Carp and other Rough fish pics

[46and2]

What I believe is a greater redhorse.

Looks like it.

Where was it caught? Just curious, the coloring is quite different from where I'm at.

[OnAFly]

I was on the Rum. Fun fight too. Took a few real good runs.

[Cthulhu]

OnAFly - your fish is a Silver Redhorse. Greaters have bright red or orange tail fins. The big ID split in MN redhorse is Red/Orange tail vs. Grey/peach tail

Red Tail: Shorthead, River, Greater

Grey Tail: Golden, Silver, Black

Silvers are fun, they get big and pull pretty well. Greaters usually throw some awesome jumps at you. Rivers just straight tear you up, definitely the strongest of the MN horses.

[OnAFly]

Good to know. Next step, catching them on a fly rod.

[OnAFly]

Lets see if I can do better:

Golden Redhorse

Shorthead Redhorse

[Stick500]

didn't think this needed it's own thread so I snuck it in here

it's a great little story about kids discovering carp fishing several decades ago

just a short little read, but I sure enjoyed this amusing little tale....

Carp Fishing: A Right of Passage

[JeremyCampbell]

found some entertainment in a stinky pond.

[Gordie]

OnAFlygreat pics but you still got it wrong, well at least in a catfishermans eye that's called bait.

Great looking fish and Darkdan welcome to the HSO family of fun.

[OnAFly]

I'm thinking I'll have to keep one of those smaller ones for cutbait next time. I tried catting a couple times last year, but wasn't so successful. I might have to give it another go this year.

[Gordie]

Went looking for some creek chubs tonight and found a bunch of sweet redtails, I caught a couple dozen of these guy and even managed a couple creekchubs.

[46and2]

Hope you set your drag tight enough!

[Michaeltulkki]

Take a kid fishing!

[Comit 2]

Tom M. Back from the dead and with the big Bowfin of the day.

1 of 20.

[Michaeltulkki]

Nice! What did you get the bowfin with, and where?

[Comit 2]

We were using 3" Power bait Ripple shads on 1/4oz VMC Neon Moon Eye jigs. We would pump the rod tip (superbraid line) fast enough to feel the tail thump, quickly reel in the slack and repeat. There was a lot of small Bullheads around 2-3" long so it was a matter of match the hatch.

[JeremyCampbell]

Very nice.Probeley put up a good fight.

[B-man715]

While out walleye fishing on the upper Croix today I got into a RIVER MONSTER

It was the biggest fish of my life! Took a long time to land on 6 pound test with mulitple airborne leaps. I was about ready to give up, but she finally got close enough to grab.

57" inches and I'm not sure of what it weighed. Felt heavier than a 50 pound bag of dog food

What a blast! She swam away with a splash.

[Alagnak]

Nice little sturg! Good thing you spend so much time fishing walleyes huh? LOL

Tell me again why people fish eyes?

[OnAFly]

The best part of fishing with a 3yo is the complete lack of expectations. We can a bullhead, AWESOME! We catch a walleye, AWESOME! We catch a bowfin, or what he thought was a shark , AWESOME!

[ThunderLund78]

Hit up the Rainy last weekend for the first time ever. It's safe to say that I will be going back. I'm addicted... First sturgeon of my life, as well as the biggest fish of my life--fresh or saltwater. He went 57", I know there's a lot bigger ones swimming around in there, hence the reason I'll be going back as soon as I can.

[Slabasaurus]

Took the weekend off from steelheading and ventured down to a local spot to hunt some dogfish. Brought the steelhead flies though because... well why not.

Caught a few of these, plus some bullheads and a northern. Took this fly a bit deep so didn't get the "Hilton in the Jaw" photo I wanted. Still, fun time.

[Stick500]

where do the doggies typically hang out this time of year?

I'd like to catch a few before the season ends.

[OnAFly]

That spot, if it's the spot I'm thinking of, is a deeper pool below a bridge with shallow water around it. The doggies are up in the shallows last I saw chasing bullheads or sunnies...I think.

[Slabasaurus]

Typically... heh that's a good question I try to find em more in the spring after the runoff, not usually one to hunt em in the fall. That said: All of the ones I've been catching recently have been in bodies of water with current, though the doggies are hangin in the areas of slack water.

The one I took the pic of was in the headwaters of a creek here in the metro, sittin under some tree roots. His spot is actually a really nice ambush spot as the current flows right near the edge of said roots.

They're pretty aggressive now though, he slammed the fly as soon as it swung across the roots.

[Slabasaurus]

That spot, if it's the spot I'm thinking of, is a deeper pool below a bridge with shallow water around it. The doggies are up in the shallows last I saw chasing bullheads or sunnies...I think.

Yep, there are a bunch of doggies in the shallows hittin bullheads, though I haven't been able to get any of those ones to commit to anything (I haven't seen any of the 'regulars' catchin any of those dogs either). Honestly I was surprised there's enough current going through the area north/east of that little "island" to allow for 'swinging flies'