mudpuppies

[Chrisb]

Odd thought came to me when visiting Fish'n Canada site.

Mud puppies seem to be caught often when ice fishing. Do they ever get caught summer fishing. Anyone know why or why not.

[boogaloo]

I wondered the same thing. We often got them at Rameys Bend thru the ice...............................Daniel

[smerchly]

9 minutes ago, boogaloo said:

I wondered the same thing. We often got them at Rameys Bend thru the ice...............................Daniel

I was just thinking about the puppy's at Ramey's Bend Boogs. I have dropped a line on bottom to catch them while looking for perch. I have caught a few ice fishing Erie and the Rec. canal. They are basically nocturnal so the ice darkens the bottom causing them to be more active. Many years ago I kept one in my aquarium and one day it bit me ,so I let "Gordon" go back home in the fall. They are now protected and must be released.

[mrgadget]

About 15 years ago we were fishing Lake Erie,we seen seagulls off point albino picking up fish & seem to keep dropping them .we went closer to see what was going on. We were amazed those fish were mud puppies in 39 fow & they were all about 18”long.we seen about 50 of them swimming on top of the water.

[corey]

We used to catch lots of them under the bridge in York at 54 & 9 through the night.