This is another image of the otter I posted last week during the same encounter. This was the second fish the otter caught while I was watching and photographing it. Previously it had caught a rainbow trout and successfully landed it and ate most of it. This cutthroat trout was much larger and the otter was having more trouble with it. The fish was finally brought to the bank but the otter didn’t realize the fish wasn’t done yet and just as I shot this image, the fish began thrashing about. The otter lost it’s grip and they both went into the water with the fish escaping.