Well for some of you that know me never see me with the normal fish. I love to catch these odd fish that many people have never heard of. I have caught well over 50 species in my lifetime but I only count ones that I have photos to prove. Yesterday I caught my 41st fish. It is a very tough one that I sight fished for 3 hours just to catch one fish. Last year I caught a species very similar that I have spent over 20 hours working on and only landed one.
The fish I caught last night is a Quillback Carpsucker. A very neat fish that feeds on the bottom sucking up tiny algae and tiny insects. They sometimes roll to kick up more debris to feed on and they did this a number of times right on my bait but never took it. I finally connected when I watched one swim over my bait and suck up! I yelled at my buddy to grab the net and it was a very hard fish to control. Not a drag peeling fight but a very scrappy and unpredictable moving fish.
One of my memorable fish! The Quill! 