Carp and other Rough fish pics

[Acemac]

pulled this one out the Friday before opener that is a gigantic size 14 next to it....

[fishuhalik]

My sister caught this decent one a couple of days ago. I figure maybe 12lbs? Not real good at estimating carp, but it was thick and full of eggs! She was pretty excited, her first big fish.

BTW, if any of you want a legitimate chance at a 30lb carp, let me know. I've got 2 now in the last couple of weeks and have seen dozens swimming around. The 2 I got were 35" & 36" and looked like they had swallowed 2 footballs.

[roughfish29]

i would LOVE to know about that body of water, i really need to find some big carp. shoot me an email [email protected]

[nsnutter]

Wait, 30 pound carp at 35/36"??? Mine went 33x20 and I'm fairly confident it's nowhere near 30 pounds ... I was thinking more like 20? Any input??

[MinnesnowtaWild]

Have you seen a 30 lb Carp Nick? They are short and FAT as heck.

[MinnesnowtaWild]

fishuhalik- I live 10 minutes from Plymouth in the Lake Minnetonka area. If you don't mind I would be interested to know where you're catching them. I live right near Long Lake and it is packed full of Carp but never any huge ones that I have caught at least.

If you're interested there is a Carp contest every year in June down at Long Lake.

My email is in my signature.

[mrklean]

nice looking fish guys

[Ralph Wiggum]

Love when the carp are fat and round! The lake our cabin is on has some absolute porkers in it. If I could figure out how to catch them, I would likely never fish for anything else.

Got this one a few years back. Can't for the life of me remember it's dimensions, but the girth of it amazed me.

[carpmanjake]

Have you seen a 30 lb Carp Nick? They are short and FAT as heck.

thats a european fish. FAT with boilies.

not all 30lbers are like that. from the ones i see, they are usually more elongated. but there are some fat ones somewhat like that

[mainbutter]

I've seen one fish like that in the states, and that was down south.

I agree with Jake, whatever carp we have don't seem to get dinner-plate round.

However my 15lber (biggest in MN so far) was definitely a ~36''er, so you'd have to find a pretty fat 36''er to hit 30lbs.

[MinnesnowtaWild]

All I'm saying is length does not equal weight. Girth is a huge factor, especially in Carp.

[nsnutter]

Yup Yup hence why I queried the 35/36" equating 30lb. carp ... There is no way in God's great green earth that mine was anywhere near that ... If you're catching 30 lb carp shoot a picture up here ... I'd love to see it!

[Ralph Wiggum]

If you're catching 30 lb carp shoot a picture up here ... I'd love to see it!

He never said he caught a 30 lber. Likely arrowed.

[roughfish29]

now c'mon guys, this is what a 30 pounder looks like

[carpmanjake]

shorthead redhorse fishing video.

[StillwaterAaron]

A Greater Redhorse Mouth.

[carpmanjake]

good 2 hours of carp on the fly. INSANE amounts of carp all over! all different types of feeders. tailers, cruisers, cloopers, shore suckers, log suckers, and the caulvert gulpers

yep... thats the fly... WAAAAYYY down there

[Acemac]

Jake you need to start a dedicated you tube fishing series that is all about shore fishing tactics and presentations. great video.

[carpmanjake]

Jake you need to start a dedicated you tube fishing series that is all about shore fishing tactics and presentations. great video.

im working on that. i was doing it with the redhorse. but i ended up doing the video montage because of sound problems...b some how the sound got screwed up. like if the fish would jump. the splash sound would come a second later than it should. im working on fixing that.

also, the videos are in MOV format. which windows movie maker doesnt support. so i have to convert them to WMV.... and ya... its all very time consuming...

[roughfish29]

this particular night, i fished for bowfin. man, frustrating fish. between me and my friend, we lost/missed about half a dozen fins

when i felt this little guy take my jig, i set the hook as hard as i could and.....

dang it.......

[roughfish29]

here's a few recent carp

27" estimated 9-10 pounds

24 inches, 6pounds

25 inches, 7 pounds

24 inches, 5 pounds

24 inches, 6 pounds

[fishuhalik]

He never said he caught a 30 lber. Likely arrowed.

[carpmanjake]

nice bowfin i landed yesterday. forgot my camera so i had dan record it. it was an EPIC battle through those bull rushes, one of the more exciting battles i have ever had

[carpmanjake]

Love when the carp are fat and round! The lake our cabin is on has some absolute porkers in it. If I could figure out how to catch them, I would likely never fish for anything else.

Got this one a few years back. Can't for the life of me remember it's dimensions, but the girth of it amazed me.

chum, chum, chum! get them use to seeing and eating corn or other baits. and you will get em!

[carpmanjake]

did fairly decent fishing for redhorse today... the bite wasnt like it was before... hard to detect the strikes with the wind. and the fish just didnt seem as active as they were when it was hot and sunny