Mooneye?

  • Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
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    February 15, 2012 at 12:00 am #1303638

    Looks like a Mooneye to me. Just checking.

    walleyeben
    Albertville,MN
    Posts: 963
    February 15, 2012 at 12:11 am #1038971

    Sure looks like it to me. Saw a dozen or so last week on P4. Was that from recently?

    jerrj01
    Hudson, WI
    Posts: 1547
    February 15, 2012 at 12:14 am #1038972

    I agree and I have to say it I love my Marcum camera. Only problem I spend more time watching than fishing.

    Brian Klawitter
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    February 15, 2012 at 12:36 am #1038985

    This last Sunday afternoon Ben.

    Quote:

    Only problem I spend more time watching than fishing.

    Same here, but then is that all that bad?

    Brian Klawitter
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    February 15, 2012 at 12:38 am #1038986

    I’m thinking this is a gear someone used for an anchor, but just a guess.

    stuwest
    Elmwood, WI
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    February 15, 2012 at 12:58 am #1038997

    or maybe a car tire??

    Brian Klawitter
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    February 15, 2012 at 1:05 am #1039000

    Now Stu, who in their right mind would change a tire in the middle of a river?

    wwayn720
    West central Wi
    Posts: 46
    February 15, 2012 at 1:51 am #1039022

    Looks to me like its a mondo gizzard shad the things can get pretty big.
    Gizmo on the left mooneye on the left.

    stuwest
    Elmwood, WI
    Posts: 2254
    February 15, 2012 at 2:47 am #1039047

    My boat needs new tires, quite routinely…

    i was thinking float in or someone not wanting to pay disposal fees…

    Jesse Krook
    Y.M.H.
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    February 15, 2012 at 9:06 am #1039070

    Hey BK , how long until we see a new video ?

    Brian Klawitter
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    February 15, 2012 at 10:33 am #1039079

    Would have been last night or today, but the FW and I went to Barkers.

    Maybe next week.

    EW6
    Posts: 150
    February 15, 2012 at 11:59 am #1039095

    Definetly a Gizzard Shad, ran into a couple around 2 lbs a couple years ago.

    Tom P.
    Whitehall Wi.
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    February 15, 2012 at 1:59 pm #1039166

    That water temp correct, at that rate the spring bite will be over by the end of Febuary, or at least mid March.

    walleyeben
    Albertville,MN
    Posts: 963
    February 15, 2012 at 2:13 pm #1039186

    I agree could be a mondo shad, its back does seem to be quite humped compared to the pic of the MoonEye. Side note I saw 3 quill back carp last week near the dam. Gottta love the river, never know!

    Brian Klawitter
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    February 15, 2012 at 2:23 pm #1039194

    Quote:

    That water temp correct, at that rate the spring bite will be over by the end of Febuary, or at least mid March.

    Afraid so Tom. That was Sunday. Not sure if it was before or after the power plant shut down.

    cade-laufenberg
    Winona,MN/La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 3667
    February 15, 2012 at 10:40 pm #1039389

    I also agree that it is a large Gizzard Shad. At the spillway on pool 6 last week I snagged two that were easily over 16″ long. They get very large, you just rarely see those individuals, as they seem to spend their adult life in very deep water, and though they are considered omnivores I believe, they tend to be more synonymous with benthivores and would would be unlikely to take most of the offerings that we would happen to be using in the kinds of depths and current that they seem to like to inhabit.

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