weird thing, i could feel his heart beat so i took a quick picture and let him go. i thought i had a monster catfish, also hooked 2 more big things but could not see where they were, i think i have dialed in on them with the right fly. im going back up tomorrow. ill try 30 minutes for these things then switch back to striper.

Interesting fish!

Is that whats all over on the bottom up there? I know I saw tons of sucker type fish last week when I was up there. We need to meet up Artan, I think Chad and I are gonna go later this week, maybe Thursday. Maybe you can show us your secret fly for funky fish!

im down man let me know, bead head san juan worm, i was trying to catch blue gill for bait

nice sucker Artan. Now why would you want to kill a cool fish like that with a bow and arrow?

i wouldnt shoot something like that, id go after a monster gar

You can't, it is a protected fish.

yea i know jvt, but i would not shoot a carp anyways. anyways i have never cold blooded killed a fish like that, but id like to try it once. but not kill carp.

if you shoot like you cast then the fish have nothing to worry about Artan

OK, so for those of us not so good on visual fish ID, is that an actual grass carp? If so, because you said it was protected, is it in a lake where it was released on purpose? One last question, if grass carp are herbivores, then what did it think it was eating when it sucked up a San Juan worm?

that is a blue sucker , not a grass carp.

isn't that name a bit redundant?....

Txredraider,
It is a Blue Sucker. A native gregarious fish of large rivers. A bottom feeder that would eat both small insects, crustaceans, and plant matter such as algae. It is protected because it is on the Texas Threatened or Endangered list.

lol, and grass carp are not carp either, they are White Amur

hey scott that fish is in the river so you can catch it too. id like to buy a couple carp rigs and go up tehre for a session if your down.

euro style or fly fishing? I am game either. I have been wanting to fish Texoma euro style big time but like the river too

Where were you fishing that looks beatuiful

fishing in the red river


scott euro style. just tell me what i need to buy. we have to go realllly early before the start generating on the oklahoma side

I've carp fished the river before generation before.

buffalo, blue sucker and river carp sucker and common carp.

I changed the name of my band to "3 out of 4 suckers" for about 30 minutes after that.

oh yeah.. Nice blue sucker Artan.