If you want to be quiet, make it sporting and use a bow.  It might make a decent stew, ya never know!

I like otters, fun animals to watch. I would say trap it and relocate.

I'll bet they taste good too!!!!

Or better yet maybe the state will send you a letter regarding the otter like the beavers building the dam.

Putting words in my mouth lol

Here is the solution, get a huge swim bait, one they can't resist if it fools them you just hooked yourself a otter and hold on!!!!!!!!!! then you can club it like a seal.

you know when i originally asked the question, id never really considered doing the thing in. was just trying to figure a way to make it move along, or to see if it could be trapped by the state or something. actually its been cool watching it. It swims really fast, and comes over close to look at you. anyways, looking back at it, i guess I've figured out that much of the enjoyment i get from fishing isn't just about catching the fish, but being away from the flicker of fluorescent lights and the hum of the air conditioning units.  i know, I'm preaching to the quire

Otters are a protected species. in most areas. With my experience, at a fish farm I worked at; I needed to get the "Federal Trapper" from the area to harvest it. The otters were so smart he gave up.

I had a prof. in college that did otter reintroductions. So I called him to get it out. He said there are so many otters that need to be relocated any more his yearly budget was used up in 4 months.

He recommended that i shoot it with a BB gun in the rear end (pump the bb gun once or twice), after about 3 times the otter will move from being pestered. I had no BB gun but threw rocks at it  a few times...and sure enough it left after about 2 days.

That is Emmet Otter, he is just scoping out the next good place to have his Jug Band Christmas ;D

LMAO!!!!!!!!!   That is CLASSIC

"Riverbottom Nightmare Band"  hahahahahahaha

He recommended that I shoot it with a BB gun in the rear end (pump the bb gun once or twice), after about 3 times the otter will move from being pestered. I had no BB gun but threw rocks at it a few times...and sure enough it left after about 2 days.

This worked on my neighbor!!!!!

you know when i originally asked the question, id never really considered doing the thing in. was just trying to figure a way to make it move along, or to see if it could be trapped by the state or something. actually its been cool watching it. It swims really fast, and comes over close to look at you. anyways, looking back at it, i guess I've figured out that much of the enjoyment i get from fishing isn't just about catching the fish, but being away from the flicker of fluorescent lights and the hum of the air conditioning units. i know, I'm preaching to the quire

In other words you are learning to enjoy mother nature and respecting its asset's. Good for you.

Otters are a protected species. in most areas. With my experience, at a fish farm I worked at; I needed to get the "Federal Trapper" from the area to harvest it. The otters were so smart he gave up.

I had a prof. in college that did otter reintroductions. So I called him to get it out. He said there are so many otters that need to be relocated any more his yearly budget was used up in 4 months.

He recommended that i shoot it with a BB gun in the rear end (pump the bb gun once or twice), after about 3 times the otter will move from being pestered. I had no BB gun but threw rocks at it a few times...and sure enough it left after about 2 days.

That is interesting, but I wonder if someone saw you do that how well it would go. LOL

Otters are part of the natural habitat of the pond you fish. Leave it alone.