This fox like animal is usually seen chasing squirrels in the pines. The fisher is a larger mammal with a darker coat. Since the fisher lives in a very dense cover, chances of spotting one are slim. Mink are an aquatic weasel with glossy dark fur with a white spot on the chin. Several mink are sometimes seen traveling together, loping along the shoreline, investigating every rock, log and stick along the way.
Weasels have a long, slender body with short legs and a white tipped tail.
Much of their time is spent in the small head chasing fish, frogs, and crayfish. Otter will often investigate you as you fish or paddle through a lake. Watch your stringers if you have them tied up at shore, the otter will steal your fish in a hurry. A few striped skunks wander our area - few would fail to recognize this critter. Rodents greatly outnumber other mammal groups in the forest.