MyFishFinder.com Just like iceshanty but warmer
I’ve seen them caught in the oxbow as well. Seems the ct river coves would be your best bet.
Anyone have any tips or locations where to catch one? I am very intrigued, only known from the CT River and 2 berkshire county lakes, I am not a fisherman but someone who studies reptiles/amphibians. The mudpuppy is the only amphibian species I have yet to find in New England and is proving to be quite elusive, they are dormant in the summer but become active in the winter so many icefisherman catch them but in my experience they seem to be quite diffucult to catch.Please let me know where I could find one and what bait/methods have worked in the past, I would also love to actually go icefishing this winter once the season begins if they know some spots where they have caught them before. Thank you in advance, if anyone wants they can email me at [email protected]
This oxbow? https://www.google.com/maps/place/42%C2%B017'23.1%22N+72%C2%B038'20.6%22W/@42.2877182,-72.6456236,15.33z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x40dbecdb46039f24!7e2!8m2!3d42.2897571!4d-72.6390538One was reported there from the 1950's but I didn't know they still existed there, thanks for the tip! And specific place where you were? They used to be spotted on the south side near the Manhan River.
Not sure why anyone would ice fish for salamanders. Just sayin'.
I'm aware of the Turner Falls dam drawdown though not to discredit others but I would like to find them differently. Though next year I'd love to go, in happens in September. Though just upstream at Barton's Cove people have icefished mudpuppies but not in good amounts.
But what I really want to know is - - Do they taste like hush puppies?
Pretty sure the OP said research.
Ok, if the obvious way is too easy, there's plenty of river to explore.Seems to me hook and line is an unnecessarily injurious way to check off a line on your life list.Why not just hit the river during low water and start flipping rocks?My impression is they are not rare.
We were pretty close to the power lines near 91. It is a pretty popular ice fishing spot. It is however a cove of a river there is some level of caution required.
I'll probably be fishing from the shore anyways since I'm going in only a couple days and the water isn't frozen yet. Thank you so much!
Not too easy but rather I'd like to explore other populations because none of the MA populations are known well besides the one at Turner's Falls. Because some people down in CT have grown fond of mudpuppies and have now found out some interesting things about their population density and a theory that the ones from the lower CT river area are potentially native. And not necessarily just hooking them, I probably won't even fish them, I plan on shining at night and just taking a photo that way, it is how a lot of Canadian people find them.
Let me know if you do go.I have all the ice fishing equipment and experience.