Personal Best Grassie

By Casey Shanaberger on Mon, 10/02/2017 - 19:46
Monday, October 2, 2017
Carp, Grass
Size: 
~30lbs

Wow. Still speechless with this mystical beast. I don't know how much the fishy gods were grinning today, but they smiled on me. Sightfished her picking around in rocks with a bread ball. She didn't even hesitate to slurp it in, which startled me a bit. Didn't fight all that hard, but the real fight began when she was netted. Went crazy the moment we got our hands on her. Thankfully she calmed for a picture and was quickly placed back in the water. Swam off strong.

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Corey - Tue, 10/03/2017 - 00:26

Awesome accomplishment.

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Casey Shanaberger - Tue, 10/03/2017 - 18:07

Thank you my good sir! it made my day to see this beast in my hands

2017 Undisputed Iowa Small Drum and Creek Chub Champion

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Hengelaar - Wed, 10/04/2017 - 08:14

Sight fished Grass Carp are the best Grass Carp!!

Fishn sure is neat

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Casey Shanaberger - Fri, 10/06/2017 - 10:20

Amen to that! Nothing better than seeing a 30 pound fish eating your bait

2017 Undisputed Iowa Small Drum and Creek Chub Champion

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FP4LifesDad - Thu, 10/05/2017 - 15:04

Killing it out there Casenator! Congrats buddy!

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Casey Shanaberger - Fri, 10/06/2017 - 10:19

Thank you! This one came as a huge surprise because grassies aren't typically active in the fall. You guys gotta make some trip down here to catch em next spring. Might not be a MN species, but they're big and fun and definitely a roughfish. Giant carpsuckers are what I call em.

2017 Undisputed Iowa Small Drum and Creek Chub Champion

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FP4LifesDad - Sun, 10/08/2017 - 19:11

For sure buddy!  Grassies are on our hitlist, and I've found not much on them in MN waters

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roughfish29 - Mon, 10/09/2017 - 00:17

That's a beast dude nice fish!!!

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Casey Shanaberger - Mon, 10/09/2017 - 08:40

Thanks Ben! Makes up for a bad season with these guys for sure!

2017 Undisputed Iowa Small Drum and Creek Chub Champion