One UGLY Bug !

  • buzzer
    Garnavillo Iowa
    Posts: 542
    January 5, 2011 at 6:27 am #1302106

    I was Ice fishing a pond today when this bug swam up my hole and attached to my transducer of my flasher It caught me a bit off guard can anybody tell me what this thing is

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    January 5, 2011 at 6:33 am #922733

    Did it look like this?

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    January 5, 2011 at 6:34 am #922734

    If so, that photo was posted by a member on this thread earlier in the week >>> Bullheads

    buzzer
    Garnavillo Iowa
    Posts: 542
    January 5, 2011 at 8:29 am #922737

    Thanks James I didn’t see that my pics didn’t upload hope this helps I couldn’t get rid of this thing all day I’d shove him down the hole and would come right back up

    herb
    6ft under
    Posts: 3242
    January 5, 2011 at 8:39 am #922739

    scientific name (maneatingbeetleroachdirtyunderpantshitchhiker)
    common name (bait)

    buzzer
    Garnavillo Iowa
    Posts: 542
    January 5, 2011 at 11:23 am #922750

    good one herb and thanks for the link got my answer

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    January 5, 2011 at 1:37 pm #922783

    Quote:

    scientific name (maneatingbeetleroachdirtyunderpantshitchhiker)
    common name (bait)


    If you have put one of those on a hook, you are a bigger man than I. I believe they sting? I hate those things. In the summer we’d sometimes find them under street lights because the light reflecting off the pavement make it look like water.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    January 5, 2011 at 3:18 pm #922821

    Quote:

    I don’t believe that they sting, but I bet they can put a good chomp on a guys finger.

    Mark


    To me, when it comes to insects that is the same thing.

    chuckles
    Manchester, Iowa
    Posts: 427
    January 5, 2011 at 6:33 pm #922924

    Giant water bug is correct – aka toe biter. They have venom in the claws at the end of their front two legs that they use to inject their prey. Incidently – the venom disables their prey and digests it from the inside out – their mouth is like a straw that they insert into the prey and they eat the digested creature from the inside out – I tell the kids it’s like a creature malt. Fascinating water bugs to be sure – just handle with care.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    January 5, 2011 at 7:05 pm #922937

    I imagine it must be pretty embarrassing for a baby pike to be eaten by one of these. After all, aren’t fish supposed to eat the bugs?

    icepromk
    sw wi
    Posts: 108
    January 5, 2011 at 7:58 pm #922956

    Quote:

    Giant water bug is correct – aka toe biter. They have venom in the claws at the end of their front two legs that they use to inject their prey. Incidently – the venom disables their prey and digests it from the inside out – their mouth is like a straw that they insert into the prey and they eat the digested creature from the inside out – I tell the kids it’s like a creature malt. Fascinating water bugs to be sure – just handle with care.

    humans are not there “prey” so would there “venom” have any affect on people??? i mean would it be something you would have to go checked out for if one bit you??

    thebigfishman
    Apple Valley, MN
    Posts: 264
    January 5, 2011 at 8:45 pm #922975

    Quote:

    Quote:

    Giant water bug is correct – aka toe biter. They have venom in the claws at the end of their front two legs that they use to inject their prey. Incidently – the venom disables their prey and digests it from the inside out – their mouth is like a straw that they insert into the prey and they eat the digested creature from the inside out – I tell the kids it’s like a creature malt. Fascinating water bugs to be sure – just handle with care.

    humans are not there “prey” so would there “venom” have any affect on people??? i mean would it be something you would have to go checked out for if one bit you??

    You never know, people have different reaction with B and wasp stings. I had no ill affects when I got bit by one a few years ago, I would compare it to a horse fly bite.

    Take Care!!!

    Kevin

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    January 5, 2011 at 8:47 pm #922976

    They taste like chicken

    wkw
    Posts: 730
    January 5, 2011 at 9:59 pm #922990

    So Brett, What came first? The chicken? Or things that taste like chicken?
    WKW

    sootie
    arcadia wi,
    Posts: 213
    January 5, 2011 at 9:59 pm #922991

    yup,the secret big crappie lure is out now,all we have to do is catch em!

    pdl
    Bayport/St. Croix/Otsego/Grand Rapids
    Posts: 450
    January 5, 2011 at 10:23 pm #923001

    item from Water Bug site:

    iceman1985
    Grand Rapids, MI
    Posts: 257
    January 5, 2011 at 11:45 pm #923031

    Down in Florida I know a guy who uses them for bait. Catches them in the night with a light dangling in the water. He says the talapia love them. I have a hard enough time getting a Hellgamite on the hook when I fish for smallmouth, couldn’t imagine trying to get one of those things on there!

    Jaya
    Zimmerman, MN
    Posts: 174
    January 6, 2011 at 1:20 am #923083

    Any bug that can trap and eat small fish I aint a hookin!

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