload it to Youtube - then past the link here.

I tried that but it in the past but it was removed. I can maybe message you if you want to see it.

 

Anyways I thought beavers were only in the real forest. Not the ghetto creeks of the Socal desert. Such a trip. 

 

 

[Bluebasser86]

28 minutes ago, Jonas Staggs said:

I tried that but it in the past but it was removed. I can maybe message you if you want to see it.

 

Anyways I thought beavers were only in the real forest. Not the ghetto creeks of the Socal desert. Such a trip. 

 

 

As long as the video isn't promotional, doesn't have anything inappropriate in it, follows the forum rules, you can post it. Lots of people post their videos here. 

[Jonas Staggs]

1 minute ago, Bluebasser86 said:

As long as the video isn't promotional, doesn't have anything inappropriate in it, follows the forum rules, you can post it. Lots of people post their videos here. 

So that's the problem is I have a fishing channel. I'm experienced with YouTube. I have another channel for a different sport with like 10k followers 

[Bluebasser86]

17 minutes ago, Jonas Staggs said:

So that's the problem is I have a fishing channel. I'm experienced with YouTube. I have another channel for a different sport with like 10k followers 

If your youtube is the same as your screen name, has watermarks, ends with anything asking for subs/likes, basically anything that can be deemed promotional, it won't be allowed.

 

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[Jonas Staggs]

6 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

If your youtube is the same as your screen name, has watermarks, ends with anything asking for subs/likes, basically anything that can be deemed promotional, it won't be allowed.

 

Video Posting Policy
We encourage members to post videos of their fishing trips or those that teach fishing skills and answer questions on the forums. Sharing of information is encourage.  Promotional videos,however, are a privilege for BassResource partners only.

Content must fall in line with normal BassResource posting rules, outlined on this page. Specifically, you may not promote your own YouTube channel and videos, or solicit likes and subscribers. That means the "Hey come check out my channel/video!" posts are strictly prohibited.

Other prohibited examples are videos that promote or link to your site, your channel, your product, your company, your tournament, or your blog. Watermarks will be considered promotional.

 

It should not contain overt product promotion. (This does not include product placement. Obviously you're using a lure or fishing rod in the fishing video. It's ok to mention what equipment you are using so long as it doesn't sound like a commercial.)

This is a family site, so please keep it clean. Videos containing foul language, distasteful images, themes or topics will be deleted immediately.

Posting Policy - we have a very strict anti-spam policy
In essence, any and all promotional posts are prohibited. Even if you're not selling anything, posts can still be considered "promotional".  Any posts deemed promotional are subject to this rule - regardless of your affiliation (or lack thereof) with said product, company, website, etc.

Yeah, no YouTube. I don't sell anything or what not but I know how to photoshop and created my own logo for the channel. I get a little money here and there if the views of my other channel for a different sport. Plus I'm cursing in the video lol.

 

Anyways it was cool to see a beaver in the desert of Socal. I wouldn't believe it if I didn't see it myself. 

[Bluebasser86]

3 minutes ago, Jonas Staggs said:

Yeah, no YouTube. Plus I'm cursing in the video lol.

 

Anyways it was cool to see a beaver in the desert of Socal. 

They're cool animals when they're not tearing stuff up. They get huge here. I trapped one several years ago that was nearly 80 pounds.

[Jonas Staggs]

10 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

They're cool animals when they're not tearing stuff up. They get huge here. I trapped one several years ago that was nearly 80 pounds.

That's huge. Big enough to be a dangerous animal. This one was about the size of a fat beagle. He wasn't too concerned with me and kinda did his own thing. 

 

I was a few feet from him in like 2ft deep water 

 

According to Google there are no beavers in Socal 

[Tennessee Boy]

Can you post an image from a frame of the video?

[WRB]

Beavers were hunted for the fur trade throughout California and a small population still exist but thier habitate has been reduced tremdously.

Tom

[Jonas Staggs]

3 hours ago, Tennessee Boy said:

Can you post an image from a frame of the video?

I could but I doubt youll see anything, ill i got is horrible shakey wobbly cell phone camera footage for a few seconds of him underwater. I got a few good looks at him up close, I was just a few feet from his burrow when he came out. but he was pretty much gone by the time I took the cell phone out. 

1 hour ago, WRB said:

Beavers were hunted for the fur trade throughout California and a small population still exist but thier habitate has been reduced tremdously.

Tom

Yeah I did some google searching about them once I get home. Everything that I could find in regards to them being in California, was about the sierra nevadas, or the san joaquin and sacremento rivers up in central cali.........Not able to find anything about them being in SoCal except for this which states they are not found here.

 

Range / Habitat: Beavers are found throughout North America except for the extreme northern regions of Canada, the deserts of the southwest United States

 

So I am guessing I stumbled on a rare isolated pocket of them. 

[BigAngus752]

18 minutes ago, Jonas Staggs said:

from his burrow

Like a burrow in the bank?  You should Google an image of a muskrat. 
 

Edit:  I just learned that your area also potentially has Nutria. You should look that up as well. Not good if you have Nutria. 

[WRB]

We had beavers eating our poplar trees at Big Bear lake In SoCal, definately live where their food souce live throughout California. 

Tom

[Tennessee Boy]

I've run across several beaver dams over the years.  They have very impressive engineering skills.

[5/0]

2 hours ago, BigAngus752 said:

Like a burrow in the bank?  You should Google an image of a muskrat. 
 

Edit:  I just learned that your area also potentially has Nutria. You should look that up as well. Not good if you have Nutria. 

This sounds right. Beavers build domed structures with entry below water level. Could be a muskrat. Don’t know about Nutria, but have heard they can get quite large.

[WRB]

You may have discovered Nutria and should immediately contact the DFW for eradication. 

Tom

[Jonas Staggs]

5 hours ago, BigAngus752 said:

Like a burrow in the bank?  You should Google an image of a muskrat. 
 

Edit:  I just learned that your area also potentially has Nutria. You should look that up as well. Not good if you have Nutria. 

 

Yeah I'm aware of nutria up in the Sacramento river. This thing had a big old tail, could have been a muskrat. Apparently beavers have burrows in the bank too from what I have read. I don't think it was a nutria. A muskrat seems possible though.

4 hours ago, WRB said:

We had beavers eating our poplar trees at Big Bear lake In SoCal, definately live where their food souce live throughout California. 

Tom

Showed the video to a online buddy who creek fishes out in Ventura county, he said he's seen a few too. 

3 hours ago, 5/0 said:

This sounds right. Beavers build domed structures with entry below water level. Could be a muskrat. Don’t know about Nutria, but have heard they can get quite large.

That's what I thought too, beavers build dams and big dome houses this thing had a burrow in the bank. There was no beaver dam etc. So I'm now leaning more towards muskrat. I don't think it was a nutria. 

 

Anyways apparently beavers live in burrows in the bank too.

 

http://wildlifehotline.info/identification-control/beavers/#:~:text=They usually enter and leave,to and from feeding areas.

[Ktho]

They definitely burrow. Been on river trips to Colorado and been by plenty of areas where they spook out of the water and into their hole in the side of the bank.