What fish is this?

rottik9 · #1 01-25-2015, 07:44 PM

Caught on Buffalo lae today,look like it has legs...i said burbot until i seen legs.

yoteblaster · #2 01-25-2015, 07:51 PM

Old news, there is a thread on this already

AdverseCity · #3 01-25-2015, 07:53 PM

http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=243548

It was likely not caught in Alberta, too big and that minnow is rigged as you would a live minnow.

Tigger72 · #4 01-25-2015, 07:54 PM

Check out the other thread " Buffalo lake thing " ... same " thing was caught , on the same minnow by a guy wearing the same pants,boots and shirt on the 24th ..... something real "fishy" about this....lol...

rottik9 · #5 01-25-2015, 07:55 PM

Really....they got me.

dodgeboy1979 · #6 01-25-2015, 09:26 PM

used to see them in ontario, i think they were called a hellbender salamander or something to that effect.

The Reel Deal · #7 01-25-2015, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AdverseCity

http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=243548

It was likely not caught in Alberta, too big and that minnow is rigged as you would a live minnow.

I've been rigging my smelts this way lately, works good.

Snazyevey · #8 01-25-2015, 10:01 PM

I used to catch those all the time in Ontario in the sydenham river growing up. We called them dog fish. Ugly slippery little buggers.

Dewey Cox · #9 01-25-2015, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by rottik9

Really....they got me.

Well don't feel bad. They got me too. And a few other guys I was fishing with.

lippy · #10 01-26-2015, 07:46 AM

There was a stocked trout lake not too far from Medicine Hat back in the early 70s that was crawling with these. They liked worms ...it was creepy taking them off the hook. I would imagine there are still places that these thrive in Southern Alberta

CK Angler · #11 01-26-2015, 10:54 AM

It's a type of salamander, called a mud puppy. Seen em caught before back in Manitoba, I think there pretty cool !

Lefty-Canuck · #12 01-26-2015, 10:57 AM

Tiger Salamander, caught them on worms and Pickeral rigs in the Beaumont pond when I was a kid.

LC

nast70 · #13 01-26-2015, 12:06 PM

Ive seen one in the bow in Calgary. Nasty looking critters!

CK Angler · #14 01-26-2015, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Lefty-Canuck

Tiger Salamander, caught them on worms and Pickeral rigs in the Beaumont pond when I was a kid.

LC

I don't believe it is a tiger salamander... Google mudpuppy, but we can agree it is a type of salamander ! Lol

canadiantdi · #15 01-26-2015, 02:34 PM

Ya that doesn't look like a tiger salamader at all. Pretty awesome though!

flint guy · #16 01-26-2015, 06:21 PM

I would scream like a girl if I pulled that thing through the ice. Ill be sure to post the vudeo If I do. Would you all prefer to see me scream, or get a look at the salamander?

Mull14 · #17 01-26-2015, 06:31 PM

I think it is a hellbender salamander. My uncle used to catch some of those out in Ontario

Lefty-Canuck · #18 01-26-2015, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CK Angler

I don't believe it is a tiger salamander... Google mudpuppy, but we can agree it is a type of salamander ! Lol

Depends on where it was caught....if Alberta, tiger salamander... if out east it could be a different type.

LC

OnePercent · #19 01-26-2015, 07:33 PM

mud puppy? They have these in Ontario

tight line · #20 01-27-2015, 08:36 AM

This is a juvenille specimen of a Komodo Dragon that will most definatelly turn into Godzilla if you feed it after midnight! I know the person that caught this it is my cousins brothers farhers uncle!

Talking moose · #21 01-27-2015, 12:26 PM

Tadpole. Should lose it's tail and feet within a month. Maybe gain another couple pounds as well.

Pretty sure it's a mud puppy from out east. Don't look like the tiger salamanders around the Camrose area.