hoglaw Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 I know what a common carp looks like in the water. They have big round scales, are light in color, and grow big. I know what a normal sucker and hognose sucker looks like. But I'm seeing a lot of rough fish on my creek that get very large and are really dark. They seem to travel around in pods and act like carp do, but they're almost black. What are they? I've had success catching carp on olive maribou trout jigs, but I haven't been able to get one of these to bite so far.
MOPanfisher Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 Its quite possible that some grass carp (white amur) got washed out of ponds etc. They are generally longer and more torpedo shaped than regular carp. Take a bowfishing rig along and stick one, and see for sure what it is.
BilletHead Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 Could you be seeing a type of Buffalo? BilletHead "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
fishinwrench Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 Definitely our native Buffalo. They are very hard to catch.
snagged in outlet 3 Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 Asian carp look that too sometimes.
Plastic_worm Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 Grass carp in my local water Ham 1 YT - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5T_lKUH3gVkxSraJWUVzoQ FB - https://www.facebook.com/looknfishy Blog - http://looknfishy.blogspot.com/ IG - https://www.instagram.com/looknfishy/
hoglaw Posted October 24, 2015 Author Posted October 24, 2015 Sorry for reviving this one but I forgot to check it until this morning. I think yall are right about the Buffalo. These definitely aren't drum or grass carp. Looked them up on Google images and that's what I'm seeing. Thank you!
trythisonemv Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 Buffalo would be the best guess. They will eat a minnow or night crawler if you lead them good. Ham 1
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