Let’s see’um guys and girls!
January 3, 2012 at 2:41 am
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Rough Fish Photos of 2012
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January 10, 2012 at 11:58 pm #1026542
Got me a dead of winter Northern Hogsucker the other day…
January 11, 2012 at 12:06 am #1026545Nice! I hope I catch one of those in my lifetime. They are a cool looking fish.
January 11, 2012 at 12:03 pm #1026662Way to start it off, Doc. Saw that photo elsewhere. You’re onto the roughies big time. Color me green with envy.
February 3, 2012 at 12:51 pm #1034972Yep, thought it was cool elsewhere, and I still think it’s pretty sweet! I’ve seen hogsuckers (northern and Roanoke) my whole life but never been able to catch one, so I’m living vicariously here…
Congrats!
April 3, 2012 at 11:05 am #1055153Got into some redhorse yesterday. They are a spawning!
April 3, 2012 at 11:09 am #1055155Got this sucker on Saturday. Really light bites!
April 3, 2012 at 12:53 pm #1055221Dfresh, that’s an old-school reel you’re using
April 3, 2012 at 1:01 pm #1055227Certaily is! Old Mitchell 304. I use 300s for channel cats and a monster 302 saltwater reel paired with a Shakespeare Alpha for my cheap flathead/sturgeon rod
April 3, 2012 at 2:06 pm #1055283Been waiting for pictures like these. Doug, I use an ultra light with a really light tip. I fish in the current with a circle and let the fish nip, nip, nip all they want. Eventually they eat it hook and all and turn, hooking themselves in the corner of the mouth every time. I can tell when the rod tip goes from tap, tap to deep bends.
April 3, 2012 at 2:39 pm #1055305I was using tiny #1 circle hooks as well. I was fishing that little impoundment lake on Rice Creek where the creek dumps in and the current there was pretty minimal. They would tap tap it, then go away for a minute or two and come back. Out of 2 hours of constant bites, that’s the only fish I caught!
April 3, 2012 at 3:43 pm #1055328I don’t like circles for suckers. I run baitholders or octopus hooks and cross their eyes.
April 3, 2012 at 3:46 pm #1055333Correction: I was using octopus hooks. Der.
April 3, 2012 at 3:48 pm #1055335What are you using for bait? I feel like a crawler is too big, so I use a 1/3 of a crawler or a regular earthworm usually.
April 3, 2012 at 4:23 pm #1055357True. IMO, if you have a large crawler, they just keep nubbing chunks of before even getting to the hook. That’s why I like the technique I use. I’ve used it to catch some pretty small fish too.
I’ve learned that my technique only works in fairly fast current though. Less current means they are not as likely to try turning with the bait and going down river. I learned after a couple gut hooks with a circle in low current.
April 3, 2012 at 5:01 pm #1055366I am just breaking off bits of crawler as needed. These are my little #1 hooks I use for catching chubs down at creeks in southern MN, so they gotta be tiny
April 3, 2012 at 5:44 pm #1055380Man that’s an ugly sucker. Fish too!
April 3, 2012 at 5:47 pm #1055382Quote:
Man that’s an ugly sucker. Fish too!
Ryan, I assume he’s talking to you.
April 3, 2012 at 5:56 pm #1055384Quote:
Ryan, I assume he’s talking to you.
I assume that, too, because he’s bitter that I outfished him
April 3, 2012 at 6:03 pm #1055385I just meant that you can’t see my face in my pic
April 26, 2012 at 12:19 pm #1062700A few golden redhorse from yesterday. Feisty buggers! And as you can tell, they are feeling amorous.
April 26, 2012 at 12:26 pm #1062708Great close ups. What do they call those bumps again, horns?
April 26, 2012 at 12:35 pm #1062711Quote:
What do they call those bumps again, horns?
In technical speak, I believe they are called tubercles.
April 26, 2012 at 12:55 pm #1062717Yeah, that’s the word I was looking for.
May 10, 2012 at 4:12 pm #1067309Ruff Fishes!
May 10, 2012 at 4:17 pm #1067310Fat gals are starting to show up as well. Report to follow soon
June 4, 2012 at 7:42 am #1073367Caught this hog on Minnetonka. Man did it put up a sick fight!
June 18, 2012 at 9:45 pm #107684620 minutes to get this one in… amazing fight… a shame people don’t appreciate these beautiful beasts, nothing like it
June 19, 2012 at 12:33 am #1076878Mutant Sheephead from Green Bay. My boys get as exicited to catch these guys as they do catching big Eyes!
June 19, 2012 at 2:35 pm #1077017Coley, that is a thing of beauty! Way to go.
Smallie, big drum are a hoot! Hats off to your son.
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