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Location: Mpls/St Paul Minnesota | Here is a 49 3/4 I caught over the weekend on a Medussa and it had a lamprey on it. You can see it hanging down my left arm. I attached a couple of pictures. Anyone else come across this?
Jason
Edited by The Stik 8/24/2009 8:01 AM
Attachments ---------------- Musky 49.75 1 [].JPG (59KB - 86 downloads) Lamprey [].jpg (52KB - 92 downloads)
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Location: Greenfield, WI | We have had it happen many times on Lake Michigan, but not on muskie water, thank God, yet! |
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | Almost every northern we've caught on Lake of the Woods, Minnesota waters, has one attached or has marks. I got a 40+" nothern that had 2 on it. |
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Location: Minneconia | Those things are nasty looking. |
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Location: Northern IL | They are extremely common in LSC and the Detroit river, we have noticed that they are not found as often on fish under 40". |
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| i bet you caught it on the croix? almost all the skis i catch out there have wounds or still have them attached. i heard they dont kill the fish, just leave a nasty wound. |
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Location: Mpls/St Paul Minnesota | It was on the St Croix. I was not aware they were in there, but the DNR said they are natural in the river
Jason
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Location: Perham, MN | http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=52... |
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| All large Muskies ( and most pikes) I ever caught on Ottawa River did have more than one lamprey attached |
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