Weird rough fish? P4

  • riverwrat
    Hastings/ Northfeild,MN
    Posts: 179
    March 7, 2010 at 4:05 pm #1315639

    My buddy and i where fishing the FYB yesterday and our pattern had not been working so far so we went verticle slowly jigging Hutchs Hog spoons and in one drift we each caught to carp looking fish? I have caught many rough rish on the river in my life and so has my buddy neither of us had any idea what they were? In the moment of trying to get fish to weigh, both tossed em back and kept going. No camera with and we leave cell phones in the truck in tourneys, they were about 24 in long and there mouth was small and on the bottom,greyish in color and skinny. Anybody else hooked one similar? We must have went through a school because we rolled some more fish then put those rods away!

    Jesse Krook
    Y.M.H.
    Posts: 6403
    March 7, 2010 at 4:12 pm #850323

    There are so many different species of fish in the river. Without a picture or a really accurate description the carp sounds like a buffalo or quill back but it’s to hard to say by the little bit of info provided.

    perch_44
    One step ahead of the Warden.
    Posts: 1589
    March 7, 2010 at 4:29 pm #850333

    BK?

    KwikStik
    Trempealeau, WI
    Posts: 381
    March 7, 2010 at 6:07 pm #850366

    Could have been a Bighead carp. They are coming…unfortunately.

    Did the eyes seem to be set low on it’s skull?

    mrwalleye
    MN
    Posts: 974
    March 7, 2010 at 6:50 pm #850372

    maybe a smallmouth buffalo or redhorse

    riverwrat
    Hastings/ Northfeild,MN
    Posts: 179
    March 7, 2010 at 6:50 pm #850373

    Quote:

    Could have been a Bighead carp. They are coming…unfortunately.

    Did the eyes seem to be set low on it’s skull?

    Yes they were and the tail was slightly split to 2 points.

    mojogunter
    Posts: 3446
    March 7, 2010 at 6:54 pm #850374

    Bighead carp above, silver carp below

    riverwrat
    Hastings/ Northfeild,MN
    Posts: 179
    March 7, 2010 at 7:01 pm #850378

    I called my tourney partner this morning and we talked over what they looked like he was the one to unhook them both while i stayed on the bow mount to stay out of fellow anglers way. He said that they had larger scales than the ones in the photos and more of a pointed dorsal fin?

    outdoors4life
    Stillwater, MN
    Posts: 1500
    March 7, 2010 at 7:17 pm #850384

    Most likely a Carpsucker, Buffalo, Redhorse or could even be a Shad. Shad do get large but not sure about 24 inches.

    tony_apisa
    E. Moline Illinois along the Rock River
    Posts: 1180
    March 7, 2010 at 9:37 pm #850414

    Did it look like this?

    Pat Howard
    Sparta Wi
    Posts: 1522
    March 7, 2010 at 10:40 pm #850427

    Somebody help me out with the correct name: smallmouth buffalo?


    riverwrat
    Hastings/ Northfeild,MN
    Posts: 179
    March 9, 2010 at 10:37 pm #851327

    We figured it out!! Blue sucker! They look like the one caught on pool2 sunday apparently there rare? And we hooked two!!!!

    outdoors4life
    Stillwater, MN
    Posts: 1500
    March 10, 2010 at 4:03 am #851507

    Quote:

    Somebody help me out with the correct name: smallmouth buffalo?

    Yes Smallmouth Buffalo

    tony_apisa
    E. Moline Illinois along the Rock River
    Posts: 1180
    March 10, 2010 at 4:17 am #851515

    Is this it?

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