Carp and other Rough fish pics

[TruthWalleyes]

LOL,

Got to love the white slime left on your clothes after a good night of sturgeon!!

[Stick500]

LOL,

Got to love the white slime left on your clothes after a good night of sturgeon!!

That's what she said!

(sorry, but you were asking for it with that one)

[TruthWalleyes]

[MN BassFisher]

Man I gotta get out there!

[TruthWalleyes]

Man I gotta get out there!

GO. Season ends october 14th i believe.

[TruthWalleyes]

St. Croix 61"x21"

[Mr Special]

What a beast bro, good shizzal. that was a very fun outing, we'll have to do that more often next season

[TruthWalleyes]

What a beast bro, good shizzal. that was a very fun outing, we'll have to do that more often next season

With out a doubt.

I'm about 90% sure i'm going to skip the croix this weekend and fish some nights around here; but i want to put more time on the croix and miss next summer for flats!!! Maybe you can guide me an outing on the miss.

[goblueM]

Thought you guys might appreciate this gorgeous mirror carp that turned up during sampling of the local reservoir

[Stick500]

That thing is cool! Thanks for sharing goblue. Would love to catch a "pretty" carp sometime.

When you're sampling like that, do you release the common carp?

[goblueM]

yeah if non-target fish are alive and healthy they are usually released. This one however was sent to the lab for analysis - they are doing assessments for fish consumption advisories.

[esoxrocks01]

Here's a doggie I caught when I was out fishing the backwaters with a friend of mine (he didn't catch any doggies, unfortunately). I call him the Eager Beaver, 'cause every time I go to that honeyhole, I always seem to end up catching him! He's 19 inches, and boy did he smile for the camera! Major thanks goes to my bud for taking the picture!

[nsnutter]

Hey can anyone give me and id on this fish? Some type of sucker, obviously, I'm just curious what kind lol.

Also scored this guy the other day ... 4# 6 oz with a nipple on the lower lip

[Dutch55406]

Ill guess

1 Silver Redhorse

2 River carp sucker (nipple on lip)

if 2 is indeed a 4lb 6oz river it is a state record

Current record for a river is 3lb 15oz

But I could be wrong

[nsnutter]

It IS a horse ... Cool! We weren't sure what specie of sucker it twas. Thanks Dutch! I don't know te first thing about the different suckers figured someone here could clue me in.

[DTro]

I've caught a few of those horsies at the same spot lately and they all looked like goldens to me, but I could be wrong too.

[itchmesir]

here's a handy little card to help you id redhorse..

It's tough to tell if that tail is more red.. or if its more black.. part of me thinks it's a greater

edit: upon further inspection.. im almost positive its a greater.. the fin on a golden is concave.. while that fin is clearly rounded

[nsnutter]

Ich ... You are the man! That ID card is awesome. Thank you!!

[Slabasaurus]

That's the card I use for my quick ID's as well.

That's no greater though... I'm almost positive it's a silver.

Tail isn't red, and the count of scales around the base of the tail are closer to 12 than 16 Convex dorsal with 15ish rays.

Red tails are pretty red indeed

[StillwaterAaron]

100% Silver Redhorse. Classic look

[nsnutter]

Update on fish #2 in my previous post: currently residing in a DNR freezer waiting positive id from fisheries biologists. The two who looked at it earlier today seemed pretty sure it is a river carpsucker, but they're going to pass it on for a second opinion Monday.

[CarpinMNRiver]

Update on fish #2 in my previous post: currently residing in a DNR freezer waiting positive id from fisheries biologists. The two who looked at it earlier today seemed pretty sure it is a river carpsucker, but they're going to pass it on for a second opinion Monday.

sweet

[StillwaterAaron]

Nice Birthday present if they get back to you today.

[Slabasaurus]

It's been a fun week on the river with the fly rod. Some of these pics are recycled from my species thread/TR down in the 'fly shack,' so apologies if y’all have seen some of these already.

Sheep

Same fish

Released

Recycled image from the fly section... Shorthead Redhorse

Also recycled from the fly section. I was quite surprised to see what this one was. Fun fight too... Quillback Carpsucker

I lost a pretty big carp last night too as I was trying to get the line on the reel... not the first time that's happened this week either. Oh well.

A snapshot of some of my favorite rough fish fly patterns.... if anyone is curious

[carpmanjake]

finally got back in the roughfish game today. went out to check out a spot. didnt look too promising. but then i looked down at my feet and withing an inch of the bank, i saw the head of a nice female bowfin. needless to say i quickly ran to the car, tied on a bare hook and slapped on a crappie minnow and dropped it in her face. the result ended up being my first bowfin in nearly 2 long years, and a pretty nice one at that!

also came across a few of these in a small creek. resulting in a new lifelist addition. thought they were extremely large shiners at first.

kinda weird seeing them so shallow....