With the price of gas being $4/gallon, I still drove across the state of Wisconsin to persue White Perch and Salmon. I needed a Coho and a White Perch for the lifelist so off I went. I must admit it is getting harder to catch a new species for me so I got my dad involved in the whole endeavor by making him a species album like my own.

I quickly learned that over here very few people understand the whole idea of catching roughfish and keeping a lifelist. While one gentlemen bragged that we should have been there 2 months ago when the walleyes were in as thick as peanut butter, I was pulling in a 15 lb. carp that was putting up a tremendous fight. I replied, "I bet they don't fight as hard as these Carp do." He agreed but assumed we wanted the walleye but then I learned it was pretty much a catch and release fishery there for walleye. So why would I want to stand shoulder to shoulder catching walleyes when I would have to throw them back anyway? Why, when I can have the whole shore to myself 2 months later catching 20 lb. carp, 6 lb. Sheephead, and various other species? Don't get me wrong here; I like walleyes too.

Here is our catch:

PB 20 lb. Carp



PB 6 lb. Sheephead



Big White Perch

Those are great fish. I am sort of really digging sheephead this year. If I get a nice one I am going to mount it.

Nice fish, in both waters. I recently have talked to two guys who placed first and second in a Carp tournament on the Fox, and they told me it is a fantastic big-carp fishery. They caught numerous fish over 25 pounds, the largest at 34! Nice carp, C&B, way to go. A 20 pound carp is definitely a milestone in your fishing legacy. !andy

That was the one thing that impressed me about that water. I don't know of any other water where the average carp is over 15 lbs. and the average Drum is 4 lbs. Just think if I would have had more time than half a day and boat to get me around a bit. We had 4 lines out between the two of us and I literally could not keep up (in WI you can 3 lines per person). We must have caught close to 100 fish in 5 hours.