Has any one tried Salamanders?

[big musk411]

I found a big salamander trying to get in my house the other night. I figure it should be pretty good bait, simalar in texture to a frog but bigger. Has anyone tried these befor? I think im going to toss him in the mississippi tonight.

[Random guy]

I’m new to cat fishing but I can tell you this; the old cat men scolded me to no end for letting a salamander go one night. You would have swore I just insulted someone’s mother the way I got chewed out; so I would guess they are good bait.

[Gordie]

big musk I tried sallys last year diring franklin catderby and had no luck with them but I'm not saying that they shouldnt be used . We only ended up with two fish that night and they both were on bullies. I think that time of year is the key to sallys like bullies are.

[fiskyknut]

The BIG Channel Cats on the Red river sure like them. Wish I knew where to catch em in numbers, get one crossing the highway every now and then on my way back from the Red.

[Catfishunter]

There great for channels but i can't use them becase there just to cool of a creature. they make awsome pet's for the kids or me. larva would be better bait and are sold in some bait shop's( home of econimy, east grand forks). cool fact, tiger salamnders life span, 27 years.

[big musk411]

No such luck for me on the Salamander last night. Somehow he got off the hook. Must have been a big catfish.

[nitefisher]

i think that the salamanders work for cats but not to well, they have a slim that they let off when they are being handled. it a defense that they have. let your dog get ahold of one once, it won't hurt them but you would think they had rabies the way the dog foams at the mouth. i have tried them several times with know luck.

[Wiskers]

That is the same deal I found out. I tried them for the first time this summer. I was all covered with white slim that wa like glue and I never got any bites on them so I went back to the old faithful, suckers and frogs.

[fiskyknut]

Mike, I reckon there are a few different species types we'd lump in as Salamanders eh. Tiger Salamanders and their larval form, aka the 'Waterdog' or 'Mudpuppy' do work wonders on the Red. I have had some other type of Salamander with a reddish orange belly and those never get bit. The right Salamander works like magic!

fiskyknut