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Steelhead
There were some HUGE carp in there too.
How about some bass by-catch...
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RyRy82
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I caught a pike minnow swinging on the metolius last august. Had no idea they were in there. Hit hard mid swing. It was 20 inches or more. After I let it go I wondered if I should have killed it.
Catfish also! Giants!!
Pike minnow are native, I see no reason to kill them. We are the reason for low salmon/steelhead numbers, not pike minnow.
Jim F.
Still a Genuine Montana Fossil
No photos but numerous Carp, quite a few Catfish & 1 Pond Turtle (Kids' Mom & the Kids were dunking Nightcrawlers.). A friend "caught" a mint condition stainless prop & shaft while ice fishing for Perch in a Basin lake. We were out front from a rocky launch & assumed someone clipped the prop on one of the numerous rocky outcrops while in reverse, sheared the pin and puked-out the assembly when the boat was put in forward motion. A couple folks came out on the ice later, saw the prop assembly and asked: "Where did you find that?" Rudy didn't even look up as he replied: "They're hitting cotter pins . . . " Another friend hooked a large, bagel-shaped rock while bottom-bouncing for spring Walleye. His rod bucked, jerked and looked for all the world like he had a nice fish on. As it approached the surface, I readied the net. When we saw what it was, Don yelled: "Don't just stand there, net it!" He mounted it on a nice plaque his den . . . on another occasion, a wade fisherman fell and dropped his rod. I tubed over to make sure he was okay & eventually hooked & retrieved his rod.
Triploidjunkie
Life of the Party
I've never got one out of Banks, but I've caught a bunch in Rufus.
I used to catch a little of everything bass fishing in Banks, crappie, perch, catfish, trout, walleye, bluegill, sunfish, occasional carp,...now it just seems like SMB, LMB and walleye, seems like a tough lake to be prey. Although, I really only fish it a few days per year so my sample is small.
I've never seen a tench in all the years fishing around here.
Tench are a primitive looking fish that bears some resemblance to the ancient Coelacanth. Coelacanths were presumed to be extinct for about 66 million years when one was netted in 1938, the year I was born. Two old fossils!
Coelacanths existence begs the question-how many more undiscovered fossils are still swimming the oceans of the world? With over 70% of the globe under water I'm betting there is more.
Coelacanths existence begs the question-how many more undiscovered fossils are still swimming the oceans of the world? With over 70% of the globe under water I'm betting there is more.
We always call this: " A sucker on both ends of the line"this one?
sadly, that was by-catch fishing for troutskis...
I always called it "a jerk on one end waiting for a jerk on the other end...."
You know how I know it is my CO2 vest? The red handle has my nickname "Jerk"!
Slimy Deck
Watch your step
Big swirl, 75' at the edge of a stand of cattails and among some lilly pads. One double haul on the 8wt and shoot. The water erupts where the black hair frog plops.
Game on.
Game on.
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So what happened after? Harvested?
Really curious,
Kenneth
Really curious,
Kenneth
