I love fishing local Michigan Rivers. Some of the urban rivers around Detroit are my favorites. Thousands of people drive by these locations daily unsuspecting of the monster sized fish that swim there.
There are several rivers that feed into Michigan's St. Clair - Detroit River - Lake Erie chain. All of them are home to a healthy common carp population.
Saturday brought sunshine and common carp. I ended up with 8 fish, but one skeedaddled before I got a photo.
The biggest fish was a mid-teener (16-17# or so). There was a very active bite until the cold front arrived.
It was a good time, netting, baiting, photoing, releasing. Once or twice I actually hoped the fish would slow down a bit. I love days like that.
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| 16# common carp |
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| This fish will grow much larger and eventually fill out it's bulk and size to match that long tail fin. |
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| I'm not quite sure why I was making that silly face. While posing the fish, it tried to wiggle itself free. |
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