This is Crazy!!

[Bassload]

Has anybody seen one of these before?

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201...incart_m-rpt-1

[Leif]

Originally Posted by Bassload

Has anybody seen one of these before?

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201...incart_m-rpt-1

See a lot of them up in NY on the branches of the Delaware.

Leif

[saxmatt]

I've seen them on carp up at the St. Lawrence but haven't seen one on a Jersey fish yet. This carp had a few hanging off of him and one even came out of his tookus. You can see one hanging on by the tail. I put one in a water bottle in the daytime and took come cool pics.

[MikeNJ]

Looks like that thing from Prometheus.

[catfishonthelake]

I foul-hooked a dead one (yes, you read that right) while I was catfishing in gap a couple years ago. It was probably 2 feet long and a couple of pounds and had already started decomposing. Stunk like hell. Only one I have ever seen, anywhere, dead or alive.

[catfishonthelake]

....btw....cool pic Matt.

[calbo]

Originally Posted by Bassload

Has anybody seen one of these before?

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201...incart_m-rpt-1

We used to "gig" these by the hundreds in the Raritan during the early 60's - they would come up river to spawn in the spring - the river bed used to by covered by their nests. As they swam upstream they would hang (suck onto) the spillway in Raritan - sometimes the entire width of the river - hundreds at a time.

We would walk along the spillway and get them with large gigs, or large treble hooks attached to the end of broom sticks. And - saw many on large carp. We killed as many as possible to protect our fish.

They still show up in small numbers - think poisoning efforts reduced their numbers.

[Wilson]

Oddly enough this article appeared in the Star Ledger today!

http://photos.nj.com/star-ledger/201...incart_m-rpt-2

[AndyS]

Saw one glued onto a salmon we got in the Great Lakes.