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Author:
cjpd_00
Date:
Apr 13, 2010
Subject:
4/12 weathersfield cove catfishing caught something weird
Message:
ok guys, I need help identifying something...sorry no pics it was dark and we didint have a good camera. this thing had legs and was about 13 inches long browning color on the back and kinda yellowish tinge to its belly and had black spots on it's back and had a mouth kind of like a sucker looked alot like a big lizard ...I caught it on chicken liver. Freaked me out, I have never been such a chicken sh*t about touching a fish in my life. I did some research on google and it might be a mudpuppy/waterdog but im not sure. as for the report...I was fishing with my friend out of his small jon boat at the mouth of the ct river right by the two markers going into the cove. all we used was chicken liver. not sure of how deep it was. my friend got the first cat of the night that was about 3lbs. alittle while later I got on that hit and started swimming toward the boat once i realized i had one I set the hook ended up fighting with him for 10 min because it kept ripping drag. Finally landed it and weighed it...8lb10oz new pb! it would have been easyer to land if we had a net... :roll:
Author:
slimecoat
Date:
Apr 13, 2010
Message:
Sounds like a mud puppy to me. They like large chunk rock type areas to catch small fish, crayfish, bottom feeding between the rocks etc. I caught 1 by hand in Lake Ontario in 2 feet of water while swimming at my parents cottage 5 or 6 years ago. They are really freaky looking with the legs and everything, but totally harmless.
Author:
toptech
Date:
Apr 13, 2010
Message:
Did it look like ths? [img:f9214052d1]http://www.ctfishtalk.com/gallery2.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7427[/img:f9214052d1] [img:f9214052d1]http://www.ctfishtalk.com/gallery2.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7429[/img:f9214052d1][img:f9214052d1]http://www.ctfishtalk.com/gallery2.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7431[/img:f9214052d1][/img]
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