Mudpuppy Experience

jennifer.bambridge · **Joined:** Sat Feb 05, 2011 8:54 pm **Posts:** 2

I normally fish on Lake Simcoe but have been fishing on the Bay of Quinte this year. Today we were fishing off Weiss Rd near Carrying Place and we were totally shocked when we caught a mudpuppy. It was the ugliest fish I have ever seen in my life. It was about 18 inches. Are mudpuppies rare? Was that a large mudpuppy?

chasineyes/everywher · **Posted:** Sat Feb 05, 2011 9:03 pm

thats a large puppy,biggest i,ve heard of,seen them to about 8-9-inchs,no bigger though

had2lose · **Joined:** Wed Dec 29, 2010 10:27 pm **Posts:** 118

jennifer.bambridge wrote:

I normally fish on Lake Simcoe but have been fishing on the Bay of Quinte this year. Today we were fishing off Weiss Rd near Carrying Place and we were totally shocked when we caught a mudpuppy. It was the ugliest fish I have ever seen in my life. It was about 18 inches. Are mudpuppies rare? Was that a large mudpuppy?

They are actually just an underwater salamander, not really a fish.

Grizzly · **Posted:** Sun Feb 06, 2011 3:55 am

18 inches. wow, maybe it was a small Ling

Longlegg · **Posted:** Sun Feb 06, 2011 8:41 am

I've caught several on tip ups on the St.Lawrence. Never caught one nearly that size. I kept one in a fish tank in my classroom and it ate minnows. Did it have exterior gills? Gills are very obvious on mud puppy.

fish tales · **Posted:** Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:20 am

my buddie and i both have caught one this year and so has a few other guys i have talked to i havent seen a mudpuppie in years and know i have heard about six being caught this year and all big ones from 15 to 18 inches

Vexslayer · **Posted:** Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:54 pm

Would be neat to see! my dad and brother have both caught them but I wasn't there it would be cool to see one!!

niagarasteelheader · **Joined:** Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:30 am **Posts:** 17

I got one at the rush bar early in the season, it was over a foot long. Caught a ton of them on Lake Nipissing in the condo's, as soon as the sun went down the fish quit and it was mudlizard after mudlizard!!

andrew001 · **Joined:** Tue Sep 28, 2004 10:21 am **Posts:** 32

out in the mouth of the Trent on Saturday and caught a mud puppy as well

CanWoodsman · **Posted:** Mon Feb 07, 2011 8:57 am

Did it look like this one I caught at Long Point on 30 Jan.

CRAPPIE · **Joined:** Sun Nov 21, 2004 1:23 pm **Posts:** 176

Any one eat the mudpuppy before and it is legal to keep this fish?

cantcatchacold · **Posted:** Mon Feb 07, 2011 1:45 pm

I have caught them on Nip before staying in the bungalows. Freaked me out lol.

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