Another Mud Puppy Day

  • steve-demars
    Stillwater, Minnesota
    Posts: 1906
    February 8, 2004 at 6:58 pm #1227412

    Fished the Forest Lake Ice fishing Contest on Saturday from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm and got skunked. Figured I had to keep trying so my son and I fished the St Croix at the High Lines from 4:30pm to 7:30pm Saturday evening. It was an absolutely beautiful day for fishing but the fish were not cooperating. We caught one mud puppy and that was it. There is a lot of ice, we were right down to the auger on the ice. Lots of snow too, which makes for a slushy mess. Even though I got skunked it was such a great day to be out that it was worth the effort.

    lenny_jamison
    Bay City , WI
    Posts: 4001
    February 8, 2004 at 7:56 pm #291945

    Are there always so many Mudpuppies up there? I was fishing by Prescott the other day and caught two of them. Any place else they are kinda rare.

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    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    February 9, 2004 at 4:08 am #292001

    So what is the real name of a Mud Puppie? Haven’t found any recipes yet….

    Comm…at least you got out!

    lenny_jamison
    Bay City , WI
    Posts: 4001
    February 9, 2004 at 4:37 am #292005

    MUD PUPPY: Any of several North American salamanders of the genus Necturus especially N. Maculosus, that live in damp regions and have conspicuous clusters of dark red external gills. Also called Water Dog. (Definition courtesy of dictionary.com)

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    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13294
    February 16, 2004 at 4:12 am #292830

    We used to catch a few in the fall up by osceola also. They dont seem to be active until the water getts colder.

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