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2009 carp and other Rough fish pics

LOTWSvirgin

By LOTWSvirgin
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carpmanjake Mentor

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went out with DrRodey, and his kids. and we ended up doing a little sight fishing for bowfin. i hooked up with 3. landed 2. got a video of the one i lost. drRodey hooked up with one, and lost it.

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we seen plenty of others.

we also seen some HUGE carp. one that looked like it would push 40. a couple in the 30s. and many in the 20s. they were all patrolling along the surface. there were so many it was almost unbelievable!

we didnt get any, but we are planning to go out again and catch some of them, and also get DrRodey's first bowfin

some other pictures from today:

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hit the sauk today.

was greeted by hundreds of carp right away (this was only a small strech that they were in, but each pod (dark spot on the picture) had over 5 carp. and a maximum of around 20

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i waded out and tried to get some on the fly. as the sun rose they all sunk down to the bottom of the river.

the fishing was extremely slow, so i decided to bottom fish. after about 30 minutes of not getting a bite, i decided to recast, i piked up the rod, and felt weight. i set the hook, FISH ON!

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i rebaited and recasted. and after a while i cranked it in. only to get snagged. so i wade out and i find that i am snagged in a huge mass of line and lures! after working on pulling it out, i finally got it! ( i was getting ALOT of weird looks, a 17 year old boy out in the middle of the river, yanking at something in water up to his neck is bound to get some attention) lol

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it also came with a free pair of polarized glasses laugh

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as me and my dad worked on cutting all the lures out, i got a hit, i set the hook. It was a BIG fish! instantly pulling drag! (keep in mind i am using my carp rod and 40lb braid so the drag is set fairly tight) after a 5 minute battle, the fish rolled on the surface a big carp! over 20lbs! and right then, the hook pulled. dang it =[

we continued working on the mass of lures

all the lures i got from it. they just need to be cleaned, and have the hooks replaced wink i also got plenty of weights

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after a while of nothing i packed up and moved. i decided to use a float and set it so a worm would roll over the rocks, it worked! producing this beautiful 17" shorthead

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then i saw a carp feeding very actively (feeding on all depths, it was coming from the bottom, to the top, and middle etc. ). so i waded out across the river to it, and when i get like 10 feet away, i start fishing. i cant get it to bite, so i wade closer and it comes to the surface and jumps! landing within 5 feet of me! scared the [PoorWordUsage] out of me. i was expecting it to spook, not jump. lol.

afterward it started feeding again. so i tossed my bait to it, and eventually my float bobs and goes down, i set the hook, and the fish jumps! i see it and thought "wow this carp is alot smaller than it looked"

after a short fight, i found it wasnt a carp at all, it was a beautiful shorthead! as i was wading back to get a picture taken, i look back, and the carp is still feeding there. i measured her!a new pb! at 20" on the dot!

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i released her, and waded back out to get the carp, but eventually it spooked. afterward we left

recovering peoples lost lures one reason why i love river fishing wink

another, many species of fish can be caught in one area laugh

this particular area has white suckers, carp, SH redhorse, silver RH, channel cats, black brown and yellow bullhead, pike, walleye, bass , panfish, and a few others.

ugh, i miss the orwell dam frown that is my favorite place to fish. so many species. and a rough fishermans paradise.

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Nice fish, but I think the catch of the day was that big mess of lures!

definately! im glad i went out wading to try and get my line unsnagged wink

i just finished cleaning all the cranks

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now just gotta replace all the split rings and trebel hooks!

easily $20 worth of cranks right there laugh

and it was all because of this one metal post wink

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also in the mix there was over a dozen daredevles, spinnerbaits, and inline spinners! alll jigs, hooks, swimbaits and cranks were junk. but all inline spinners are easy to fix

here is an antique red eye wiggler that was also in the mix

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Dang dude...nice haul!!

i have never been a crankbait fisherman... but i think this will really help me get started, i only had 2 lipless cranks before finding this snag. now i have 6. im heading back down there on monday with a pair of goggles and try ang get some more wink

i would bet i can find over a lb of lead as well

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Originally Posted By: carpmanjake
this beautiful 17" shorthead

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i measured her!a new pb! at 20" on the dot!

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those fish must be from the same "split-tail" gene pool.

oops my bad!

17. a very good picture since u cant see the start of the tape measure. but ya. i absolutely loved the color on her

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