Deadsticking. Sometimes, mostly early spring or late fall when the water is cold, that's the best way to catch em. Less movement since they are not as active, plus less chance of them feeling you on the other end of the line. :thumb:

Check this video out , this guy went in a walleye tournament and all he caught was Crappie. LOL

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Getting rid of bad fish

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Zebra Mussels and those silver carp are all over south dakota too. And Eurasian Collared Doves. Those son of a bitches. I'd Like to find and string up the dumb bastards that imported all this shit. And those giant striped Japanese mosquitos that bite you and make you bleed like crazy.

I caught a 26” walleye over the weekend. Trying to figure out how to post a picture

Guy caught a 25in walleye on Smithville

Nice fish

**sigh** this year has sucked for not getting to go fishing and I'm totally bummed :sulk:




However I put in a vacation in August so I'm going be out there angling and kayaking for a week and **** everything else in life.

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The discovery of foot*ball-sized goldfish in a Burnsville lake has officials pleading with pet own*ers to stop dump*ing their un*want*ed fish into local water*ways.

Burnsville officials found 10 fish, some a foot long, in Keller Lake earlier this month while surveying the fish population as part of a water quality project. On Monday, a second trip yielded 18 more fish, some 18 inches long and estimated to weigh about 4 pounds.

"Most of them were definitely bigger than you'd find in your typical aquarium," said Daryl Jacobson, the city's natural resources manager.

The proliferation of the bright orange fish, which don't naturally live in Minnesota waters, is a problem that's plagued communities around the metro as pet owners seeking a humane next chapter for their pets — which hail from east Asia and are a smaller cousin of the common carp — end up adding an invasive creature to their local waterways. It is illegal in Minnesota to release goldfish into waterways.

In Burnsville, a recent tweet from the city included photos of one especially large goldfish and several in a holding tank.

"Please don't release your pet goldfish into ponds and lakes!" the tweet said. "They grow bigger than you think and contribute to poor water quality by mucking up the bottom sediments and uprooting plants."

Goldfish, which reproduce rapidly and have few natural predators, im*pair wa*ter qual*i*ty by feed*ing along lake floors, dis*rupt*ing plants and stir*ring up sed*i*ment, which in turn re*leas*es phosphorus into the wa*ter, en*cour*ag*ing al*gae growth. The fish also com*pete with na*tive spe*cies for food.

"I would not be surprised if they're in a lot of lakes [around the metro], especially in low numbers," Jacobson said. "Goldfish are a pretty hardy species."

Burnsville officials worked with Carp Solutions, a six-year-old startup that develops new technologies for controlling carp, on their goldfish surveying effort. The company uses boat electrofishing to capture the fish, said founder Przemek Bajer, who is also a University of Minnesota research assistant professor at the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center. Wires reach out from a boat's bow, electrifying the water, and the stunned fish float to the surface to be netted and measured.

In Burnsville, the fish were ultimately killed.

Goldfish and carp can survive in frozen lakes and those with very poor water quality because they can live without oxygen for long periods. They also show up in healthier lakes.

"I think that they are getting more and more common," Bajer said.

Ecologists and lake managers are wondering how much they should worry about the proliferation of goldfish, Bajer said, and if there's something they still don't know about the fish that's allowing them to thrive in Minnesota waters.

In Carver County, a resident notified county staff about clouds of orange fish about two years ago. Since then, the staff has been trying to determine their habits and patterns, said Paul Moline, manager of the Carver County planning and water management department. The fish were first found on Big Woods Lake and then Lake Hazeltine, both in Chaska.

"This was the first time we'd seen a large population and fish the size they were," Moline said.

The department received an $88,000 state grant to study the goldfish. Officials are still trying to figure out why they're doing so well and how to control them, Moline said; last fall they caught and removed some with nets, using clove oil to put them to sleep before killing them.

In Burnsville, officials aren't sure of their next steps after finishing their Keller Lake fish survey. They may leave the fish or try to remove them, Jacobson said. Improving water quality is the goal.

In the meantime, goldfish own*ers who no longer want their pets are ad*vised to find them a new home with another person, or at a pet store — just don't release them in a local lake.

"That's really the last thing you should be doing," Moline said.

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wtf is wrong with me, I have a 2018 Tracker just sitting in the garage ...
Have a nice side scan system on it and and ipilot and it just sits there even when I have the time

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For starts your a Raider Fan.

