Lamprey Eel A.K.A Puppy Dog eel

[Jordan]

Anyone ever heard or seen of these things ?? Was doing a last minute wood duck hunt sunday and ran across this dude. Slimy critter and very slow moving animal. Feels like catfish skin. No scales of course. Did a little research on google, and came up with a lamprey eel. My grandpaw seen the pics and said it is also known as a puppy dog eel. What's ya'lls thoughts and has anyone seen one ?? Pics attached.

[FF_T_Warren]

yea we call em mud puppies. saw one a few weeks ago, but that was the first one I've seen in decades. when I was a kid we had em everywhere. We dug our pond and there was dozens of em out there.

[Jordan]

didnt know if they was poisonous. grandpaw said they wasnt.

[DUCKGOGETTER]

My grandpa used to use them as catfish bait on trout lines sometimes.

[Jordan]

forgot to mention, this one was 3 of my size 13 boots. he was about 3' or more long.

[FF_T_Warren]

dang thats big. most get short and fat around here. and mostly about 20" or so. they not poisonous though

[capt coonassty]

Thats a siren, its some kind of salamander. You can tell because of the little arms.

[Lake Chuck Duck]

That thing gives me the heebee geebies for some reason lol

[Jordan]

its dead now.... couldnt pick it up so i stabbed the tail and unfortunately cut the intestines out and im sure it died. but it was very aggressive. Next one i find, i'll bring it home and put it in an aquarium. cool little critter, just didnt know if it was poisonous.

[FF_T_Warren]

Idk why it was aggressive. Lol.

[Duffy.yyz]

It's an amphiuma.

[Jordan]

Originally Posted by FF_T_Warren

Idk why it was aggressive. Lol.

it was loading up like a snake does before it strikes and it was biting my waders. wasnt trying to get away from me, thats for sure.

[Smalls]

Amphiuma. Very painful bites. Its a type of salamander. Find em all the time in ditches. Very mean suckers.

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[SaltERedneck]

nasty little bastiches!!

[1fastmerc]

Originally Posted by Lake Chuck Duck

That thing gives me the heebee geebies for some reason lol

Me too!!


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[Jordan]

didnt know how common they were. E-mailed LSU Ag center asking them if I found another one if they wanted it. No answer back. Surely they already have one on display.

[Micah]

Originally Posted by Jordan

didnt know how commen they were. E-mailed LSU Ag center asking them if I found another one if they wanted it. No answer back. Surely they already have one on display.

They are very common...i've seen hundreds in the ditches that i've frogged in.

[Fishmaster19]

We used to catch them in the ditches in my neighborhood after a good rain when i was a kid. they are very very mean and have a nasty bite! Bio teacher in high school had one in a fish trank in the classroom. Mean little suckers!

[jdm4x43732]

Used to catch them in crawfish traps alot in Gueydan. I guess it was the same kind ugly and had some little legs.

[j.e.hagen]

A lot of people use them for catfish bait I never had good luck with that kind coonasses call it en cong.