Yes they are. I have not seen a Otter in Texas the picture is of a Mink.

I have seen otters,beavers,coyotes and rabbits galore at area lakes.We were vacationing at Daingerfield State Park a few years back and watched a gater swim around right after dark every night.

There are minks at navarro mills too. been there for years. I have seen the minks at Bowman springs park. They also have them at Lake Weatherford I only saw two but they were there.

I'm glad to see someone knows what these are I have been seeing them a Lake Kiowa for the past 4 years or so, and I saw one at ray roberts last year and then 2 weeks ago I saw one one the dam at lewisville. I have noticed that I always see them on the rocks.

I saw them 2 weeks ago in Little Caney. looked like a whole family of them

There is a bunch at the north end of Pine also..I've never seen a mink in Texas, like a previous poster said a mink isn't much bigger than a squirrel so it is obvious if you are looking at one or the other..

There are some power plant lakes in Greenville that have minks in them, they sure are fun to watch.

There are now otters on Pat Mayse Lake. I have seen them sevral times and yes, they are way bigger than a mink!! I have been fishing the lake for 13 years now and the first time I saw otters was last fall. They are fun to watch.

Scott

I watch them play every year while I am duck hunting at Fork. They love to play with the duck decoys. I have seen them all over the lake the last couple of years.

Minks are in Lavon at the railroad bridge too.

I saw a couple large otter in the river on Hubbard last year. I see alot of beaver and neutra up there, but these were unmistakable. I called the game warden, and he said they are starting to move back into the north Texas area. Very cool animals. I love bass fishing, so do the Otters. Im sure they dont do as much damage as we do!

there mink are all along the rocks in Ray Hubbard. i see them everytime out!

I have seen River Otters on several east Texas lake, they are fish eatin' fools, very curious & without a good zoom hard to get a nice picture of (for me anyway) they will pop their head up & look at you and groupes will sometimes make "chirping" sounds, but byu the time I grab a camera they are under water, or not, over here, over there...ah jeez...and then I put the camera away.

I saw one in Birch on Fork, way up back in March. Looked like a big seal. Not a mink. Wouldve taken a pic if I thought it was a rare sight.

I saw 2 of them mating in White Oak this past spring. Very cool to see!