2009 carp and other Rough fish pics

[tjbassmaster]

Ya I figured they wouldn't put up much of a fight, but you never know.

[roughfish29]

i headed out to my carp spot today. i caught 4 little guys in 2 hours

all of them were about this size but this one had the best colors

also picked up another snapper

that thing sure scared the heck out of a mother and daughter who were walking by

[roughfish29]

i forgot to mention that those were the first fish caught on that reel in over 20 years

[sanka]

That turtle is a little close to, uh, you know where.

[roughfish29]

oh my god!!! i'll have watch it next time

[Here-Kitty-Kitty]

I guess some guys have LESS to worry about then others lol

J/K

[zepman]

I thought the same thing Sanka. Way to close for comfort there...

[fishuhalik]

I guess some guys have LESS to worry about then others lol

ZING!!!

[MinnesnowtaWild]

I guess some guys have LESS to worry about then others lol

J/K

Some guys even have NOTHING to worry about...

[HuskerBen]

They aren't quite done spawning here, judging by the stuff they were spilling when they came ashore, but they are biting easier again. I caught a bunch this morning between 8 and 10 pounds. Non-stop action from 9 until noon. They all hit like freight trains and fought like mad.

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This one had a deformed nose and tail.

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[carpmanjake]

went back to annie battle today, did well with crappies and sunnies on both ends despite the high winds

caught many crappies 12" and up, kept to for the GMA to eat, and we kept 3 limits of sunnies out of 5 people

stopped at the GMAs to clean em, and i snuck out to winona and got my first winona carp of the year! this 9lber! its hard to find carp over 6 in winona!

[roughfish29]

annie battle eh? did you run into any giant fins? lol

[carpmanjake]

annie battle eh? did you run into any giant fins? lol

one on the first trip. not giant. but pushing 7lbs

[roughfish29]

check out the girth on this thing

[roughfish29]

Originally Posted By: Here-Kitty-Kitty

I guess some guys have LESS to worry about then others lol

J/K

Some guys even have NOTHING to worry about...

some guys....... not me

[carpmanjake]

all of them were about this size but this one had the best colors

very pretty looking carp!

[Aaron Carrell]

A buddy of mine caught this guy on the river in LaCrosse. Snagged it while casting cranks for pike. I'm told this is a smallmouth buffalo? Is this correct?

Anyways, the fish was 31"x23" and calculators put it between 16-18lbs. Pretty darn huge fish if that's the right species, especially since the state record is 20lbs.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Tough to tell from that photo. The mouth on a smallmouth buffalo point down. That one seems to point forward, making me think it might be a bigmouth buffalo. Got any other photos of it?

Nice fish, either way!

[Aaron Carrell]

Don't really have any that show the fish any other direction or angle. I do agree that it does seem to point forward much more than down, including in the other pictures I've got.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Hopefully, someone with a bit more expertise will chime in. Stillwateraaron, where are you???

[StillwaterAaron]

Hopefully, someone with a bit more expertise will chime in. Stillwateraaron, where are you???

I am here.

I am 100% sure Bigmouth!

The Body shape says it all. I remember when I first started going after the "odd" fish. I really had to work at ID. Now with the help of a good friend I can ID them at a glance many times and even in the water. All ID takes time to learn I still carry a cheap sheet on redhorse just in case I get one that looks odd to me. I am always willing to give my input on ID so always feel free to ask.

Aaron

AKA Outdoors4life on any other sites.

[roughfish29]

hey aaron,

how would you go about catching bigmouths?

the old fly rod hasn't produced much lately

[StillwaterAaron]

Put in a lot of time!

I have caught one and hooked up 4 or 5 times since on different tactics. The spring is the easiest time to catch them. They seem to filter feed once summer rolls around and nearly anything you throw seems to scare them.

In the spring they are caught on flies and jigs mostly.

As of lately I have had ratso pink and white taken and bread balls under a micro float. As a good friend of mine put it We are lifetime students of fishing!

[DEADhead]

how would you go about catching bigmouths?

the old fly rod hasn't produced much lately

Still having luck catching buffalos on san juan worms and even megaworms (a giant sized SJW). I typically do well fishing soft hackled wet flies in the summer, swinging them in the current where I find them holding. Caddis pupa nymphs and even a clam pattern will continue to catch fish through the fall.

[Nick Kuhn]

28" Dogfish that hit on a small bucktail of all things. Pretty sure it's the first roughfish of any sort that I've caught in my 22 years of fishing (well, not counting bullheads).