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After further investigation, I think it is a River (or redfin) redhorse. 

52 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Presence of redhorse is a good sign that the water is healthy though.  Despite being a fish with a sucker mouth and often viewed as a junk fish, they cannot live in polluted waters.  So if they are around, the lake/river is in good shape.  Good species to have around for other, bigger predators too.

 

Well, this guy was in rough shape. He didn't fight at all when I snagged him and when he swam away, he swam about five feet and lay down on his side on the bottom. Swam a few more feet and lay down again. And then I lost sight of him. 

 

Talk about bigger predators, I hooked the pike not four feet from where I last saw the redhorse. 

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I can catch everything but a shad. 

 

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Still trying to catch my first American shad before the spawn winds down. Hopefully the rockfish is a sign of good things to come when the season opens this week. 
 

ETA: Can someone give me an ID on the first fish? I think it’s a shorthead redhorse, although I’m bad at identifying rough fish. It was caught on the Susquehanna.

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5 hours ago, Buzzbaiter said:

I can catch everything but a shad. 

 

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ETA: Can someone give me an ID on the first fish? I think it’s a shorthead redhorse, although I’m bad at identifying rough fish. It was caught on the Susquehanna.

Common carp?

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1 hour ago, MassBass said:

Common carp?

Thats was what I thought at first glance , but the scales look somewhat small? Not sure 

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8 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

American or silver redhorse ?

Redhorse was my first thought also, but the snout/mouth didn't look right to me. So I thought maybe a large species of chub. Looking through some pics on the interwebs, it looks like the down turned mouth gets more pronounced as they get bigger. That might be a young Redhorse. 

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This is a minnow compared to some of the Crappie pictures I see on here but I caught a 12 1/2 inch Crappie today on a wacky rig.   

 

 

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The ole common carp were chasing cicadas all weekend so we went after them. My wife loves fly fishing and a cicada hatch is about the only time the silly things actually chase any flies or lures so we got our fill , works almost immediately most of the time. 
 

you can hear the cicadas in the video. I had a guy fish by my dock and ask me if that was the pump house a mile a way making all that noise 😂 
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I’ll also include a shorter failure video 😂 

 

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Wow! 

Looks like you found the motherlode.

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Got out on the buddy's boat for a couple hours after a big rain. It was slow but this warmouth wanted my jig real bad. I caught one other tiny spotted bass. It was just good to get out and fish

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FINALLY stuck a good one!!! Lean post spawn 44". First over 40" since January. These lethargic post spawn fish are still not wanting to chase baits. This one ate a crappie on a quick strike rig. I raised a low 30's today, and another yesterday on a muskie killer, but they were lazy follows, wouldn't even follow into the 8. Both of those fish checked out my crappie for a few minutes after turning off the spinner, but neither ate.

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My “fly only” buddies got wind of the cicadas and wanted me to take em carp fishin’, we boated 13 and missed several from 6-9 pm. Even got a double once and had several opportunities 


@Further North

@flyfisher

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I caught this fiesty plump little lady on a max scent creature hog in Alabama craw. Perfect hook set in the roof of the mouth. She saved me from a skunk today, for this I am forever grateful.

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Yeee Haawww!!! 44" again today, and there's nothing skinny about this one!!! On fresh meat again. I'm getting this crappie deal figgered out, which means it'll be over soon. 😂 Gotta stay TIGHT to the tree tops, and move SLOW. I raised two others, one bigger than this'n. I'd guess 47"-48". Unbelievable how lazy these fish are right now. I had 1oz of weight on my quick strike and these fish wouldn't chase the crappie down. I added another oz to slow the crappie down, and went back through the same stretch and got this girl to go the second time around. Three more days of vacation. Guess what I'll be doing?

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Gorgeous fish, awesome fight. She was even kind enough to autograph my hand for me. 😁

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12 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

My “fly only” buddies got wind of the cicadas and wanted me to take em carp fishin’, we boated 13 and missed several from 6-9 pm. Even got a double once and had several opportunities 


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Thanks for tagging me, I seldom check this post.

 

What great fun!

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I was raised in Ohio. Ohio's lakes are pounded. Catching twin 44" muskies there is like Pat Brown landing DDs in city ponds. 

 

Go, @T-Billy, go!

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1 minute ago, ol'crickety said:

I was raised in Ohio. Ohio's lakes are pounded. Catching twin 44" muskies there is like Pat Brown landing DDs in city ponds. 

 

Go, @T-Billy, go!

Thanks Katie. They're highly pressured for sure, but we have a great stocking program (for now at least). 

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Bayou Boys doing what they love.

 

Black Drum

 

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6 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

@Catt, Aiden is all grown up! 

 

Graduated 2 months early, leaving Sunday for Panama City & some fishing, then its off to the Airforce.

 

Losing my best fishing buddy 😢 

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Wow time flies!!! Congratulations 

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Big Head on this Gator Pike ! 

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