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Largest fish youve ever caught in a seine

Started by Guest_paoutlaw13_* , May 23 2007 11:09 PM

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#1 Guest_paoutlaw13_*

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Posted 23 May 2007 - 11:09 PM

just this afternoon my friend nate and i took a trip to the providence dam to look for sucker mouth minnows. although we came up empty handed with the sucker mouths (does anyone know any good places to find them?) we did catch a few surprises. on the south end of the dam we found literally 100 or so long nose gar spawing. we came up with 4 at one time in our 4x8 net. it was absolutly amazing. if you have the chance within the next two weeks or so get out there and take a look, it will be worth the drive. we then moved up this little riffle and are net started to take of in the opposite direction. at first we figured we probably had just ran into a few spawning carp. however we lifted up our net to see a giant flathead catfish that measured in at almost 4 feet long. at the moment i do not have my camera to load up the pics but i will post them tomorrow to add some proof to my fish tale. anyone else have any monsters come up in the seine?

#2 Guest_sandtiger_*

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Posted 24 May 2007 - 02:40 PM

Do the trout in hatchery growout ponds count? Because if so those would be it. If they don't then I suppose the largest would be a chain pickerel I once caught that was about a foot long.

#3 Guest_factnfiction101_*

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Posted 24 May 2007 - 06:14 PM

Wow, that's big! I bet it gave you a time?

I caught some pike or musky minnows once, but I don't remember how big they were

#4 Guest_farmertodd_*

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Posted 24 May 2007 - 10:49 PM

Those gar spawns are AWESOME. With the low water, I wonder which all riffles they're going on this year. I've found them at Side Cut, Miltonville, Weir, Otsego, Van Tassel and now you've completed the public access circuit

Aren't the oranges and greens you see amazing?

We've nabbed some pretty good sized channel cats in the Maumee, but I have to imagine the biggest fish would be a carp. So somewhere below 10 lbs. Sounds like you guys nabbed a real doozy. Will Gary let you enter it in the catfish contest?

Might have to go out with the video camera this weekend and see if I can't get a cluster of those gar on film.

Todd

#5 Guest_paoutlaw13_*

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Posted 24 May 2007 - 11:27 PM

todd, if you and phil want to go out to the providence dam sometime this weekend and video tape/ photograph these gar spawning id be up for the trip out there or anyone else for that matter. we might have to watch to weather because indiana is suppost to get alot of rain which should raise the water level over the weekend.

#6 Guest_dsmith73_*

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Posted 25 May 2007 - 06:42 AM

We have caught a good sized bowfin before as well as a 2 ft long or so spottail bass (red drum) from an estuary seine.

#7 Michael Wolfe

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Posted 25 May 2007 - 10:51 AM

D, when you say "spottail bass" are you talking peacock bass (whichis actually a cichlid I think)? Just tryign to get the i.d. right in my head.

Oh, and my answer would have to be the longnose gar that Casper and I and several others drug up last year at Seinerama II... he was over three feet, maybe four, maybe I'm a fisherman... but big and toothy!

We have caught a good sized bowfin before as wellas a 2 ft long or so spottail bass from an estuary seine.

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#8 Guest_hmt321_*

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Posted 25 May 2007 - 12:39 PM

Picts, until you post picts this is yet another fish story

#9 Guest_flamingo_*

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Posted 25 May 2007 - 03:51 PM

Mine- last year during night, we'd catch smaller (around a foot or less) pike, and a few days ago I came up with a huge perch out in the middle of nowhere. Haven't really used it to catch larger fish yet. When we go fishing for channel cats, etc. I could take the seine with and see what I catch

#10 Guest_paoutlaw13_*

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Posted 25 May 2007 - 05:11 PM

Picts, until you post picts this is yet another fish story

so there is the end of the fish story and now it can be offical. and yes that is a 4x8 seine. we werent lookin for anything real big infact we were hunting sucker mouth minnows and instead we got that cat

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#11 Guest_paoutlaw13_*

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Posted 25 May 2007 - 05:16 PM

i have like 7 or so pics of this cat to upload still but for some reason it keeps telling me that i have used all of my 4.88mb of space. anyone know how i can fix this and get my other pics up?

