2009 carp and other Rough fish pics

[carpmanjake]

very nice

[LOTWSvirgin]

[HuskerBen]

Took me a minute to figure out what that was...

Nice shortnose! And you've apparently trained it to stand up and beg for Rapalas. That's pretty cool!

[LOTWSvirgin]

Took me a minute to figure out what that was...

Nice shortnose! And you've apparently trained it to stand up and beg for Rapalas. That's pretty cool!

Thats funny

[roughfish29]

that looks like a very nice shortnose lotwsvirgin, good work

[carpmanjake]

nice shortnose!

im hoping to add longnose and shortnose to my life list soon

[fishdale]

Great picture LOTW. Took me a little while to figure it out. First glance I thought it was tail hooked with a clear suction cup attached to the tail.

[CarpKing921]

ditto, lol

[roughfish29]

i caught around 40 bullheads today out of cobblestone lake

most came on corn but i got one to hit a spinner while fishing for crappies

[HossFisher]

Buffalo caught this spring.

Not quite sure what this guy is?

Got this Whitie a few days ago on a crankbait.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Nice fish and fishing rod! The middle one looks like a one of the carpsucker species to me.

[Roman_K]

Yea, its a quillback (carpsucker)

That is a sweeeet rod, what kind is it?

[carpmanjake]

nice quill back!

[HuskerBen]

Nice quillback. I have yet to get one of those guys. And is that a bigmouth buff?

[StillwaterAaron]

Nice quillback. I have yet to get one of those guys. And is that a bigmouth buff?

It is a Bigmouth.

Also it is a Carpsucker but imposiible to tell if it is a Quillback Or River Carpsucker.

The Carpsuckers have incredible eye sight and even from a bridge 20 feet up the spook when they see you!

[Dutch55406]

A couple of small carp from tonight

Caught under the highway 77 bridge in Eagan

[HossFisher]

The rod is a Medium/Light St. Croix which was hand made. I know the guy who made it and I bought it at a charity silent auction. The handle is cocobolo wood from Central America. It looks good, feels good, and catches fish good! Roughfish deserve nice rods too!

[Here-Kitty-Kitty]

sweet looking rod

why are they bleeding?

[HossFisher]

If your talking about my second picture... its because we found it laying in the woods next to the creek. Apparently someone shot it with the bow and left it there. I knew it wasn't a carp and we couldn't decide what it was.

Edit- Just looked back at the first picture and noticed the fish does appear to have blood on it. I don't recall ever seeing that, but it was during so spawn so possibly it got roughed up??

[Here-Kitty-Kitty]

Ya that will do it ( spawn )

[MinnesnowtaWild]

That is a very cool rod you have there...would love that in 7' MH action version for Catfishin!

[Dutch55406]

A 28" carp from tonight, also caught a couple more small ones

[roughfish29]

my dad and i fished the cannon river today. we caught carp, redhorse and we both got our first smallmouth bass

here is one of the carp

7lbs 12oz

really good day

[carpmanjake]

today we took a road trip to brekenridge to fish the red river for channel cats. but the current was way to strong with all the rain, and even our 5oz weights were rolling. i caught the only thing, which was a little boys sandle. he was fishing on a peir with his family and he lost it. i followed it downstream, and lucily it got caught in a bunch of wood on the bridge girder. i dangled off the bridge for 30 minutes until i finally snagged it and brought it up. the boy was very happy for sure. lol. he even gave me a little hug on my leg when we left

we went to fish fergus. i was sight fishing for smallies. i was tossing my jig to smallies when i seen a "carp" feeding. i pitched a jig out to it, and FISH ON!

turned out it wasnt a carp at all! it was quite a fight on the UL. i jumped down from the bridge so i could fight it a little better. new PB silver redhorse baby!

behold! a rare sighting in photos, a smile (sorta) from jake didier!

afterward i was tossing a jig in the current and pulling it away from tiny smallmouths, when a little big mouth buff flew up! it eyed my jig then swam off! DANG! almost a new life lister =[

eventually i gave up sight fishing, and started bottom fishing

after that one, i got a HUGE hit, the fish yanked my rod from its hold in the rocks, even though the bait feeder was engaged!

i set, the hook. and the rod bent double, i have never had a fish bend that rod so far. then after about 10 seconds. it broke the 12lb leader i had on like nothing! i wish i had seen it!

i kept on fishing and got what i beleive is a large shorthead. but it doesnt have the red fins. but it has the dorsal fin of a shorthead

CONTINUED NEXT POST!

[carpmanjake]

more fish!

of course no trip to the ottertail is complete without a smallie

the last fish of the day!

my first otter tail carp!