But nice boat. Get it out and fish

I need to man, I get up at 6 am and say I am going to fish then I never go don't know what the f is up, live 10 mins from the lake

I miss fishing so much but it's impossible to find the time with a little baby

that little baby will grow so fast and will be with you fishing soon

I'll get back to it eventually and I absolutely cannot wait for the first time to take her out!

Nothing like it man, remember taking mine out, now she is married and has a baby and will be 25 in a couple days. The time will fly. savor it

I remember complimenting you on that boat the day you posted about it... maybe even in this thread?

If you're gonna buy an expensive toy like that, its a damn shame to not get your moneys worth out of it

Get out there and go, you can find the time

Oh nonsense man, you have the time if you need it :)

Granted I'm not married with a newborn, but its been a great summer of fishing for me... from a legit 40 pound blue cat, a "medium size dog" as I always describe it a few months ago in Lake of The Ozarks

Right down to small creeks less than 5 minutes from my place, yanking out keeper size bass, and all the bluegill you want

If getting out to those big and crowded river spots you like is too much effort, I'd bet very good money there are other spots nearby that are not only fun... but hold enough keeper sizes for the dinner table if thats your thing

Keeper sized bass? Who the hell eats that?

That said, carp is delicious, when cooked correctly.

small bass taste good

I'll eat bass 8 days a week before ever jacking around with carp

If only I had a dollar for everyone who ever told me "oh I know how to get ALL those bones out!"... only to get jabbed straight in the gums or roof of my mouth with several needles in every filet

I've had "carp cakes" similar to salmon patties where the bones and meat are boiled into mush then fried, that are edible... but thats way too much work for me

Bones are part of carp. You don't take them out. You eat the flesh around them.

Buffalo is the same. And both are good. I will say taking them out of a warm lake, I'm not sure.

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Are you getting the cicada hatch out there?
 

Everything I read out west says you guys should be getting the 17 year cicadas hatch this year. Is that happening? Utah, Wyoming and Colorado had it 2 years ago and it was ridiculous. Hundreds of bugs dropping out of the sky and trout were scarfing them down. Never caught so many large fish.

Read about it for months leading up to spring, but they never materialized here in west central Illinois

The rare fishing bait would've been cool, but I wont miss the noise

Side scan?

Get yourself a drag-and-snag and look for bodies.

Might even get paid for your trouble.

It's nothing fancy like a pan optix system just basic side scan , clear vue and traditional view with gps the ipilot is cool though and will never be outdated

Buffalo are much tastier than common carp.

I would agree with that statement

Yeah...the noise was deafening at times, but from a fishing stand point, it doesn't get much better.

Sold today, did not use so it had to go

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Moar proof you're a dumbass!

I will get another one, I have a large specific lake close to me I like to fish that has a 15hp max motor size and have not been able to fish in years. I want a center console boat now like a Carolina skiff or something

Megatron doesn't jack around, he's always out in the boonies on genuine excursions into pristine, unpressured waters... color me jelly, badly

Loving the pics Megatron.
Wyoming?

Nice Browns

CO. The lower Gunn.

Took some nice trout at Culebra Creek in Southern Colorado last week.


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I also helped my son land his first fish!

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great pics loochy

Outstanding loochy

Outstanding shots, Loochy... thanks for sharing bud

As for me, making my first excursion to the Redneck Fishing Festival in tiny Bath, Il next saturday... it has slowly become a huge deal, with people flying in from all over the nation, and world, to help eradicate asian carp in the Illinois river

Won't be entering a boat, just going for the food, krazy fishing action, and of course the booze and ladies... the fishing as its called gets pretty wild, people have been knocked unconscious by them, had their noses broken etc

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Look at the fishin guns on the Loochy

Yeesh...that's not for me. I go fishing to get away from people, not to be around them.

Hear you loud and clear, its the EXACT same for me

But this is more like a street carnival from what I've been told, food vendors, game booths etc... and of course watching all the yahoos racing around in their jonboats stirring up these crazy carp

Its basically just an excuse to go eat fresh fried fish, drink beer, and hopefully talk to some fun loving ladies...

Show the ladies your trophy muskie

LMAO oh absolutely, it wows' em every time... just look at this thing, Linda

Loochy going to kill them fish when those gunz!!!!!!!!!!!

