Bighead Carp caught near New Ulm

  • dfresh
    Fridley, MN
    Posts: 3053
    February 24, 2016 at 8:35 pm #1602145

    Some of you may have seen this on social media, but I haven’t seen it on IDO. Kind of amazing that a fish that large was caught so far upstream.

    New Ulm bighead

    mnrabbit
    South Central Minnesota
    Posts: 815
    February 25, 2016 at 9:50 am #1602248

    “Jason George, a crew member with the commercial fish company that caught the carp, said the crew saw something odd but initially assumed it was a catfish. It wasn’t until the next day he realized it was something else.”

    What kind of commercial fishing is done through the ice on the Minnesota River, and why wouldn’t you realize that it’s not a catfish until the next day?

    SpoonbillSlayer
    St. Michael, MN
    Posts: 178
    February 25, 2016 at 2:10 pm #1602305

    I believe they net mostly Buffalo fish, maybe some regular carp too. They sell them out east. I think they started doing it in 2008 or so.

    If you google it you can find a little info on it. I’m originally from NU, so I’ve heard talk about it now and then in the past. Not sure what type of net, I’m guessing some kind of trap net if they have to release other types of fish.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    February 25, 2016 at 3:14 pm #1602315

    The show bottom feeders showed them threading a net under the ice using a remote control “boat”.

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