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 Oct 9 2005, 04:30 PM
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 (happily semi-retired) coach  Group: CAG Member Posts: 7935 Joined: 3-March 03 From: Arlington, MA Member No.: 138  |
Who can tell me what this fish is? I caught it in the Hudson river (Troy, the non-tidal section), hooking it on the back while reeling in! Those Gama Livebait hooks are sharp!
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-------------------- Jerome Moisand, Arlington MA
Carp angling as it should be, fishing for fun and having fun! Si vis carpio, para baitum... |
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Oct 9 2005, 04:37 PM
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(happily semi-retired) coach Group: CAG Member Posts: 7935 Joined: 3-March 03 From: Arlington, MA Member No.: 138 |
I was fishing with Iain (well, he was fishing and I was netting most of the time!) and he landed his N+1th carp, but also a bad guy coming with it... Easier to identify...
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-------------------- Jerome Moisand, Arlington MA
Carp angling as it should be, fishing for fun and having fun! Si vis carpio, para baitum... |
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Oct 9 2005, 04:43 PM
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(happily semi-retired) coach Group: CAG Member Posts: 7935 Joined: 3-March 03 From: Arlington, MA Member No.: 138 |
The master of the tiger nuts himself in action! Even when fishing with a single rod, he outfished me ten to one (not really, but it felt like it!). <_<
I really like the 2nd pic, nice shot early in the morning! 
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-------------------- Jerome Moisand, Arlington MA
Carp angling as it should be, fishing for fun and having fun! Si vis carpio, para baitum... |
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Oct 9 2005, 04:49 PM
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(happily semi-retired) coach Group: CAG Member Posts: 7935 Joined: 3-March 03 From: Arlington, MA Member No.: 138 |
Now what are those monster fish?
 A nice 26 pounder for Iain and yes, I finally did catch my first 20 from the Hudson (23-6, actually). This post has been edited by Jerome: Oct 12 2005, 07:34 PM
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-------------------- Jerome Moisand, Arlington MA
Carp angling as it should be, fishing for fun and having fun! Si vis carpio, para baitum... |
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Oct 9 2005, 04:57 PM
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CAG Ambassador Group: CAG B&T Member Posts: 2927 Joined: 3-April 04 From: Oak Park (Chicago), IL Member No.: 636 |
Looks like a sheepshead (freshwater drum).
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Oct 9 2005, 06:31 PM
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Obsessed Carper  Group: Forum Guest Posts: 864 Joined: 11-December 03 From: www.southernpaylaker.com Member No.: 482 |
QUOTE (Paul Pezalla @ Oct 9 2005, 04:57 PM) Looks like a sheepshead (freshwater drum).  SheepHead! They use to stock them in a lot of the paylakes up here. mreim1 -------------------- SP ProStaff and a Hard Core Pay-Laker till the day I die!
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Oct 9 2005, 06:44 PM
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 Obsessed Carper Group: CAG Member Posts: 1313 Joined: 11-June 04 From: North Texas Member No.: 740 |
ahh I love the second photo on post #3, awesome shot!
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Oct 9 2005, 07:19 PM
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 Just wanna go fishing!!!!! Group: CAG Member Posts: 2261 Joined: 6-April 04 From: Krum, Texas Member No.: 645 |
Thats a fresh water drum. We catch them alot of them around here. Especially when im fishing for buffalo using worms.
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PB Carp= 34lbs 4oz Town Lake PB Buffalo= 48lbs Emma Long PB Mirror= 24lbs Lake Fork PB Grassie= 24lbs 8oz Emma Long ATC 2008 Winner Northeast Regionals 2009 3rd place Southeast Regionals 2009 3rd place MEMBER OF THE LONESTAR CARP BRIGADE CARP ANGLERS GROUP TEXAS FISHING FORUM |
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Oct 9 2005, 07:20 PM
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Just wanna go fishing!!!!! Group: CAG Member Posts: 2261 Joined: 6-April 04 From: Krum, Texas Member No.: 645 |
I forgot to say those are some great pictures. Congrats on the fish.
-------------------- Krum, TX
PB Carp= 34lbs 4oz Town Lake PB Buffalo= 48lbs Emma Long PB Mirror= 24lbs Lake Fork PB Grassie= 24lbs 8oz Emma Long ATC 2008 Winner Northeast Regionals 2009 3rd place Southeast Regionals 2009 3rd place MEMBER OF THE LONESTAR CARP BRIGADE CARP ANGLERS GROUP TEXAS FISHING FORUM |
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Oct 9 2005, 09:59 PM
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 My quest? Hard fighting fish Group: Forum Guest Posts: 3030 Joined: 1-July 05 From: Monroe City, Missouri Member No.: 1211 |
macfish here. I agree with Paul and Tracy, freshwater drum. We commonly call them perch here in northeastern Missouri even though they are not at all related to perch. I caught one that ran about 5 pounds this year on a Quantum micro ultralight rod and reel with 2 pound test. That was a very nice fight! Jonathan
Jerome - the second thing in post 2, is that a lamprey or a hagfish? This post has been edited by macfish: Oct 9 2005, 10:02 PM -------------------- Izaak Walton - Author of "The Complete Angler" in 1653 writes: "The carp is the Queen of Rivers: a stately, a good and a very subtle fish that was not first bred, nor hath been long in England."
Izaak also called the carp the river fox - because "is it a very subtle fish and hard to be caught." |
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Oct 10 2005, 05:16 AM
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I can name my own title Group: CAG Member Posts: 8256 Joined: 10-February 03 From: Western MO - Kansas Member No.: 58 |
Ohh dear!
Can Phone be wrong? Jerome's fish does not look like a drum to me. I don't exactly know what it is but some of the stuff that identifys a drum to me are different. Jerome, when you were holding it did it "drum"? Phone |
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Oct 10 2005, 06:51 AM
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(happily semi-retired) coach Group: CAG Member Posts: 7935 Joined: 3-March 03 From: Arlington, MA Member No.: 138 |
QUOTE (macfish @ Oct 9 2005, 10:59 PM) Jerome - the second thing in post 2, is that a lamprey or a hagfish? Don't know. My knowledge of US fish is rather limited... So I'm asking you guys... <_< Iain said it was a lamprey... -------------------- Jerome Moisand, Arlington MA
Carp angling as it should be, fishing for fun and having fun! Si vis carpio, para baitum... |
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Oct 10 2005, 06:52 AM
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(happily semi-retired) coach Group: CAG Member Posts: 7935 Joined: 3-March 03 From: Arlington, MA Member No.: 138 |
QUOTE (phonebush @ Oct 10 2005, 06:16 AM) Jerome, when you were holding it did it "drum"? No, but I did!  Because I was happy to have caught a new PB (of what, I'm not sure, but definitely a PB!).
-------------------- Jerome Moisand, Arlington MA
Carp angling as it should be, fishing for fun and having fun! Si vis carpio, para baitum... |
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Oct 10 2005, 07:16 AM
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 I can name my own title Group: Director Posts: 6257 Joined: 7-February 03 From: Alexandria, VA Member No.: 3 |
I hate to disagree with Phone but that's a Drum......
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Oct 10 2005, 07:22 AM
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 Obsessed Carper Group: CAG Member Posts: 525 Joined: 16-October 04 From: Bonner Springs, Kansas Member No.: 917 |
Definately a drum. They are all over the place in Kansas. I have no idea what the other thing is.
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