First shovel nose of the spring

  • swollen-goat
    Nicolet County
    Posts: 222
    April 9, 2014 at 6:21 pm #1355286

    This one was all I got today, but she was a nice 3.5 lbs.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    April 9, 2014 at 10:52 pm #1403049

    She’s so cute…and sharp!

    dfresh
    Fridley, MN
    Posts: 3053
    April 10, 2014 at 5:41 am #1403064

    Very nice Joe. Let’s hope the cats are going this weekend!

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    April 10, 2014 at 7:15 am #1403087

    Quote:

    Very nice Joe. Let’s hope the cats are going this weekend!

    In all the years and begging to have Brian take me out to catch a shovelnose, he has never obliged. If he weren’t so cute I’d hate him.

    Nice fish by the way!

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    April 10, 2014 at 8:52 am #1403124

    Oh lord.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    April 10, 2014 at 10:08 am #1403153

    Ah, I finally figured out a way to make you speechless and not have a come back.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    April 10, 2014 at 10:59 am #1403174

    I wasn’t speechless. Just thought better of typing it.

    I wonder if the DNR has thought about opening a C&R shovel season on the MN River?

    Seems like there’s enough folks catching them.

    belletaine
    Nevis, MN
    Posts: 5116
    April 10, 2014 at 11:42 am #1403193

    Quote:

    I wasn’t speechless. Just thought better of typing it.

    I wonder if the DNR has thought about opening a C&R shovel season on the MN River?

    Seems like there’s enough folks catching them.

    Pardon my ignorance, do people keep them? smoke them I suppose?

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    April 10, 2014 at 12:05 pm #1403200

    There is a 10 shovel limit and no closed season starting at L&D #3.

    Smoked is great. Greasy…but very good.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    April 10, 2014 at 12:12 pm #1403206

    A little more.

    There was a fella from a fish market at Everts a month or so ago. He cleaned the shovels by taking of the head, basicly pulling the tail off which brought along the spinal cord, then split them to clean out of organs.

    He would then lay the fish on it’s back and cut a trough following where the cord was. Then bake them with a sauce on the final ten minutes.

    The trough was to drain the oil away.

    FishBlood&RiverMud
    Prescott
    Posts: 6687
    April 10, 2014 at 1:23 pm #1403265

    Can catch tons of them on the MN River. Very easy to locate, and you can put one after another in the boat with just a small circle hook, split shot, and half a crawler on walleye gear.

    swollen-goat
    Nicolet County
    Posts: 222
    April 11, 2014 at 5:33 am #1403437

    They seem to be pretty thick in the Minnesota. I’d say I catch more Shovels every year in the MN than sheepshead or carp. My guess is they manage to escape the electroshock and net surveys done by the DNR since they tend to favor strong current and tend to hold pretty tight to the bottom. This time of year, they take a bit of work to get them off the bottom and put up a decent fight. Later in summer, they tend to fight like a wet rag.

    FishBlood&RiverMud
    Prescott
    Posts: 6687
    April 11, 2014 at 5:53 am #1403438

    They fight like 2-4# fish…Nothing special even when using a ML…Unless you snag one in the side.
    I’ll take a carp on the MN over a shovel nose anyday just due to size and fight alone.

    I’ve always caught them close to strong current, but outside of the current seam.

    Wish they got bigger. Scrawny little buggers. Look awesome though.

    moxie
    Sioux City,IA
    Posts: 874
    April 11, 2014 at 6:15 am #1403448

    Quote:

    Quote:

    Very nice Joe. Let’s hope the cats are going this weekend!

    In all the years and begging to have Brian take me out to catch a shovelnose, he has never obliged. If he weren’t so cute I’d hate him.

    Nice fish by the way!


    Those are abundant in the Missouri River, I’d say a lot more than cats.

Viewing 14 posts - 1 through 14 (of 14 total)

You must be logged in to reply to this topic.