Carp and other Rough fish pics

[Heartman]

Froggy Bottoms was underwater last fall in the flood - word has it they may open up at a higher level in that same building - hope so - good food and cold beer!

[Eric Wettschreck]

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.

Next time you guys are in the Avoca area, look me up!!!!

[Lowblazah]

Sounds good Eric!

[TruthWalleyes]

You were having your kid's graduation that weekend Eric... I believe my dad was there - Marv.

[TruthWalleyes]

Nsnutter

No, it was a spot running along the red jacket trail. Since the water went down and they dispersed, but with the recent rains, i may have to head back there and see if them small bullheads are back.

PM if you want the specific spot, i don't mind giving it away.

[Eric Wettschreck]

Yeah Marv was there, so what. You could have swung on in, had a beer, and caught up on old times!!!!

Don't be a stranger, man.

[TruthWalleyes]

I'm not down there too often, and when i am fishing isn't typically a priority (Just not impressed with the prairie pot holes anymore, and trying to put in some one on one time with my daughter)- but i do think i should try and put together an outing, maybe bring my old man along. I'll keep that in mind this summer/fall. I know how to get ahold of you, and maybe you can change my opinion on some of those lakes. Haven't fish sarah in years but remember pulling walleyes out of there as a kid.

[OLY]

Buffalo 25-30lbs

I have no idea why the pics are so small, but I snagged this guy on pool 2 a couple weeks back

[Stick500]

awesome fish OLY!!

doesn't look like pool 2 in the background though.

did you try eating him?

[ThunderLund78]

Been meaning to post this for a couple of weeks - caught her memorial day weekend. My Personal Best Bowfin so far, 26 inches. Great fight!

[OLY]

Well it was definetly the backwaters of pool 2 and no way did I try to eat that thing just tossed her back in the water

[reinhard1]

that's a nice one. i got one almost as big on lindstrom but it was green on the belly and fins. i'm thinking it was loving the algea but it was actualy in the flesh and could not be rubbed off.. good luck.

[carpmanjake]

that's a nice one. i got one almost as big on lindstrom but it was green on the belly and fins. i'm thinking it was loving the algea but it was actualy in the flesh and could not be rubbed off.. good luck.

male bowfin develop green bellies and fins during the spawn.

heres the girlfriend with her first carp. not a bad one at that either! she outfished me!

[abcnerdd]

Caught and released this carp fishing for walleyes with jig head and minnow on 4 lbs test, put up a 11 minutes fight. Sorry no measurements.

[reinhard1]

that must of been an awesome fight!! good luck.

[Mr Special]

I had a couple hrs to spare last night, so i decided to try some carpin. I havent really targeted them in yrs and i forgot how much fun it was and a great way to spend a nice evening.

Here's a few from last night:

[mwal]

Nice Photos. What was the bait of choice?

Mwal

[DTro]

atta boy phil. great photos!

[Mr Special]

I was using the good ole corn. cheap, works great and you can find it anywhere.

Rig was just a snapshot and a 2/0 circle hook

Thx Darren.

Not gonna lie, i'd rather be flatten but hey they still put up a great fight. esp on wally gear!

[mwal]

Mr Special,

I to use mostly sweet corn but last weekend they would not hit it. I ended trying a small piece of crawler and that worked that day. I use circle hooks for boober and tip up fishing pike. I will have to try them for carp. I enjoy the photo's good to see you are getting the kids involved.

Mwal

[Mr Special]

I heard ya there, sometimes carps can be very finicky.

I don't know how, but half the can of corn always ends up in the area I'm casting to "cough cough"

I dead stick my rods but make sure you have very good rod holders, baitclicker or set your drag fairly loose. As you know, they pick up the bait and run once they feel the hooks and 90% of the time, they'll hook themselves in the corner.

My daughter loves fishing and half the time out fishes me. its always great when your child ask you to go fishing

Good luck and have fun

[goblueM]

hahah you got a great spot there Mr Special , I've seen some monsters along that wall. Try going at night, they nose right up against the wall, no fear

these were all on the fly rod last week

Dad with a nice one

Got the boss carp of the canal

[Mr Special]

WOW, i cant imagine the fight on a flyrod. that must be one heck of a battle. Looks like some current there as well. Whats the average fight time on a flyrod for those bigguns?

Near the pavilion i see them all the time but cant get them to bite for some reason. i think its better if i dont see the fish and just chalk it up to bad luck if i dont happen to catch anything lol

[nsnutter]

[roughfish29]