Carp and other Rough fish pics

[pureinsanity]

I have caught some really big ones already with the spawning horns... prolly up to 13" or so

my biggest has been about 14.25" Chub Zilla! they are fun to catch!

[roughfish29]

FINALLY!! its been a 3 year effort to get one of these bowfin. and i ended up getting a bunch!

29.5"

[carpmanjake]

congrats ben! still looking for my first fin of the year... all my normal spring spots arent producing a single one... very strange

nice white from yesterday

[Chad Peterson]

Cool fish guy's. They put up a great fight too.

Sniffer

[Rippinlip]

Nice pics!

Hey roughfish, how have the other rough fish been biting down there.

I see the line-up every day to and from work.

[roughfish29]

the others are biting decently. the occasional carp, oodles of sheephead. walleye's are biting, but they're just nasty trash fish

i picked up 3 more this morning despite ther rain. i lost more than i care to count. i love these things! they have the craziest headshakes of any fish i've caught, they're acrobatic, and they're aggressive, what more could ya ask for?

[pushbutton]

Here is another one for you, Blake. Not a brute, but landed it off an ultra light and 2lb test crappie fishing. Did not have much say in the fight for a while; he took me under the boat, around the motor, and really almost lost him in some wood. Went in knee deep to get him out. Got to love this time of year!

[chasin_walter20]

big carp while fishing 'eyes with a jigging spoon. 20 minute fight on 4lb test mono..

[pushbutton]

Chasin, what part of minnesota are from? Water temp cant be much above 32 degrees. Nice fish. Always fun to land big fish on light tackle!

[TruthWalleyes]

Here's a few from this weekend.

[chasin_walter20]

southcentral mn. that pic was taken in february. just thought i would share with everyone

[popriveter]

Hidden Falls was very generous to my daughter and I on Saturday. We fished for about 45 minutes and took this carp, 2 channel cats, 3 walleyes and about 1/2 dozen sheepshead. It is a blast watching a 4 year old girl try to land a 4 lb channel cat!

I tried convincing her to take the rod when fighting this carp, but she knew better.

[pushbutton]

Chasin...sometimes i think i am funny. Thanks for sharing, no matter the season.

Truth and Prop.....I really think it is cool that you get your girls out. Good pics and great times!

[Lowblazah]

Here's a few from this weekend.

That looks alot like the avoca area?

[TruthWalleyes]

Pushbutton, Anything i can do to keep her from becoming a Girly Girl...Two years ago she would take all the leeches and stick them to her hand

Now she says "Leeches, EWW!"

And Definitely won't hold a fish

At the dinner table Sunday afternoon, she's munch'n away on her dinner till I asked her "How is your Lamb?"...Boy did i get a look, I though she was going to spit it out once I told her. then I had to say "You don't want to know what's in your Hot Dog!...I'd stick to eating that Lamb!" LOL Kids are great..

So, doin what i can to keep her away from video games and ICarly

LowBlazah - You got it, Lime Lake, Avoca.

[Lowblazah]

thats great! I was there this weekend too...might have saw you Saturday Morning...did you have a young man with you as well? I was talking to some guy who was there with 2 kids.

[TruthWalleyes]

It was just me and my little girl. Saturday and Monday approx 11am to noon. (Flies were horrendous on monday!) One gentleman and his dog were there saturday and left shortly after us showing up, then a few kids came down to snag carp. Monday there were a few gals bobber fish'n. So you may have seen me. I'll bring my boat down there this weekend. Told my dad to pick a lake, bring his GPS, and i'll find all the structure there is with my 898si...maybe a few fish to boot.

[Lowblazah]

that lake is phenomenal for rough fish! My wife's family is from there and her uncle said they usually net it for buffalo and carp at least once a year. I stocked up on about 2 dozen bullheads from the creek (downstream a ways) in about an hour.

[TruthWalleyes]

Nice,

I found a spot in Mankato last night loaded with 2-4" bullheads...perfect for walleyes...I'll share the spot for anyone intersted. Just a small creek running through town.

[TKA6213]

[nsnutter]

Nice,

I found a spot in Mankato last night loaded with 2-4" bullheads...perfect for walleyes...I'll share the spot for anyone intersted. Just a small creek running through town.

Near the pit?

[roughfish29]

here's a bowfin i got yesterday

another picture of my personal best earlier this year

and a big silver redhorse

[TonyKay]

Nice fins dude. That first one has quite the head on her.

[Heartman]

Roughfish29, Cannon in Northfield? LIke downtown?

[Stick500]

looks like roughfish has the ultimate spot- catch a big bowfin and then go celebrate with a burger and brew at Froggy Bottoms Pub (downtown Northfield)