Upper Potomac River Monster!

[AmberjackYakin]

Yea, I figure I'd post pics of the monster that was biting on my lure.

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[charlieru]

What the heck is that?

[frettr00]

Is...that a leech?

[Strummerfan]

Is...that a leech?

I'm betting it's a baby snakehead.

[Redfish12]

Lamprey?

[Turtle135]

looks like a young American Eel

[Jeff Little]

Baby hellbender?

[kevinfry]

baby lamprey is my bet

[ronaultmtd]

Could be a lot of things- hard to say from the partial images- like the Loch Ness monster- only got a look at some of it-

[DOGFISH]

You could e-mail the photos to DNR. They will give you an answer.

[bignose]

Newt?
I see what looks like a leg in picture 3.

[DanMarino]

Those photos are terrible but ill go with hellbender.

[bignose]

I believe that we are looking at a horny male newt, who is mistaking the lure for a girlfriend.

[AmberjackYakin]

Laughing at all the responses but yes it is a newt ferociously biting my bait. Found it at the end of my line after I reeling in my lure.

I believe that we are looking at a horny male newt, who is mistaking the lure for a girlfriend.

[Turtle135]

yes a newt! at second look I can see his little head popping up between the claws of the plastic craw, neat!