I recently was pinning a river and saw some huge splashes, some fins coming out of the water, course I was trying to fish for steelhead and I drifted near the big splashes and caught a few of these. What kind of carp is it.
Here is one I caught in the late 90's while walleye fishing at The Maumee. Had to laugh when this thing finally came into view. His head was as big as mine.
The species that are found in Lake Erie and it's tributaries are bigmouth buffalo. The smallmouth buffalo is found in the ohio river and Tribs. I have noticed the bigmouth buffalo spawning this week as well. They will take a well presented fly all summer long
Yes, mine was def a bigmouth. Caught on a curly tail 1/4 oz. jig that you can see sticking out of it's mouth. They are some kind of fight on med gear when they get big.
We have both bigmouth and smallmouth buffalo in the north. I catch both types in the Sandusky River north of Fremont... and quillback that I often see people mistake for carp.
All Eyes, that is an awesome buffalo, had to have been a blast to bring in.
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