Carp and other Rough fish pics

[esoxrocks01]

I caught my first shovelnose sturgeon in the Minnesota River while fishing for cats with a friend of mine. At 27 1/2 inches, this thing gave my river rod a good bend before giving it a sweeping hookset, and was safely released. I've never caught one of these fish before, and it was a real treat. One of the most amazing fish I've ever caught, and it felt good throwing him back so he can become a lunker in about a few years.

[monstermoose78]

esox that is a great catch. That is a good sized shovelnose. Seeing they do not get much bigger

[serpent]

21 lb's and still full of eggs.

[smalltastybird]

[JeremyCampbell]

Might be a dumb question,but what is that little fish on picture 2 ?

[11fish1]

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[GeluNumber1]

It's a bowfin. A small one, but a bowfin nonetheless.

[JeremyCampbell]

It's a bowfin. A small one, but a bowfin nonetheless.

That is one neat little guy.

[CarpO0101]

21 lb's and still full of eggs.

A nice one.. very nice one indeed.

[TonyKay]

got into the 'fins again today...they are loaded in nearly all of the shallow backwater areas. I've put my muskie gear away until the bite slows down

[TonyKay]

anyone notice what this fish is missing????

and a face only a mother could love

[GeluNumber1]

Did that bowfin seem to be born without eyes, or were the sockets scarred over? Either way, very cool fish.

[Stick500]

it's only missing one eye, right?

I'm always amazed at how wildlife can survive injuries that one would think would put them at a disadvantage so bad that they wouldn't make it as far as getting enough food

I just shot a one-eyed carp with my speargun a couple weeks ago and felt bad for shooting a survivor- of course the side facing me was the one with the eye missing but I didn't notice till I brought him in

[Lunker]

A fun fight while trout fishing the other day

[TonyKay]

Did that bowfin seem to be born without eyes, or were the sockets scarred over? Either way, very cool fish.

[JeremyCampbell]

It's that time again...

Earlier this week on the river.Central mn

[Stick500]

awesome!

looks like that bad boy mirror carp was getting plenty to eat all winter!

While I'm here, I just saw something very interesting today- I tossed a 35-inch carp I spearfished last summer in Tonka into a field and no critters ate him, just the maggots- so I was looking at the bones today, and inside the rib cage was nice pile of crushed zebra mussel shells!

whether he was eating that many in a day and expelling the shells on a regular basis, or if they were simply stuck in his gut from occasionally eating them I don't know

I'll be checking stomach contents this spring to see if that's a regular deal for big carp

[Lunker]

Lots of these fellas active on the miss lately

Stick, that's interesting for sure. How long have the zebras been in tonka?

[Stick500]

Stick, that's interesting for sure. How long have the zebras been in tonka?

my diving buddy was actually the person who discovered them by the Grey's Bay bridge in summer 2010- I remember seeing it on the news that a diver found them- I didn't know him at the time and he later told me he was the one!

I just bought a cold-water wetsuit so hopefully I'll be in the water there by the end of the month- I can handle (hopefully!) 50-degree water

it's interesting to see how the amount of weeds and zebras change from year to year in certain places, as well as the fish populations

so where are you finding the suckers- main channel, backwaters, creek mouths? I absolutely love catching them on ultra-lites- really cool fish- gonna have some free time in the next few weeks

[Lunker]

Main river a couple hundred yards down from a dam. Out of the main channel/current. 8-12 fow

[carpmanjake]

After no success finding crappies. I went to carp. Been having some great consistent action on small ponds around here the past few days.

[Stick500]

I just had some good consistent action in a small, shallow metro lagoon yesterday- they were taking corn already!

Yehaaa, spring is here!

[carpmanjake]

I just had some good consistent action in a small, shallow metro lagoon yesterday- they were taking corn already!

Yehaaa, spring is here!

Same up here! Corn beat crawlers today! Good consistent action again today.

[esoxrocks01]

I finally started out my fishing year with a lunker of a dogfish. A 28 inch female doggie. I was bottom fishing with a night crawler for cats and other bottom feeders, when I saw a hard jerk on my rod, and started feeling a ton of resistance from the fish. At first, I thought it was a carp or a huge channel/flathead cat, but after seeing the beautiful rippling dorsal fin, my whole body started shaking. My first river-caught dogfish, and what a beauty! I'll never get sick of these fish!

[Mr Special]

beautiful fish esp in the spring when they get their spawning colors

i dunno why some peeps dont like them, cz they put up a great fight and are cool looking

pound for pound they may be one of the hardest fighting fish

actually in a way i do know why, they ruin bass baits lol

ive had to retire many brand spanking top water frogs, spinner baits, buzz baits.... lol