Buffalo, Black GeluNumber1

Submitted by GeluNumber1 on Wed, 07/01/2020 - 00:44
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Species:

  • Buffalo, Black
Location: 
Mississippi River, MN
Date Caught: 
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Notes: 
Wow! Caught this while trying for some redhorse for the water cleanup challenge for week five. This fish had been hooked before - there was a deeply taken hook that I couldn't remove without risking harm to the fish. Shout out to the facebook group for the ID help and Graceclaw for the proportions on the third photo. I never thought in a million years I'd have the privilege to catch this fish, let alone in Minnesota waters that I had fished dozens of times before.
Strains, Subspecies, and Hybrids: 

Comments

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TonyS

Wed, 07/01/2020 - 11:08

Awesome catch!  Great to see more Black Buffs in the area, hopefully this is a good sign for the future!  Hopefully that old hook becomes encysted or is shed and the fish lives a long life and makes more Black Buffs