Hellbender proposed Endangered

[gibsygoldtop]

How do you spot these things? Do you just see them laying in the shallows out in the open? I thought they mostly hid under rocks.

I mostly see them when I floating in the boat and the water is calm and you can the bottom. They disappear quick!!

 

[CRB]

Seen them on oil

 

[Solitariolupo]

Caught a couple been awhile ago. Can’t stand touching them slimy and they bite.

 

[afishinado]

Back-in-the-day I used to pick hellgrammites and stone cats under the rocks in the Susky, and every once in a while I would stick my hand under the rock and yow!!! We called them "water dogs".

 

[wildtrout2]

Back-in-the-day I used to pick hellgrammites and stone cats under the rocks in the Susky, and every once in a while I would stick my hand under the rock and yow!!! We called them "water dogs".

Hellgrammites will remind you to handle with care! 🙂 I wasn't aware that Hellbenders will bite.

 

[Duriensbane]

while im not 100% sure, i could have sworn that a guy pulled one out of Conococheague creek when i was young (sometime between '90 and '92) near black gap road in the cabins area. It is a fleeting memory but I think it was one.