#12 Guest_hmt321_*

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Posted 25 May 2007 - 05:55 PM

that is simply amazing,
i would guess it was in there eating the eggs from the gar spawn?

do you think perhaps it was sick? I would think a fish that size would rip the net all up.

#13 Guest_drewish_*

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Posted 25 May 2007 - 06:08 PM

i have like 7 or so pics of this cat to upload still but for some reason it keeps telling me that i have used all of my 4.88mb of space. anyone know how i can fix this and get my other pics up?

Make your pics smaller and you should be able to upload more.

#14 Guest_Brooklamprey_*

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Posted 25 May 2007 - 06:42 PM

Never mind the by catch photos lets see the gar...
We have them assembling right now on the Detroit river.. So far this morning I counted a good 45 of them all in full spawning glory with the coming rains it is going to be awesome in a couple of days...

Our fish tend to spawn at night so I'm staking the pole and spending the night on the river with them this Monday. They should be fully spawning by this time. Hopefully I can also get some good video and still shots of this annual event.

#15 Guest_paoutlaw13_*

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Posted 25 May 2007 - 06:56 PM

Never mind the by catch photos lets see the gar...
We have them assembling right now on the Detroit river.. So far this morning I counted a good 45 of them all in full spawning glory with the coming rains it is going to be awesome in a couple of days...

Our fish tend to spawn at night so I'm staking the pole and spending the night on the river with them this Monday. They should be fully spawning by this time. Hopefully I can also get some good video and still shots of this annual event.

when we where out in the river i did not have my camera with me so i was unable to actually get video of the gar. but if the weather holds up for me tomorrow evening ( there also doing there thing late in the evening/ night here) ill be out at the dam again but with my camera this time. it is definetly amazing to see them all spawning in one area. best of luck on the water, are you also going to be viewing long nose (L. osseus)?

#16 Guest_Brooklamprey_*

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Posted 25 May 2007 - 07:22 PM

Same fish paoutlaw L. osseus...

I have only seen one or two L. oculatus from time to time. The Longnose spawning run to me is a bit like some annual ritual of sorts... I call it my personal spring celebration. In a way it is my Easter, Christmas, memorial day and Thanksgiving combined. But then I'm a bit nutty and love these fish just a bit more than most. I always go out and "commune" with them, watch them, look over them and just plain enjoy them when this time comes.

I've actually done this for over 20 years...(Straight jacket may be needed by now

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#17 Guest_paoutlaw13_*

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Posted 25 May 2007 - 09:20 PM

Same fish paoutlaw L. osseus...

I have only seen one or two L. oculatus from time to time. The Longnose spawning run to me is a bit like some annual ritual of sorts... I call it my personal spring celebration. In a way it is my Easter, Christmas, memorial day and Thanksgiving combined. But then I'm a bit nutty and love these fish just a bit more than most. I always go out and "commune" with them, watch them, look over them and just plain enjoy them when this time comes.

I've actually done this for over 20 years...(Straight jacket may be needed by now )

i must say this is definetly my first time experiencing this phenomina but then again i really just got into the native fish scene about two months ago. i can guarntee that i will be marking this spawn down in my notebook so i can check it out again. if i manage to get out tomorrow and get some pics ill be sure to post them.

#18 Guest_Casper Cox_*

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Posted 18 August 2007 - 12:39 AM

Oh, and my answer would have to be the longnose gar that Casper and I and several others drug up last year at Seinerama II... he was over three feet, maybe four, maybe I'm a fisherman... but big and toothy!

and we got the video to prove it...
thanks to wolfe man and peter gabriel.
fun video. big time.
http://video.google....=-2...en"&hl=en
( better have hi speed dsl or cable tho )

i remember ed's crazed glint when we considered breaking out the tin snips. that guy is ready to eat anything! sculp ka bobs, telescope shiners ala fondue, live lampreys. logperch are suppose to be extra fine. thats what happens when you go to school at utk.
"to really know a fish you have to eat it"
david etnier.