Mud Puppy Club

[Moonlighting]

I am the latest unfortunate member in the mud puppy club. I have never seen one and knew very little about them. Man that is one ugly critter. Got the little freak just north of the 80" mill in front of the barge turnaround. It hit a jig, grub, minnow rig.

[Homer]

A guy in my boat caught one in the river Sunday, on a perch spreader. You're right, they are butt ugly!:eek:

[Gone Fishing]

Come on guys, their cool! Only hard part is holding on to them to get the hook out. Talk about slippery!

[Ed Michrina]

too bad you cant keep them. you could get a little leash and collar and take him for a walk. bet you'd be the envy of the neighborhood :eek:

[ESOX]

MMMMMMM Dawgs.
I got a couple I'll be taking for a swim soon..........
;)

[med123]

Maybe we should have people take pictures of them next to a ruler and give a prize to the person who catches the biggest one. (catch and release of course).

Who knows, Maybe it would do wonders toward making people appreciate them more.

I can see it now, "The Woodhaven Mud Puppy Festival"

There would be parade's, and people in Mud Puppy Costumes, etc.... :eek:

[Catch-N-Eat]

Why not have a "Mud Puppy Festival"!

When I was stationed at Ft. Rucker Alabama, we had an annual "Beat The Chaplin" cockroach competition. It was a great success!:D

It cost one dollar to enter, and whoever had a larger cockroach than the Chaplin won a prize!

[Ed Michrina]

Catch ,your on to something! we can start a Calander " my mud puppy and me". Get some hot Models crawling accross the sand with a mud puppy crawling accross the models belly. Once the fad hits , there would be no stopping it. lol

[hangoo]

is that the same thing as a Sheeps Head?...i seen one caught on the detroit on Saturday....next thing i hear was some guy yell, "ya ganna get that one mounted?"

[Muddpuppy]

Hey....you guys talkin' about me ?? :p

[Ed Michrina]

LAMO

[Mantas]

MudPuppy is a waterdog, salamander that is starting to become rare is some waters.

Sheepshead are freshwater drum, they are one of the only fish that eat the zebra mussles and are growing in numbers.

[Moonlighting]

A sheephead is like a super model compared to a Mud pup! Man do think sheephead are ugly.

[trout]

Here is some Mudpuppy info with pics.
Sorry no models tho.
http://herpnet.net/Iowa-Herpetology/amphibians/salamanders/mudpuppy.html

[Catch-N-Eat]

Ok...

But do Sheepshead eat Cockroachs and Mud Puppies...?

That's what I want to know!!;)

[vyndrup]

I have caught a few sheephead and find them to give a good fight. Much better than the fight that I get from a mud puppy. I was down in Florida this winter. The Sheephead there have big giant buck teeth and are actually quite tasty and sought after.
I have caught several mudpuppies while ice fishing in Lake St. Clair. They generally scare off the other fish. You can usually catch them with a minnow or wax worm right on the bottom near to where they are. You're right about them being slimy though and they have no texture so they are very difficult to get off the hook.
I even went fishing with someone on this forum who absolutely refused to take it off his own hook and I had to rescue him. That didn't stop him from having a little fun at my expense with a previous post but I'll just leave it at that.

[PIKERPETE]

I was Ice Fishing in Upper Straits Lake this winter and saw one in about 14' of water. We watched him and I admit did try catching him for 15 minutes til he crawled out of sight. Weirrrdddd lookin things!

[booktens]

I go to Florida every year the last week of Feb, first week of March to target the sheephead spawn. Awesome fighting fish and very tasty.Most of the saltwater fish have dentures, but sheephead teeth look alot like ours.

[riverrookie]

i seen a dead one floating just south of the cross-dike last week. this is the first on ethat i have seen u guys are right they sure won't win any beauty contests.:one_eye::one_eye:

[shadow7663]

Oh no this is toooooo easy. I am not saying a word...:lol:

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Scott you know this is killing me!!!!!!!!:lol:

[swamprat1954]

i've been fishing for 45 years and never had the pleasure.wow! they are cute! i need 2 for my kids poodles to play with.:coco:there so ugly i may have to tie a pork chop around there necks so the dogs will play with them.

[fish eater]

I knew you'd be here somewhere Smiley! Oh...the one-liners! Down boy, down! Still another 6 or 7 months til you can get back into em.:lol:

[ST.PATRICK]

got my first puppy first part of may by fighting island on jig minno