2009 carp and other Rough fish pics

[roughfish29]

i believe that first fish is a silver... but i'm not positive

i got my first river redhorse and smallmouth bass today but no pics to prove it

[carpmanjake]

here is a video of a beautiful lake winona carp i caught last week.

[StillwaterAaron]

i believe that first fish is a silver... but i'm not positive

Correct RF29!

I believe they are all silvers I did not study each one but I am 90% sure. Silvers are also the most aggressive of our mn redhorse.

[carpmanjake]

I believe they are all silvers I did not study each one but I am 90% sure. Silvers are also the most aggressive of our mn redhorse.

i believe only the first is a silver. silvers have a convex dorsalfin. all the rest have concave dorsalfins

there are 3 that are obviously goldens

this is the only one i want to know. i am pretty sure its a shorthead. 13 soft rays, concave dorsal fin. the nose. if it is, i have a new PB silver, and a PB shorthead

i am pretty sure almost every one was a shorthead. since most have concave fins

[StillwaterAaron]

this is the only one i want to know. i am pretty sure its a shorthead. 13 soft rays, concave dorsal fin. the nose. if it is, i have a new PB silver, and a PB shorthead

I can say 100% it is not a shorthead. I would have so see a more detailed photo to say for sure golden or silver. Concave can be golden but fins do get beat up and look a little funny that is why it is so hard to tell them apart. A classic looking silver will have the Convex dorsal but I have seen many with an "in between" look to them. Not hybrid just a little different.

Lips of a silver.

Lips of a Shorthead

Here is a trophy Shorthead running 20 inches.

[carpmanjake]

wow! thats a giant!

the goldens were true concave. here is a good pic of one with its fin up .

i may not be good at IDing redhorse, but i do know the difference between concave and convex lol

[Carp-fisher]

Here's a critter from last month. I think its a smallmouth buffalo...

[StillwaterAaron]

Smallmouth Buff is correct!

[nsnutter]

here is a video of a beautiful lake winona carp i caught last week.

Yeah I'm not gonna lie man, from 1:30 it was a still frame didn't even see the carp

[Flaco651]

I got still frame from :51 on.

[CarpKing921]

It has some good background music though.

[roughfish29]

very true...

[nsnutter]

Haha I'm have a video of my 97 Honda Accord beating a Lamborgini Diablo ... except the video froze right away so all you see is my dash ... has some good music though!!! I kid I kid

[carpmanjake]

ya i noticed. i have been trying to figure out what is wrong with it.

it was working great before.

by the way, the song is Nothing left by as i lay dying.

in case you want to download it

[Muddog]

Here a Mirror Carp I boated this AM. It was a little over 18lbs.

And a Common Carp. at 16lbs.

I boated 4 Carp for over 60lbs.

There will be a FM GTG on lake Volney on August 22. Go to the southcentral Mn forum for more info. The GTG is for fishing Carp!!!

[fishuhalik]

Never got a mirror carp before, I'd love to add one to the list. They're a beautiful fish

[CarpKing921]

I'm also still on the look for a Mirrored I beleive their a genetic mutation so eventualy I should hit one. Hundreds of Carp landed through my 30 yrs you would think 1 would be caught.

[carpmanjake]

gorgeous mirror! mirror carp are hard to find, i have only landed two in my life. one i didnt have a camera for, and one was a small 4lb fully scaled mirror in october 2 years ago.

[Muddog]

We landed 2 more mirror Carp this pm.

10 Carp today all over 15lbs.

Two of the fish came as a double. We fished from 5pm to just after 8pm.

PDOGG did a great job of fighting the fish. It's like he did this before.

[Muddog]

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what are you going to be pre baiting the area with? i would like to get rid of the majority of my boilies. lol

I have never caught a Carp on a boilie. I have made them and I would think they would work (Egg, Cornmill and Corn) but Corn in lakes has been my goto bait. Cream style puts out a good slick and draws them in. I have tried Nightcrawlers but have had no luck in lake with them. Now on the MN river Nightcrawlers work real well.

If you like to catch Carp this is the time of year for them. Right up to the time the water temp starts to drop!

[CarpKing921]

I have to agree now through August is the time for numbers. We do well on calm sunny days in 2 ft. of very turbid water. We've also been finding at least one channel cat per trip also on corn. We haven't experienced this in yrs prior so not quite sure why this year is different.

[MinnesnowtaWild]

I have been fishing Long Lake lately and have seen the Carp moving around and jumping but have not had much luck yet on corn. I did have one smaller one but am thinking I was fishing the wrong time of day.

What are you guys having luck at as far as time of day? Early morning up until noon used to be the ticket when I was a little kid but not sure anymore.

[Carpe]

I used to catch a fair number of mirrors below the Dam on the Rum River in Anoka, it was a number of years ago though.

I have been fishing Long Lake fairly regularly this year, they seem to bite best in the evening. That lake is absolutely loaded with carp..well I am assuming Long lake in New Brighton? Anyway I use Hominy on a hair rig for my hook bait and canned vegetables and beans work well for baiting the area.

[MinnesnowtaWild]

No Long Lake in the town of Long Lake...ha.

But this Long Lake is also loaded with Carp I just can't find the big ones from shore.

[CarpKing921]

we have active fish through out the day. But noon is noticably a slower time with early eve doing the best. But we get out no matter what time of day it is.