leech in the tn.

[Guest]

went out this morning for some cats,couple small channels but slow most of the day.i caught some fresh bait on green berkly bites, that had a leech stuck on its back.crazy stuff in the murcury/god knows what poluted riveremoSmile

 

[fish4thepeck]

I believe thats a lambrey

 

[MrWiskers]

That is a lampray which is a fish, not a leech. Would probably be called an ell. They make great catfish bait.

 

[Guest]

Never heard of em'? emoScratch

 

[Bubbakat]

Yep that is what she be alright. Comes from the eel fam. Makes good flathead cat bait.

 

[jon the fisherman]

I have caught a few bass up here with lampreys on them......found the natural blue color from zoom is a close match

 

[popper 690]

hey john i can't find the nat. blue color. i saw it online but they don't sell to public.emoScratch

 

[jon the fisherman]

Jerry's bait shop here in Rockwood usually has them. I like that color around june when the water warms a bit

 

[H-1]

I hooked one last year with a silverbuddy that was about 14 inches when I lifted it into the boat it fell in front of my buddies lap and he almost jumped out of the boat.

 

[Nickajack Angler]

Hand caught a slab at Nick Dam last summer that had a HUGE lamprey hooked into it. Fish was about dead. Limpin' around on the surface. So my buddy picked it up with the net, removed the lamprey and both swam away... And yes, it's pretty freaky.

 

[craazyboutbass]

I think my mom hook one today in shallow water. It fell off when she pulled it out of the water.

 

[2jigs]

They kind of remind me of my Exwife

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[Davo]

I hate those nasty things. Sometimes they are pretty hard to get off the fish as they have a ton of teeth. Disgusting things that I've been afraid to touch with anything other than pliers.

 

[fishinvol]

Davo - 2/11/2008 10:47 AM

I hate those nasty things. Sometimes they are pretty hard to get off the fish as they have a ton of teeth. Disgusting things that I've been afraid to touch with anything other than pliers.

Wusy!!!!emoBigsmile

 

[acv]

I caught one about a year ago on watts bar stuck to a bass. It was about a foot or more and as big around as a half dollar. Biggest one I've seen . It was a slimey nasty mess.

 

[tennfisher]

Lampreys are not members of the eel family, not even closely related. Lampreys are jawless fish, having a sucker type mouth by which they attach to their prey, rasp a wound with their teeth, and such the juices out. Thus they are all parasites. The American Eel has jaws similar to every other fish we catch and is a predator.

Tennfisher

 

[drdetroit]

Definitely a lamprey. They go back a number of years. I believe they just about destroyed the whitefish population in the great lakes sometime ago. I have caught a few over the years.emoEnforce emoEnforce

 

[drdetroit]

I believe they came through the St. Lawrence and some of the canals.

 

[hooker771]

And they are good to eat!

Actually, ive been told to kill them if possible. I took the pliers to this one and ended up having to cut its head off to finish the job. Resiliant little guys.

 

[Bubbakat]

tennfisher - 2/12/2008 7:46 AM

Lampreys are not members of the eel family, not even closely related. Lampreys are jawless fish, having a sucker type mouth by which they attach to their prey, rasp a wound with their teeth, and such the juices out. Thus they are all parasites. The American Eel has jaws similar to every other fish we catch and is a predator.

Tennfisher

Thanks for that I always thought they kinda looked like eels. Never really looked at them that closely though. I do know they are ugly looking things.