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BWPaddler

05/29/2012 01:10PM

Last Saturday night, camping on a point on Polly, two of us heard a series of three big thump/splashes - as if someone had thrown a 10 pound rock into the lake. Not regular timing, just three separate incidents around 3am give or take.

Is that what a beaver slap sounds like? It's the only thing that I could think of unless some very large fish was jumping in the area. I'm sure there are beavers on Polly, but I wasn't camped near any lodges or activity that I saw during the day...

Other ideas? Or do I assume I have now heard Sasquatch at play, skipping 10 pound rocks with ease?

Wherever there is a channel for water, there is a road for the canoe. -Thoreau

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Arkansas Man

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05/29/2012 01:30PM

Beaver... No Sasquatch! Being familiar with them and their actions help, but still not always prepared for the "loud splash" when they sneak up close to you, or at night when they are disturbed.

Bruce

Good Paddling, Great Fishing, and God Bless All...

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apugarcia

05/29/2012 02:07PM

I know the feeling... sitting by the fire at night, enjoying a cocktail, then SPLOOSH!! out of nowhere. Those sneaky beavers..

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missmolly

05/29/2012 02:17PM

quote Arkansas Man: "Beaver... No Sasquatch! Being familiar with them and their actions help, but still not always prepared for the "loud splash" when they sneak up close to you, or at night when they are disturbed.

Bruce"
BAH! That was no beaver. That was Sasquatch. Sasquatchs always do things in threes. Beavers are even-tempered and so always do things in even numbers. A beaver will splash two times or four times.

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fishguts

05/29/2012 02:24PM

Sasquatch??

fishguts

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Ingvald

05/29/2012 02:40PM

This is known Squatch behavior. Just ask Matt Moneymaker.

Honesty is my only excuse.

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Sierra1

05/29/2012 04:24PM

Did you find any Jack Links Beef Jerky wrappers around? You know it's the preferred snack of 9 out of 10 Sasquatches. The other one likes solo paddlers....

Watch out for that rock!!!........ Oooo.... That's going to leave a mark...

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cinna

05/29/2012 04:32PM

Three splashes is the female Sasquatch mating invitation.

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mirth

05/29/2012 05:04PM

Had a beaver that scared the bejebus out of me last September on Thursday Bay. Was out by the fire late at night and I heard all kinds of rustling on the far shore. Eventually it made a couple trips across the bay and thats when I figured it out. The next morning I got to check out its handiwork.

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missmolly

05/29/2012 05:05PM

quote cinna: "Three splashes is the female Sasquatch mating invitation. "
Yes, that is correct. Those who refuse meet the same fate as those who mate with female preying mantises.

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Jackfish

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05/29/2012 05:58PM

LMAO at Sasquatch believers...

It's only a spot on the map... until you go there.

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Mort

05/29/2012 06:54PM

No seriously Jackfish, they are REAL! And they do inhabit the B'dub!

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missmolly

05/29/2012 07:16PM

quote Mort: "No seriously Jackfish, they are REAL! And they do inhabit the B'dub!"

Mort is right. I've seen them, dined with them, and even dated one for a heavenly, albeit furry two weeks. However, Sasquatch are moderator-shy, so Jackfish, don't ever expect to see one.

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OBX2Kayak

05/29/2012 07:24PM

LMAO!

"I go because it irons out the wrinkles in my soul" -- Sigurd Olson

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LoneWolf

05/29/2012 07:50PM

Believe in Sasquatch? I live with one.

"You guys might not know this, but I consider myself a bit of a loner. I tend to think of myself as a one-man wolf pack." - Alan Garner, The Hangover.

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Savage Voyageur

05/29/2012 07:58PM

It is pretty Squatchy up there. I think it was a beaver slapping his tail, heard it many times way after dark. Kinda spooks you out the first time you hear it.

"So many lakes, so little time."

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Merganser

05/29/2012 08:05PM

Second trip in was the first time in my life is ever heard that sound. My wife and I had no idea what it was but it had us a little uneasy. Certainly sounded big. It was a couple trips later when I spooked a beaver during the day and learned what it was.

Similar experice with grouse drumming, but that was never scary, just mysterious.

"That sort of thing is my bag baby."

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sunnybear09

05/29/2012 08:30PM

quote missmolly: "quote Mort: "No seriously Jackfish, they are REAL! And they do inhabit the B'dub!"

Mort is right. I've seen them, dined with them, and even dated one for a heavenly, albeit furry two weeks. However, Sasquatch are moderator-shy, so Jackfish, don't ever expect to see one."

And apparently share a bottle or two with them!! :) Personally, I find the females to be coyote ugly. But they are a cheap date!

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awbrown

05/29/2012 08:59PM

Ah, you guys have it all wrong. Didn't you watch the new show on Animal Planet? They are Mermaids!

Keep the open side up

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BWPaddler

05/29/2012 11:36PM

Well, now I know! Squatch is alive and well on Lake Polly. Probably smacking the water in frustration at all the rain.

Thanks all!

Wherever there is a channel for water, there is a road for the canoe. -Thoreau

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Jeriatric

05/29/2012 11:51PM

Male squatch skinny dipping. Loudness of splash indicates mating ability.

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WhiteWolf

05/30/2012 04:27AM

Funny stuff.
LMAO

"What good fortune for governments that the people do not think." — Adolf Hitler

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ozarkpaddler

05/30/2012 08:21AM

Funny! First time I heard that it was on the Current River. Funny, we too thought a deer jumped in the water? A person? "Bigfoot?" Sat up by the fire a LONG time. Then, a few years later saw a beaver in the BWCAW and heard the SAME noise. Mystery solved!

"Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." Mark Twain

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Cletus

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05/30/2012 02:07PM

You've never had fun until you cast out a surface Rapala along the shore line, and while you are waiting for the splash to settle, a beaver swims over your line and gets it caught underneath. The line gets pulled tight drawing the lure to the beaver. Hooked beavers are very heavy and powerful. Best to have snips handy to cut your line.

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missmolly

05/30/2012 02:33PM

quote Cletus: "You've never had fun until you cast out a surface Rapala along the shore line, and while you are waiting for the splash to settle, a beaver swims over your line and gets it caught underneath. The line gets pulled tight drawing the lure to the beaver. Hooked beavers are very heavy and powerful. Best to have snips handy to cut your line."

Yeah, I hooked one once and felt horrible. Luckily, I was fishing with a single barbless hook, so I'm hoping it didn't carry it for long.

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