Members Toseythecat Posted June 6, 2023 Members Share Posted June 6, 2023 They are actually great eating if you know how to clean them. Greasy B, nomolites, Gavin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Rapp Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 if you say so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 What are they and where is the lake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Nice Bighead! My understanding is that they occasionally take lures. I don’t think Silvers do. Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Toseythecat Posted June 6, 2023 Author Members Share Posted June 6, 2023 Well, I caught most of them on a Mepps spinner. 75% were mouth hooked. I don't know if they were trying to eat it or if it somehow ticked them off but they actually struck pretty hard. The mottles ones are Bighead Carp, the silver ones are Silver Carp This is the tailwaters of Carlyle Lake in Illinois With bones removed ( lots of Youtube vids on how) the meat is white flaky and delicious. The roe is also excellent eating. They fight like freight trains and are tons of fun to catch Ham and nomolites 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 I hope to get over there one day Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 Nice bunch! We were there last year. We stayed at Hazlett State Park and went sailing with our neighbors. I didn't fish right below the spillway, but I caught a couple of crappie in front of our campsite, and some Asian carp about a mile down from the spillway at that old suspension bridge. Hazlett was a pretty nice place. We would camp there again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Toseythecat Posted June 7, 2023 Author Members Share Posted June 7, 2023 Supposedly near that suspension bridge is a great place for sauger in winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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