Massive Native Sucker in TX

[Johnsfolly]

I have only caught small smallmouth buffalo's so far. This was a beast. Would love to catch one this big or even half this size 😉. Have to set up a trip for Buffalo.

https://www.fieldandstream.com/fishing/angler-catches-massive-smallmouth-buffalo-texas/

[BilletHead]

2 hours ago, Johnsfolly said:

I have only caught small smallmouth buffalo's so far. This was a beast. Would love to catch one this big or even half this size 😉. Have to set up a trip for Buffalo.

https://www.fieldandstream.com/fishing/angler-catches-massive-smallmouth-buffalo-texas/

        That is a monster! I think you should contact @MoCarp. He can get you into those fish. Prepare to be amazed John. He has pictures to prove it.

[Johnsfolly]

43 minutes ago, BilletHead said:

        That is a monster! I think you should contact @MoCarp. He can get you into those fish. Prepare to be amazed John. He has pictures to prove it.

I have seen old photos of Buffalo that he caught from below Truman dam.

I have only caught them below shelbyville lake in Ill.

[BilletHead]

7 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said:

I have seen old photos of Buffalo that he caught from below Truman dam.

I have only caught them below shelbyville lake in Ill.

          I have caught several here and there on the fly which is fun. Killed a ton with my bow years ago. Figured Mocarp could give you some tips for more catching. Do you have them in your area?  When we bow fished for them, we would see them (piping) not exactually sure what they were doing maybe sucking something off the surface. They would not be in a horizontal form swimming along sucking as they swam like a carp but would hover vertically in one spot or area. Kind of standing on their tails. Hardly anytime would the lips be out of the water but just under the surface causing rings. Fun to slip into a school of those rings and shoot them in the face. They were pretty good eating if you could get through the bones. Had them smoked and fried both really good. 

[Johnsfolly]

@BilletHead no we don't have them around us. They are natives to Mississippi watershed rivers. Closest would be the Monongahela, Ohio, and Allegheny rivers in WV, OH, and western PA. Roughly 5 to 7 hours away depending what city to fish.

[MoCarp]

13 hours ago, Johnsfolly said:

I have only caught small smallmouth buffalo's so far. This was a beast. Would love to catch one this big or even half this size 😉. Have to set up a trip for Buffalo.

https://www.fieldandstream.com/fishing/angler-catches-massive-smallmouth-buffalo-texas/

Dexter lake in Texas they get massive as lake fork there are guides…Ike’s fish was from Dexter

Austin Anderson- Owner, CarpPro Texas Guide Service

it should be noted a lot of studies going on with buff at the moment, black buffalo are a species of concern in Oklahoma with a one only limit and mandatory reporting to state….a regulation violated often

 

[MoCarp]

https://thefishingwire.com/112-year-old-buffalo-may-be-oldest-freshwater-fish/

[MoCarp]

abstract for the biologists
 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6533251/

[MoCarp]

 

[Johnsfolly]

20 hours ago, BilletHead said:

They were pretty good eating if you could get through the bones. Had them smoked and fried both really good. 

I've heard on OAF of folks cooking the rib sections from buffalo. Never had any myself but willing to try them.