rare catch?

  • josh a
    Posts: 588
    June 9, 2013 at 9:29 pm #1334244

    My dad caught a goldeneye yesterday on pool 2. It was the first one either of us has ever seen. Cool looking fish, just like a moon eye only with gold eyes, this one was 15.5″. Is this a rare catch? We also caught 8 walleye in about 14′ fow, using a 3/4 ounce jig with 2 headless fatheads was the only thing we caught fish on, also got 2 cats in the 3-5# range

    average-joe
    Hudson, WI
    Posts: 2376
    June 9, 2013 at 9:31 pm #1176651

    Any pics of this goldeneye? I’ve never seen one of those before

    josh a
    Posts: 588
    June 9, 2013 at 9:35 pm #1176652

    I’ll hopefully have the pic posted sometime tonight. From what I’ve read about it I think a 15.5″er is quite large for this species.

    BBKK
    IA
    Posts: 4033
    June 9, 2013 at 9:39 pm #1176655

    I don’t think it is really rare, but they arent real common either. There are a bunch in the miss river but most people don’t even know of them and just assume they are mooneye. 15.5″ is a big one. Congrats!

    walleyenordy
    Cottage Grove, MN
    Posts: 502
    June 9, 2013 at 9:39 pm #1176656

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    Any pics of this goldeneye? I’ve never seen one of those before

    X2 Sounds kinda neat to see and fun to catch.

    BBKK
    IA
    Posts: 4033
    June 9, 2013 at 9:40 pm #1176657

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    Any pics of this goldeneye? I’ve never seen one of those before

    X2 Sounds kinda neat to see and fun to catch.

    Tons of pictures on the internet I’d bet. Hiodon alosoides is their name.

    But yes, I’d like to see a pic of the beast also!

    robby
    Quad Cities
    Posts: 2823
    June 9, 2013 at 11:08 pm #1176666

    Quote:

    I don’t think it is really rare, but they arent real common either. There are a bunch in the miss river but most people don’t even know of them and just assume they are mooneye. 15.5″ is a big one. Congrats! [/quote

    I’ve never seen one either and have fished from pools 3 – 18 for a few years. Kevin knows his stuff though.

    robby
    Quad Cities
    Posts: 2823
    June 9, 2013 at 11:09 pm #1176667

    Is a GoldenEye in the Shiner family?

    aquajoe
    Minnetonka, MN.
    Posts: 493
    June 9, 2013 at 11:24 pm #1176673

    Nope in the mooneye family.

    josh a
    Posts: 588
    June 10, 2013 at 1:48 am #1176683

    [image]http://www.idofishing.com/forum/managefiles.php[/image]

    Here it is, the elusive Mississippi river goldeye

    BBKK
    IA
    Posts: 4033
    June 10, 2013 at 2:33 am #1176693

    Nice fish!!!

    BBKK
    IA
    Posts: 4033
    June 10, 2013 at 3:59 am #1176708

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    I don’t think it is really rare, but they arent real common either. There are a bunch in the miss river but most people don’t even know of them and just assume they are mooneye. 15.5″ is a big one. Congrats!

    I’ve never seen one either and have fished from pools 3 – 18 for a few years. Kevin knows his stuff though.

    I’ve personally caught three. Two in a creek off the Miss river (river fish that run up there) and one in the miss. All three on a piece of nightcrawler fishing for bluegill. They are there, just have to get lucky I guess. I’m not exactly targeting mooneye, nor do I catch a bunch. I would like to target them with my fly rod if the river would ever go down and concentrate the mooneye/skipjack. Maybe I’ll get another or two, if so I’ll send you a PM so you can get out and get your first Robby.

    All 3 I caught were in pool 15.

    Edit: but none were as big as the one in that picture! Mine were more around the 10-11″ range. Those yellow eyes coming out of the water sure do stand out, a lot brighter in person than in any picture.

    riverrat56
    New Ulm, MN
    Posts: 175
    June 10, 2013 at 11:40 am #1176717

    I’ve caught three in the last week on the MN river. All of them hit walleye jigs and plastics or minnows. Didn’t measure any but they all were at least 14″. Cool look fish for sure!

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13294
    June 10, 2013 at 3:07 pm #1176757

    Have caught a few over the years in the river. Most of them on jigs and minnows. Got a feeling its how most of us fish that we dont see more.

    crawdaddy
    St. Paul MN
    Posts: 1604
    June 11, 2013 at 5:00 am #1177006

    Good to see Gardy took a day off to wet a line.

    BBKK
    IA
    Posts: 4033
    June 11, 2013 at 9:29 pm #1177200

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    Got a feeling its how most of us fish that we dont see more.

    Bingo! that goes for most other species as well!

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