A Different Carp

A Different kind of ‘Carp’

Quillback

Caught in a Casting Net while fishing for bait on May 30th 2016 at The Oxbow, this was obviously some sort of carp, but I had to Google New York Carp to discover it’s name.

A QUILLBACK CARPSUCKER

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See the WIKI reference here

This fish is extremely difficult to catch with rod and line, so I feel very privileged to have actually seen and held this species. It appears it is headed for extinction, according to Wiki.  That would be a shame.  I returned my  catch to the canal.

Mike Caswell

(Originally posted to www.theoxbowblog.wordpress.com)

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