A nice c & R Northern my buddy caught in the upper Allegheny this past weekend.  sam

? .....no photo ....I use this site for all pics here.
 
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Capt. isn't the pict. showing up on your computer,it is showing on mine.I am not good at this lol  sam

Can't see anything on mine ....?

Im not getting anything also.

Sorry for my ineptness,pict. shows up on my computer,but not my buddy's either. Anyways it was a pict. of a nice Northern (appro. 32-36" & nice & fat) also he caught 3 what we call mud puppies approx.2' long apiece,3 legal walleyes & a couple of nice smallies & saw a large Musky that jumped in front of them. This was 2 guys from shore in 1 afternoon. Also 1 short Sauger. All on large creek chubs.Very good day in my book,btw he shot a nice 7pt with his compound earlier so that he could fish now.  sam

Mud puppies, as in the large salamanders?  I have never caught one of those, thankfully.  I would be kind of freaked out to hold and unhook one...

I've caught a few of them when bank fishin' in my younger days. We called 'em waterdogs, and we just threw them up on the bank to die. I once found a dead one on Buffalo Creek that somebody else had killed, but before it died, it regurgitated about 25 crayfish that it had gobbled. The dang thing was nearly two feet long. They eat a lot of the small mouth bass' chow.

porktown,We also called them hellbenders. They are pretty harmless although a lot of people are afraid of them. The biggest prob. is that they sort of roll up your line when caught & leave a very sticky slime on your line & lure that is  very hard to remove. They are fast disappearing in our waterways & most guys have never caught one. They are supposed to be a sign of healthy waters. They are pretty homely tho.  sam

   Icky sticky slimey but, they're just so danged cute and definitely, catch and release.  French Creek was notorious for the waterdog and I wouldn't hold one trying to get it unhooked, just cut the line as close to the mouth as possible.  Grabbin hold of a cat, ain't nearly as gooey.
 
 
 
Sam congratulations to your buddy.  Nothing like a dinner plate of walleye and venison.  Pennsylvania Surf & Turf.