What is this little guy?

  • fish_any_time
    Champlin, MN
    Posts: 2097
    September 20, 2013 at 1:05 am #1283618

    Pulling out the duck boat this evening, we came across this little guy. Some type of salamander?

    I’ll do a search later when done packing.

    nhamm
    Inactive
    Robbinsdale
    Posts: 7348
    September 20, 2013 at 1:11 am #1195875

    Looks like big ole walleye bait to me!!! I’ve always heard of them buy have yet to see one, cool pic.

    deertracker
    Posts: 9237
    September 20, 2013 at 1:13 am #1195876

    Basic salamander isn’t it?

    DT

    Tom Sawvell
    Inactive
    Posts: 9559
    September 20, 2013 at 1:23 am #1195878

    Tiger salamander.

    trumar
    Rochester, Mn
    Posts: 5967
    September 20, 2013 at 1:28 am #1195883

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    Tiger salamander.

    X2

    katmando
    Ramsey,MN pool 2, St.croix river
    Posts: 691
    September 20, 2013 at 1:30 am #1195885

    That would be the tiger salamander. And they are awesome bait for all kinds of species.

    The storm must had woke them up today. They were crawling all over at work into the building.

    85lund
    Menomonie, WI
    Posts: 2317
    September 20, 2013 at 1:40 am #1195888

    Had an entire egress window of a new house we were painting covered with them. Nasty

    mbenson
    Minocqua, Wisconsin
    Posts: 3842
    September 20, 2013 at 1:42 am #1195889

    Quote:

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    Tiger salamander.

    X2

    X3

    Mark

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    September 20, 2013 at 2:31 am #1178676

    Tiger! We used to find those as a kid.

    Ralph Wiggum
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 11764
    September 20, 2013 at 11:16 am #1195898

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    Tiger! We used to find those as a kid.


    Me, too. Although they were prized because they were a much more rare find that the American toads, wood frogs, common tree frogs, and cricket frogs that frequented our yard.

    coleycrawler
    Minneapolis
    Posts: 308
    September 20, 2013 at 1:25 pm #1195922

    SOOO CUTE! I haven’t seen a salamander for a long time. Used to catch them when I was a kid all the time. Cool find!

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    September 20, 2013 at 2:13 pm #1195941

    Quote:

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    Tiger! We used to find those as a kid.


    Me, too. Although they were prized because they were a much more rare find that the American toads, wood frogs, common tree frogs, and cricket frogs that frequented our yard.

    They made decent pets too. They didn’t seem to stress out living in an aquarium and had no problem eating whatever you gave them.

    I grew up by the 100 Twin Drive in. We would find all sorts of critters in the sand dunes, which is kind of surprising, but a few inches into the sand and it was cool and damp. We found mostly toads and salamanders.

    Ralph Wiggum
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 11764
    September 20, 2013 at 2:26 pm #1195952

    We used to find skinks with blue tails. Those were the coolest!

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    September 20, 2013 at 2:52 pm #1195964

    Yeah skinks are pretty cool, but tough to catch…unless you just want a squirming blue tail as a pet.

    We didn’t have those growing up or at least I didn’t see any. I would think they would have love the sandy dunes and prairie like features. I’ve seen plenty as an adult though.

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