WTF!

That, my friend, is what is causing all the whirpools you are seeing. :shock:

Lol... so it looks like a salamander. WHat were you fishing with, and where?

I dont really know what kind that is, but it could be a large tiger salamander...but they live in wetlands and that looks like it is more than 14 inches. The only time there in water is breeding, but it could be.

"Thick-bodied amphibians with short snouts, sturdy legs, and long tails, tigers are the largest land-dwelling salamander on Earth. They can grow to 14 inches (35 centimeters) in length, but the average size is more like 6 to 8 inches (15.2 to 20.3 centimeters).
They are also the most wide-ranging salamander species in North America, living throughout most of the United States, southern Canada, and eastern Mexico. They live in deep burrows, up to two feet (60 centimeters) below the surface, "

caught with a shinner with a tip of wax worm. crazy thing.

its a hellbender salamander. theyre somewhat common in lake michigan. nice catch

i knew it was a salamader....

and in that case its endangered. Lets hope you released it.

The smallies eat those all the time. I would've thrown it out there as bait.

Nessie's offspring.......

:shock:

Caught them off Navy Pier before sunup.
Wierd feeling trying to figure out what it is in the dark!

Plus its crawling around trying to get away and i'm trying to remove the hook.

:shock:

yes I agree for sure it is a salamandor.

that's the ugliest salamander I ever seen. Looks like a kamodo dragon. Like he want's to bite somebody or something. LOL

I thought it was a mudpuppy. They used to sell those in bait vending machines around here.

thats what it is a mudpuppy we have them alot up north i actually caught one through the ice this last winter in necedah wisc next to buckhorn bridge where the yellow river and wisc. river come togrther. they r ugly things

tyleraz1 said:

thats what it is a mudpuppy we have them alot up north i actually caught one through the ice this last winter in necedah wisc next to buckhorn bridge where the yellow river and wisc. river come togrther. they r ugly things

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Man, thats my old neck of the woods! I used to spend time at my buddy's Uncle's farm in Pittsville. We fished Pike in the Yellow river and panfish through the ice at ..... crap I forgot the name of that shallow little lake out there..... The river came right out of or flowed right into he lake.......

:?:

u mean fish lake?

really big mudpuppy

Mudpuppy = Salamander

http://www.hellbenders.org/photos.html
This page says thet aren't in the great lakes. There is a link to reprt a catch.

tyleraz1 said:

u mean fish lake?

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Might be fish lake, don't remember the name of it, we usually fished the river(s). Folks at the bait shop always told us the lake was real shallow and nobody really caught much out of there.

Some good pike and walleye in the river(s) to be had when everything else is froze over...... :wink: