Carp and other Rough fish pics

[DEADhead]

A few photos from my trip to the PNW last weekend

[no bait nate]

Pretty simple really haha, find a lake or stream or pond or creek or river, drop a hook/jighead tipped with corn or crawlers on the bottom, and wait. They're all over that place amigo, even Lonsdale haha

ha, thanks, been way to busy with work lately to be chasing anything but i hope to soon

[nsnutter]

Not a problem sir, I know the feeling of overwhelming work schedule! If you get a free day off and want to hook into some nice carp shoot me an email at [email protected] and I'll see what I can do.

[roughfish29]

i went to a spot on a gorgeous river yesterday and right away i saw all sorts of shadows moving around on the bottom. i made a few casts with no luck so i decided to try to wade up from behind them and sight fish from there.

on my way out i relized that with the low sun and the glare, i couldn't sight fish on the up-stream side of me, but i could see in the water on my down stream side, and i was very happy with what i saw

"a hogsucker!" i thought, surprised that i actually didn't spook this one. right after i thought that i saw another come speeding in from my right, it was spooked. it met up with the other one and they both swam out of sight. i made two more steps forward looking for more, and i spooked three more hogs. this was getting ridiculous.

after making a few more steps i noticed two more hogs sitting downstream from me, this might be my last chance. i made one drift past it

nothing

two drifts

nothing

three drifts

nothing

then i remembered how i had to hit the nice golden i got earlier in the face to get a reaction

i made a few more drifts before i got it perfect, i saw the hogsucker quickly move off to its left

"[PoorWordUsage], i spooked it again" i thought. i slowly started to reel in. I FELT WEIGHT!! i set the hook and watched the fish start to fight, it was flat out awesome watching the fish move, with its giant pectoral fins, huge head, and gorgeous pattern.

i got the fish to hand and i was in absolute awe. i did it! i got my lifelister!

i brought the fish up to show everyone and get pics, Dan got these fantastic pics of this fantastic fish

this was the smallest fish that i've ever gotten "the shakes" over. it was safely released

[tjbassmaster]

Sweet hog roughfish! Those are some cool looking suckers.

[Thom_Neitzel]

Nice hog sucker man. You should send me a PM I have a question for ya.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Way to go on the goth-sucker, RF-29!

DEADHead, absolutely sweet mirror carp!!!

[nsnutter]

Carp on a jig! That's a first for me!

[roughfish29]

t n: shoot me an email at [email protected]. i think that PM's cost money on here

nutter: carp on jigs can be pretty addicting, now try getting one on a fly!

[nsnutter]

Ben, I think you may be onto something there. I may have to dust off the ol' fly rod. Haven't used her since my last trout fishing three years ago

[carpmanjake]

carp on the fly is THE MOST addicting fishing ever!

[roughfish29]

[nsnutter]

I swear lack of river time (with my ever demanding work schedule) is slowly turning me into a carp fisherman on the side. (Sorry catfish! I'll come back and play soon!!!!) My honey hole is on the way back from work, and it's just ever so tempting to stop off for an hour or five after work and decimate some carp with my ultralight.

Here are a few from tonight, and one from last night (Sara holding it)

Man these fish are fun on light tackle!

[CarpinMNRiver]

I know the turtle is not technically a rough fish, but kinda cool. I caught it on a jig and minnow. Here is the largest of the carp I got today.

[carpmanjake]

deadhead, any reports from the ottertail?

[DEADhead]

haven't been on the otter tail going on four weeks now. the water is still really high in the entire watershed. I hope to post a report by the end of the week.

[MinnesnowtaWild]

I seem to be catching all the junk fish lately and no Catfish. First a fat 28" Walleye on a live Bullhead and now this hefty Carp on a big chunk of cutbait. 31" length and 17" around.

I'm thinking 12-15 lbs but I am far from a Carp weight expert.

[Dutch55406]

Jeff, here's one I caught Sunday it's 30" and was 12.5 lbs

[carpmanjake]

so today i decided i would take the whole day to fish. it was to windy to fish lakes, to i took a drive to the sauk river to fish walleyes. the river was very high. and the current was fast. after about an hour i caught a perch. a while later a tiny walleye. and then i got this.... my first time getting a sucker with a crankbait!

after a couple more hours i went down stream, and started fishing an area that is barely above water during normal water levels. but now it was pretty much a flat of rocks and gravel and a whole bunch of riffles. so i was just drifting some worms... getting small hits and missing, and eventually i hook up. and it turns out to be this nice sized chub!

i said to my self, "so thats what has been biting"

i pitched the worm back out and hooked up. and the drag started pulling. "thats no chub!"

turned out to be this nice shorthead!

after that, i was catching shortheads nonstop! (nice ones too!)

i was getting one every couple minutes! (if that!)

catch one, take a picture, release it. and within 30 seconds, BAM!

i have never had a day like this before! my best day before, the fish were like 20 minutes a part, or more. this was INSANE!

[carpmanjake]

a couple more...

dsubduing a shorthead on the UL, and 2lb test

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[roughfish29]

looks like some fast action there.

is it mostly shorties in your area?

that chub looks more like a common shiner. its been a while since i've caught one of those

[carpmanjake]

looks like some fast action there.

is it mostly shorties in your area?

it was all shorties yesterday, with the exception of one white sucker. normally the area is almost all whites.

[nsnutter]

33x20 MN River carp ... just hammered a crawler ... I thought I had a big flat on the line ... cooking drag and doubling up my rod. Even on the river I can't get away from those darn carp

And the girlfriend caught her first two river fish yesterday, a smaller channel cat, and this sheepshead! She is hooked on the river now

Oh, and we had some shovelnose action again, not big new for me because I literally catch them all the time sadly, but a first for Sara!

[roughfish29]

man i love those shovels....

here's a mirror my friend got yesterday, about a mile downstream from where i got mine last year!

[DEADhead]

great fish everyone, keep them coming!