Haha yep, dude looks like Hugh Jackman getting ready for the next Wolverine role

Gotta say that looks like a blast!

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Megatron, do you ever do a catch and cook/shore lunch with those trout?

If so, those pics would be very welcome here...

That second to the last trout is an OG.

Very nice!

I still haven't even bought a fishing license this summer.

:(

Times a wastin'!

Please say no (unless you grab a very obvious stocker rainbow)

That sucks. I've got one in MO and one in KS. Only used the one in KS once this year but I don't mind throwing money to their conservation dept, they do a good job, compared to MO at least.

. I don’t know how they could suck as bad as Kansas wow

Megatron with the fish porn!
Looking like a great outing. Has the drought made it easier to target runs, holes and hides?
Or is water level normal?

I’ve been stuck near my home waters mostly fly roding for Smallies. With the low water they have been holing up and behaving very predictable.
Present fly, look for the take, set, fish on.
I can get on the water in 10 minutes for Smallmouth compared to driving 45 for trout.
And IMO a 19” Smallie fights more and goes airborne more then any 19” Trout.

Nice pictures!

I never renewed it after the 12 months expired. I have a 5 month old so it's hard to fish right now. Eventually I'll get back on the water.

Because you’re strictly a catch and release guy, or because they’re not actually that great to eat, as I’ve heard is true?

I’m always seeing some cool picture in outdoor magazines and on websites of people doing the foil packet or cast iron thing with some lemon, butter and fresh herbs or whatever, and it looks amazing… but yeah I’ve heard they’re usually not the best eating

Not there.

Thinking about t, I don't think I've done a shore lunch with a catch in a long time. Maybe 7-9 years?

It's because browns and quality brown fisheries are becoming more and more rare. I'm all for eating the stocker put-and-take 12 inch rainbows, but I really hate to see wild trout (or at least semi-wild) get taken from the stream.

I know people obey the legal limits and whatnot, but even those limits are often too high to maintain a quality river.

Water's low everywhere out West.

We got lucky, I think, because the Gunn was running enough water t allow fish to still take cover beneath the undercuts, and they must've been pretty hungry, because there wasn't much of a salmonfly hatch this year, and the fish were skinnier than usual. So they were shallow and aggressive.

But our last day they dropped the flows again, and you could tell the fish were beginning to leave the banks/shallows. My guess is that by now most of the fish are heading for the deepest pools they can find.

I heard that in Idaho they were going to take away limits because the water levels are so low they think most of the trout are going to die anyway. I friend I talked to said it was some of the best fishing he's seen in a while with fish concentrated in deep in pools to stay in cooler water.

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By Gawd I'm going fishing bout ****ing time i get a shot at it.

I heard that they're dropping the flow on the Dolores to less than 1 CFS. As far as the fish are concerned, that river is dead. 99% of the fish in that river will be dead before the end of the summer. And it will take more than a decade to recover, if it ever does. And a major side effect will the be loss of millions in revenue/local businesses as well as countless jobs. Some of thos small towns are pretty reliant on the river as well, so I won't be surprised to see several of them become ghost towns when i drie thru that area next year.

Please don't kayak down the Rio Grande Gorge again

at a lake got here late but only got on the kayak for a bit and the damn boats coming in caused quakes so I paddled back to shore.


so far not doing bad lazy fishing with one pole but I've caught two so far anyways. good start to the night. just glad to be out here. alive



ooh a bite....

now we're talking nice ****ing blue cat.

yikes. just saw a yeller scorpion just like the one that stung me seven years ago on my thumb and gave me nerve damage. Bastard.

God ****ing damn another nice ****er but the cat whore ****ing spit it out when I got it in just reach ****ing ****s. ****.



still having some nice night.

Don't give up!!!!!

Im having a good night so far just threw back a little turd but I'm pleased with the blue and Chanel cats the chanel gave a bigger fight than the blue and about the same size. Ive got them both on a stringer.

well they keep biting tonight **** yeah.

**** their supposed to get bigger not smaller. ****er took a nice hit on my line I was like hell yeah and I'll name it pee wee Herman and I let it go.

It looks like 9 state records have fallen this year.

I've never seen an eel even close to that size, but if this pictures doesn't exuded Missouri bootheel I don't know what does.

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global warming man...it extends the growing season