What Kind of Fish

[pbowhunter]

A buddy and i were icefishing above a dam in 24 feet of water. He was using a crappie minnow and a jig when the vexlar filled up from the bottom to 13 feet of solid red. He was sitting there jigging a little then his rod just started bending so he set the hook. THe fish didnt really struggle just slowly went down to the bottom where it just kind of slowly swam around. After about a couple of minutes the fish started coming in a little then pulled and broke the line. Any ideas on what type of fish these were?

[Chris Haley]

Sounds like cats to me!!

[jegerjack]

If I had to guess I would say it was either a cat to a sturgeon.... It happened to me in Canada once when I was a kid, my uncle decided to freak me out by telling me it might be a body.....

JegerJack

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[korn_fish]

Definitely sounds like cats!!!!

[pbowhunter]

So there was probably a school of catfish that are down there. What kind of presentations would you guys recommend in hooking into hopefully many more of them?

[Chris Haley]

Heavier line and bigger minnows!!

[can it be luck?]

From what I understand, cats school up pretty thick in thier wintering holes. I never fished them in the winter but imagine that jigs tipped with minnows or an oily cut bait would work.

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[Matt Johnson]

I would also have to say catfish. Sometimes those cats stack up like bricks and hug the bottom. A big cat will take you for a ride if you are not prepared

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Matt Johnson

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[The Grebe]

"Wow, a school of catfish 11 feet deep, that's alot of catfish!" Maybe you got hung up on a big old lethargic winter carp? Maybe it did'nt even know it was hooked? If you don't live to far from the dam, try Chris Haleys suggestion and maybe put the mystery to rest!

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[Northlander]

Cat, Carp or Sturgion.

[Jim W]

old tire!lol

[RuKiddingMe]

I bet it was Minnesota's very own Nessy the river monster...

[The Yeti]

Seeing as though it was a river, could have been just about anything. I would tend to lean more toward a catfish.