Carp and other Rough fish pics

[DEADhead]

nice gothsucker mudcatman.

@pikestabber: there are a few recipes out there on the interwebs that looks good, but I'm gonna mix it up this go round and do some experimenting. Probably gonna try a cajun style smoked fish sausage and I've got a batch of good smoky seasoning salt I'm gonna have to try on another. The old standby fish sausage recipe is pretty much fish and old bay seasoning. can't go wrong.

[zepman]

Hey guys...I'm taking my youngsters out carp\sucker fishing Friday to a local lake and have crawlers, worms, waxies and corn. Is it best to just fish with a plain hook and sinker on the bottom or is there a better way? Also, which of the baits above do you all have the most luck with? If the plain hook and sinker is the ticket...how much line between the hook and sinker...do I want the bait pinned to the bottom or a little room between hook/sinker? Thanks guys...

[carpmanjake]

Hey guys...I'm taking my youngsters out carp\sucker fishing Friday to a local lake and have crawlers, worms, waxies and corn. Is it best to just fish with a plain hook and sinker on the bottom or is there a better way? Also, which of the baits above do you all have the most luck with? If the plain hook and sinker is the ticket...how much line between the hook and sinker...do I want the bait pinned to the bottom or a little room between hook/sinker? Thanks guys...

use a running rig. sinker above a swivel, then 1-2 feet of line. then tie on the hook

a sucker from wednesday, decided to fish for a bit before i had to go to work

[bobbymalone]

Jake when are you gonna get a fly rod? Pretty sure you have got the spin fishing thing down.

[carpmanjake]

Jake when are you gonna get a fly rod? Pretty sure you have got the spin fishing thing down.

i have one, actually just picked up a new reel and line. just gotta get a new rod. (the one i have is literally falling apart, probably from all the years of carp lol)

just some cell shots of the carp run

[zepman]

Thanks Jake...that's what I figured I'd do anyway. I've got a spot lined up just like those picks you just posted...stacked! Now if I can just catch a few of them.

[pikestabber]

@pikestabber: there are a few recipes out there on the interwebs that looks good, but I'm gonna mix it up this go round and do some experimenting. Probably gonna try a cajun style smoked fish sausage and I've got a batch of good smoky seasoning salt I'm gonna have to try on another...

Thanks, DEADhead. I never tire of smoked sucker, but I like to try new things...and smoky, spicy, sucker sausage (in addition to being a tongue twister) sounds pretty darn good!

[itchmesir]

have ya'll made jerky from suckers before? is it any good? could i do it oven method? recipes?

[Comit 2]

Wow! Looking at all the streams within there banks. Here in Brisco County all the streams are just finding there way back into there banks.

Good job guys.

[DTro]

Found a couple of shovelnose on the MN today:

[Gordie]

practiceing for another speiecs of sturgeon DTro and John

great pics guys

[itchmesir]

man... i have yet to ever land a sturgeon... its on my bucket list

[roughfish29]

finally got my first.

this fish is from 4/1

[Gordie]

way to go RF29

[carpmanjake]

BAM! went fishing for crappies today. and while walking along the shoreline, i saw something on the bottom. turned out to be the head of a bowfin. it had BURIED itself it leaves! dropped the jig down, and BAM! first bowfin of 2010

afterward, the rest of the day consisted of walking the shoreline looking for bowfin

BAM! second bowfin of 2010! i named her Gums

BAM! 3rd!

found another, pitched the jig and minnow to it, and it took it. but got off shortly after the hookset. and it took my minnow... it swam a little way, and then stopped. and i just dropped the PLAIN jig in front of it! BAM!

[OnAFly]

Bowfin might be the most fun fish to sight fish for. They are soooooo aggressive and usually plentiful.

[Mudcatman]

Man, Gums has got to be the ugliest Bowfin I've even seen. I would have thought long and hard about putting that one on the wall, just for the conversation piece alone, and putting the dang thing out of its butt-ugly misery. It looks like it had one horrible trip to the dentist or something. That is one fine catch Jake!

[JimBuck]

I agree. What a freak of nature! Nice bowfins Jake. It reminds me of a certain character on the muppets (on the right).

[Float tube guy]

Nice fish! I'm going to be on the prowl for some garden carp this week methinks....

Haha I remember when I tried to make a joke out of that.

slow bite, but it was nice to be back on the river

[roughfish29]

nice silver, beautiful shortheads

[roughfish29]

found a good pond recently

here is a very healthy fish (the stuffed sturgeon in my mouth is for another site)

we thought this would be a ghosty when we first saw it

and just a flat out beautiful fish

[Carp-fisher]

Shes a beaut...I'm going after some garden carp today...gotta em in before the tomatoes

[carpmanjake]

My first carp on the fly of 2010!! And my first fish on A brand new fly set up! Bought it for fishing trout down south next week. What a way to break it in!

[Carp-fisher]

Hey those are some good pics; unfortunately I didn't get any of my garden carp. The fish were on big time today...got a bite every cast....

[roughfish29]

nice carp jake. where do you plan on trout fishing? trout on the fly is a blast