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  • Grizper
    Posts: 95
    October 18, 2015 at 9:05 pm #1571731

    Never boated a mudpuppy before and hope to never again. Was a odd night. The only sturgeon we boated came up with a lamprey on it.

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    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    October 19, 2015 at 3:23 am #1571744

    That’s a big one!

    Every year about this time they start moving into their spawning areas.

    Hagcel
    Saint Paul, MN
    Posts: 17
    October 19, 2015 at 1:05 pm #1571895

    Where I have been fishing it’s been 1 mudpuppy to each sturgeon I catch.

    Been getting pretty used to handling them.

    Call me crazy but I kind of like handling them.

    Don’t care for the lampreys though

    FishBlood&RiverMud
    Prescott
    Posts: 6687
    October 20, 2015 at 6:30 am #1572067

    You guys using smaller hooks and bait to catch the puppies?

    They must fall off my 8/0 hooks because I’ve never caught I’ve

    Ralph Wiggum
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 11764
    October 20, 2015 at 7:57 am #1572092
    Hagcel wrote:

    Call me crazy but I kind of like handling them.

    I think they’re cool. I don’t understand people’s fear(?) of them. They’re just big salamanders.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    October 20, 2015 at 8:11 am #1572096
    FishBlood&RiverMud wrote:

    They must fall off my 8/0 hooks because I’ve never caught I’ve

    So they just steal your bait?

    Bump bump
    lift rod
    nothing
    bump bump
    lift rod
    nothing
    reel in…mudpuppy.
    Dang it!

    Damon
    Alabama
    Posts: 104
    October 20, 2015 at 8:20 am #1572102

    What’s a mud puppy?

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    October 20, 2015 at 11:04 am #1572157

    ^^And I thank you for your service. toast

    Hagcel
    Saint Paul, MN
    Posts: 17
    October 20, 2015 at 12:33 pm #1572165
    FishBlood&RiverMud wrote:

    You guys using smaller hooks and bait to catch the puppies?

    They must fall off my 8/0 hooks because I’ve never caught I’ve

    I caught 2 mud puppies last night on 8/0 hooks. Typically they mostly leave my crawlers in tact.

    Must say the St Croix was very spooking and cool looking last night. Heavy, rolling fog, sliver moon. Perfect for halloween.

    Was able to get a 28″ sturgeon.

    This was my 5th time out in the last two weeks fishing from shore south of Taylors Falls. By far the most surface feeding and jumping was going on last night – not sure what they were exactly – but a lot of activity.

    I even saw a 2 – 3″ fish near shore – which I’m pretty sure had to be a Sturgeon.

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