Here are a few of the better smallmouth from latest trip.......

Curious...do you ever weigh your fish on a reliable hand scale, or just measure lengths?

Mike, those are beauties.

that 3rd pic is impressive , but i would expect nothing less from you QM ;)

That middle pic looks like a xps lazer eye bait... Nice fish.
Mike, I posted a question about swivels above. Do you have a favorite you prefer?

barehook: "Curious...do you ever weigh your fish on a reliable hand scale, or just measure lengths?"

Didn't use a scale. Just a quick picture and release.

pilot: "That middle pic looks like a xps lazer eye bait... Nice fish.
Mike, I posted a question about swivels above. Do you have a favorite you prefer?"

Fishing topwater with a KVD 2.5 chartreuse sexy shad wake bait. I like size 4 - Spro ball bearing swivels.

Smallmouth...... here comes another self promoted article.

Small Mouth bass... the Carp of the BWCAW.

Zwater: "Smallmouth...... here comes another self promoted article."

This dude get it. Most of you don't. #Shame

WalleyeHunter24: "Small Mouth bass... the Carp of the BWCAW. "

I wish I'd caught more carp in my life, but they're hard to catch. I've only caught four and all three were thrilling. One hit a crank bait on the north shore of Lake Michigan. Another hit a tiny Rapala in the Whitefish River of the U.P. Still another hit a worm in the Wisconsin River. All three made muskies feel like milquetoast. The last one was a mirror carp that hit a minnow on the Mississippi River. The biggest was 20 pounds.

The Lindners are good carp fishers, but they're also good everything fishers.

missmolly: "

WalleyeHunter24: "Small Mouth bass... the Carp of the BWCAW. "

I wish I'd caught more carp in my life, but they're hard to catch. I've only caught four and all three were thrilling. One hit a crank bait on the north shore of Lake Michigan. Another hit a tiny Rapala in the Whitefish River of the U.P. Still another hit a worm in the Wisconsin River. All three made muskies feel like milquetoast. The last one was a mirror carp that hit a minnow on the Mississippi River. The biggest was 20 pounds.


The Lindners are good carp fishers, but they're also good everything fishers. "

A carp hit a crank bait and a rapala?? You snag it or was the lure just sitting on the bottom?

Zwater: "

missmolly: "

WalleyeHunter24: "Small Mouth bass... the Carp of the BWCAW. "

I wish I'd caught more carp in my life, but they're hard to catch. I've only caught four and all three were thrilling. One hit a crank bait on the north shore of Lake Michigan. Another hit a tiny Rapala in the Whitefish River of the U.P. Still another hit a worm in the Wisconsin River. All three made muskies feel like milquetoast. The last one was a mirror carp that hit a minnow on the Mississippi River. The biggest was 20 pounds.



The Lindners are good carp fishers, but they're also good everything fishers. "

A carp hit a crank bait and a rapala?? You snag it or was the lure just sitting on the bottom?"

Not snagged. They were both lip-hooked. If you ever fish the Little Bay de Noc/Big Bay de Noc area on Lake Michigan's north shore, there's a peninsula that separates them and the tip of that peninsula is Peninsula Point. There's a lighthouse there and both my fishing partner and I lip hooked a carp on crank baits.

missmolly: "

Zwater: "

missmolly: "

WalleyeHunter24: "Small Mouth bass... the Carp of the BWCAW. "

I wish I'd caught more carp in my life, but they're hard to catch. I've only caught four and all three were thrilling. One hit a crank bait on the north shore of Lake Michigan. Another hit a tiny Rapala in the Whitefish River of the U.P. Still another hit a worm in the Wisconsin River. All three made muskies feel like milquetoast. The last one was a mirror carp that hit a minnow on the Mississippi River. The biggest was 20 pounds.



The Lindners are good carp fishers, but they're also good everything fishers. "

A carp hit a crank bait and a rapala?? You snag it or was the lure just sitting on the bottom?"

