Lamprey – Yellow Lake, Webster

My cousin was out on Yellow Lake in Webster, his buddy caught a pike on a tip-up and this was attached.
How did a Lamprey get in there?

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Are they in the st.croix up there? Could be from there. No clue how they would get around the dam though.

We got nasty squirmy little lampreys naturally up here. In West Central MN we have chestnut lampreys they are yellow and spotted.

Looks like its from that movie with the woman with teeth in her front butt.

It looks like a Chestnut or Silver Lamprey, which are native. I caught a small mouth on the upper Croix with one attached before.

They need current to breed (Yellow River runs through both lakes and is tied to the Croix)

They got in most recently after our last ice age, but they’ve been on earth since before dinosaurs.

There’s a few native species in MN. That looks like a chestnut as previously stated. Its not a sea lamprey so just leave it be.

I have caught a few fish out of the Mississippi with them attached.

the river system

JEREMY wrote:

Looks like its from that movie with the woman with teeth in her front butt.

Don’t think I have seen that movie.

Think it was called “Teeth”

Yellow River to St. Croix.

Yup, native. Not a Sea Lamprey – Have seen them occasionally on the Croix, and if you’re sturgeon fishing the Rainy, it’s about a 50% chance you’ll have to figure out how to get one of those things out of your boat if you land a sturgeon – they’re dang near impossible to grab. It’s a theory that Sturgeon jump so much because they’re trying to shed lampreys.

JEREMY wrote:

Think it was called “Teeth”

Thanks I will be sure to avoid that movie.

Thanks I will be sure to avoid that movie.

2nd that!!

I’ve caught fish with them since the 70’s in that area, Clam Lake just SE of Yellow. Clam is also a St. Croix tributary.