Please help me identify this spider

This spider attached himself to my jig while it was underwater. I went to grab it to adjust my trailer (plastic that attaches to the hook to add bulk) and almost grabbed this ugly fucking thing. Now, I wouldn't normally give a shit, but I had no idea spiders lived under water, so this one is intriguing. On water, near the edge? Sure. But I wasn't fishing this lure along the edge of the water at the time. Plus, I'd like to know if I should be more afraid of it that I already am because I frequent the place he was at.I've tried searching teh interwebz, but they come up empty for this particular beast. Edited by hooah212002, : No reason given.

Thanks! I submitted it there to bug guide. Hopefully I get a response.I am now wondering if it isn't an aquatic spider at all and perhaps could have jumped onto my bait from the grass as it was coming from the water (I was standing maybe 12-18 inches above water level). At any rate, if it is not aquatic, he/she surely had to hop on to a moving object since I would have been reeling in relatively quickly the last few feet before shore.Edited by hooah212002, : No reason given.

All the more reason I hate fishing at night...... Not only do I fear that a water moccasin is going to strike my ankles from the water, but now I have to worry (yes, I worry about spiders/bugs. I am a pussy about that stuff), not only about spiders on land where they fucking belong (scratch that: Australia can have ALL the spiders, I don't want any near me lol), but ones IN the water. What is this world coming to??!?!?!!??!?!!?

Well, someone at bug guide said: Beauty truly IS in the eye of the beholder.....:abe #2:
Well hey hey hey, looks like we have a winner. The chap at Bug Guide seems to be correct!Edited by hooah212002, : No reason given.Edited by hooah212002, : No reason given.

I wouldn't know, I've never asked the question before.