Crazy creature caught in my minnow trap!

Just caught one of these in a minnow trap from Johnson creek.
It's called a Siren. It's an eel-like aquatic salamander that has FEET! This thing is awesome. It's gills are on the outside of it's body and are bright red bushes.
I thought I had a dang snake in the trap, until I saw it had a tail. Then I thought it was an eel, until I saw FEET!? Had to google what the heck it was!

After talkin to my dad about it, he said he use to catch them in the creeks too. Called them Mud Puppies.

http://i.imgur.com/CbXVVHM.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ec3t5qq.jpg

I've heard of the mud puppies. Cool.

Thats what we call them here in the Delta! MUDPUPPIES

Used to catch in the creek.

We used to call them water dogs.......great bass bait

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yes they are!!

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Water Dog's get them close to a bass bed they can't stand it!!!!

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Originally Posted by jackie53

Water Dog's get them close to a bass bed they can't stand it!!!!

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Yep. They are the bait of choice for early spawn bass on Okeechobee in Fla.

Havent seen one in a long time, pretty cool, thanks for sharing!!

Stretch em out, syringe in some BBQ sauce, let 'em dry in the sun, snip the legs...........and enjoy your Redneck Slim-Jim

Been a while since I saw one

Isn't that the same thing Carl Lowrance, inventor of the little green box, use to sell as bass bait? What would we do without our depth finders?

Does it have two legs or four ? Use to tell us they was poisonous if it's the two legged kind . Lamper eels is what i was told as a child . I think maybe they just said that so we wouldn't catch them and bring them home . What i called a mud puppy had 4 legs . Just wondering ???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P5PhBpF4Ww
here's a video of the guy