Not snagged. They were both lip-hooked. If you ever fish the Little Bay de Noc/Big Bay de Noc area on Lake Michigan's north shore, there's a peninsula that separates them and the tip of that peninsula is Peninsula Point. There's a lighthouse there and both my fishing partner and I lip hooked a carp on crank baits. "

Fibber:)

That came apart in a hurry! I've never caught a carp.
Molly is just trying to self-promote her status as a crankbait carp expert. ;/ Her last article was entitled "Crankbait Carpin' on a Budget" and appeared in the Spirit Airlines magazine.

Nice fish Mike.

lundojam: "That came apart in a hurry! I've never caught a carp.
Molly is just trying to self-promote her status as a crankbait carp expert. ;/ Her last article was entitled "Crankbait Carpin' on a Budget" and appeared in the Spirit Airlines magazine.


Nice fish Mike."

LOL. Thank you lundojam for making me laugh this morning. I would read that article. In fact now I'm kind of upset it doesn't exist. Molly, got any time on your hands this week? :)

Nice fish QM -- glad you were able to find some nice fish down south in the BW this year.

dreaded double post.

lundojam: "That came apart in a hurry! I've never caught a carp.
Molly is just trying to self-promote her status as a crankbait carp expert. ;/ Her last article was entitled "Crankbait Carpin' on a Budget" and appeared in the Spirit Airlines magazine.


Nice fish Mike."

Since you read the article, you might remember that I attached some trebles to an ear of corn and cast that.

Zwater, I fish, therefore I fib.

thegildedgopher: "

lundojam: "That came apart in a hurry! I've never caught a carp.
Molly is just trying to self-promote her status as a crankbait carp expert. ;/ Her last article was entitled "Crankbait Carpin' on a Budget" and appeared in the Spirit Airlines magazine.



Nice fish Mike."

LOL. Thank you lundojam for making me laugh this morning. I would read that article. In fact now I'm kind of upset it doesn't exist. Molly, got any time on your hands this week? :)


Nice fish QM -- glad you were able to find some nice fish down south in the BW this year."

down south: Hah!

WalleyeHunter24: "Small Mouth bass... the Carp of the BWCAW. "

They are delishious!!

keegan99usa: "

WalleyeHunter24: "Small Mouth bass... the Carp of the BWCAW. "

They are delishious!!"

Do you have taste buds? Yuck!!

Those are hogs!

Nice fish QM...of course I expect nothing less!

T

bottomtothetap: "Those are hogs!"

I've admired them more than once. I'm torn between the first and the third.

Nice fish!

yogi59weedr: " "

You keep them for garden fertilizer? They work as well as carp.

I just use miracle grow less odor...
And I've eaten smoked carp...
It's ok but I like bass better...

I would maybe consider eating them smoked. Can't be worse then Carp... maybe

I'll take that advise under consideration .

WalleyeHunter24: "Small Mouth bass... the Carp of the BWCAW. "

Please, someone clue me in....why the snobbery regarding SMB?

WoolShirt: "

WalleyeHunter24: "Small Mouth bass... the Carp of the BWCAW. "

Please, someone clue me in....why the snobbery regarding SMB?"

The simplest answer is that the small mouth is not native to the boundary waters just as the common carp is not native to North America.

Fish not native to lakes

An interesting article about non-native fish in northern Minnesota

Double post ( mods please delete, thank you )

QueticoMike: " Fish not native to lakes

An interesting article about non-native fish in northern Minnesota"

This is killing me......Walleye also?

WoolShirt: "

QueticoMike: " Fish not native to lakes


An interesting article about non-native fish in northern Minnesota"

This is killing me......Walleye also? "

Here we go. Walleyes now? Man, I miss TGO.

QM.
Sorry I thought you were asking for pictures of this year's 2020 SM pictures
Love those dark fish...
Smallmouth. Gotta be my favorite
My favorite..

30 some post and 2 pictures
I'm out.........