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    Default Lamprey?


    This was attached to a crappie that I caught in Ky. Lake. It fell off when I got it over the boat. It was 7" long and very lively. It didn't leave a mark on the fish, must not have attached long.

    Anyone else seen one of these? Know what it is?

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    Default chestnut lamprey

    Ichthyomyzon castaneus Girard, 1858
    Family: Petromyzontidae (Lampreys) , subfamily: Petromyzontinae picture (Iccas_u3.jpg) by The Native Fish Conservancy

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    Order: Petromyzontiformes (lampreys)
    Class: Cephalaspidomorphi (lampreys)
    FishBase name: Chestnut lamprey
    Max. size: 38.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 5723); max. reported age: 8 years
    Environment: demersal; freshwater
    Climate: subtropical; 50°N - 29°N
    Importance:
    Resilience: Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tm=8)
    Distribution:
    Gazetteer North America: Hudson Bay, Laurentian Great Lakes and Gulf of Mexico basins.
    Biology: Inhabits lakes and streams. Adults ascend streams to spawn and die soon after egg laying is completed (Ref. 1998). Ammocoete larvae occur in sand-bottomed and silt-bottomed pools and backwaters. Parasitic.

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    I like spiders and Snakes but man I hate Lampreys and Leaches.

    You can have them blood sucking creatures. LOL

    Went up to Canada and one swim in the clear water was enough for me. Once I saw those leaches swimming in the water beside me I was out of there, besides the water was ice cold even in June. Brrrrrrrrrrrr. Shiveeeeeeeeeeer.



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    Ichthyomyzon castaneus Girard, 1858
    Family: Petromyzontidae (Lampreys) , subfamily: Petromyzontinae picture (Iccas_u3.jpg) by The Native Fish Conservancy

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    Order: Petromyzontiformes (lampreys)
    Class: Cephalaspidomorphi (lampreys)
    FishBase name: Chestnut lamprey
    Max. size: 38.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 5723); max. reported age: 8 years
    Environment: demersal; freshwater
    Climate: subtropical; 50°N - 29°N
    Importance:
    Resilience: Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tm=8)
    Distribution:
    Gazetteer North America: Hudson Bay, Laurentian Great Lakes and Gulf of Mexico basins.
    Biology: Inhabits lakes and streams. Adults ascend streams to spawn and die soon after egg laying is completed (Ref. 1998). Ammocoete larvae occur in sand-bottomed and silt-bottomed pools and backwaters. Parasitic.
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    DO they make good bait though? Some kind of fish must eat them surely. Looks like a large leech to me, I heard leeches make good bait because they take for ever to die? I've never fished with them though, have not seen any for sale here in Florida.

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    Default i'd swim fast the other way

    If I was a fish and saw those big sucker teeth coming at me, I'd swim like hell the other way....lol.

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    Looks like the sort of thing you would see 50 feet tall in an old sci fi movie.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crapbie
    Looks like the sort of thing you would see 50 feet tall in an old sci fi movie.
    Thats where I seen them, the movie "Dune".
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    bill, that is exactly what i thought. Dune what a crazy movie, never read the book though.
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    I have caught hundreds of crappie out of the Tennessee river with those attached to them, I always thought they were leaches. They are nasty, if they dont fall off, I knock them off with a stick lol

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    Make sure you get that joker off before you deep-fry that crappie...
    I won't be at work........I'm feelin' crappie today!
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