The Buffalo was caught just last week in the end of november!
My father the day after Thanksgiving.
Don’t let the shorts fool you it was 40 degrees!
This was my first year targeting carp so late in the year and it has paid off with some of my larger ones of the year just under 10 pounds.
Aaron
pool #2?
Nice report. It’s a blast when you can find ’em this late in the season. My goal for the winter is to finally figure out how to target carp through the ice. If I can figure it out I might actually enjoy ice fishing for once. 
I have a spot in mind to try this year!
Hope to be able to help point ya in the right direction next week.
I’ll Pm you. I also have a spot that is ready to go that we saw a ton of carp on camera last year.
Them are some nice fish O4L! My favorite is the Buffalo. They have to be one of the most misundertood fish swimming in MN.
Jeremy I know of a spot that has big carp under the ice 
we see them on our way to a walleye spot when the ice is clear shoot me a PM and we can talk
I see them there every year but have never caught one through the Ice and think it would be a blast.
I dont think its safe yet but with the cold weather it wont be long.
good luck catching them through the ice i have had many failed missions on even small 1 acre pools that were just loaded with them. I dont know why I couldnt get em they must be smarter than me. I dono
what do you use to catch a buffalo. I’ve tried everything from worms, to dough baits on them… i found this creek that was just packed with them in the spring. but they dont bite at all.
First of all Bigmouth and Smallmouth Buffs are completely different in presentation. I catch almost all my SM Buffs on a crawler bottom rig. Try drifting a crawler through the group but I have found the hard ones to catch are the ones you see. I have caught them site fishing but it is mostly getting your bait in their path because the feed on a lot of plant matter but they do not refuse a worm if they are feeding. They will also hit a jig and minnow in deep water also. Just remember there is a reason they are not “GameFish” They are tougher to catch than a musky the 1000 cast fish!
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First Just remember there is a reason they are not “GameFish” They are tougher to catch than a musky the 1000 cast fish!
haha, that makes sense, but I dont know if that is supose to encourage me or discourage me. wow, 1000 cast… 
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