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  1. 03-30-2011, 02:37 PM #1
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    Default Aybody run into these before in TN?


    Caught this fish yesterday, bent down to pick it up and from my point of view I thought the fish had tried to eat a snake or eel and had the thing hanging out of its gills. Well I grab the fish and "What tha @#$%$$% is that?" Freaking sea monster . Done some research and its called a "Mountain Brook Lamprey". Anybody else see one of these in TN before? This thing moves fast, had big black eyes on top and gills down both sides. it was 8-9"

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  2. 03-30-2011, 02:58 PM #2
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    Yep. I been catching Crappie for about the last 10 years where some of the larger fish had these lamprey on them. In fact, we caught some yesterday 3/29/11. The ones I have caught have been on Chickamauga.
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    Thanks Tn hooker. Thats a bit of a relief...............I guess. Wouldn't want one on me though.
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    caught 2 on chick that had them on em yesterday...........
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    Never heard of or seen this before......... is this normal or did some of the radioactivity from Japan slip into the lakes???
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    Google it and see what you get. Lake champlain has some 5' long from what I saw. According to what I saw these are found in TN only in the Cumberland and TN river systems. This one came from the Cumberland.
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  7. 03-30-2011, 04:43 PM #7
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    The little suckers are hard to pull off, but Im sure the fish appreciates it.



    Close up of their mouth. Ugly boogers.

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  8. 03-30-2011, 04:47 PM #8
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    I've never seen them, but I'm glad you guys posted this. It will help me not soil myself when one shows up on one of my fish
    I hate anything longer than a redworm!!!!
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  9. 03-30-2011, 04:53 PM #9
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    Great bait. Tipped my sauger jig with one once and caught several fish in a matter of minutes on the thing.
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  10. 03-30-2011, 05:40 PM #10
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    1 of the fish I caught last Friday at Ballplay had 1 stuck to it.
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