Berry Barry vs Amtrak Submarines

[Terry Green]

Terry: Here's a nice bighead I shot in the Des Moines River yesterday afternoon. I'm sorry I can't figure out how to post this stuff, but thought the guys would like to see it. Got it from shore and all on video too. This one is 24 lbs. I got seven this week over 20 lbs. Lots of fun. Yes... I'm a professional funseeker. Thanks. BW

   


Here's another one I got last week. This one went 28 lbs. Kind of like sinking an arrow into Amtrak going through. I got rope burns. BW

   

[JC]

How does one serve "Fillet-O-Freight Train"?   :eek:

[vermonster13]

Nice fish!

[Widowbender]

Carp Pie, Anyone??    

Nice feesh Barry!!          


David

[bbassi]

Nice Fish sir! Are those the flying carp I hear about in the Ill. River system?

[pseman]

Nice fish! What kind of fish is it?

[Shaun]

Locomotive sport shooting. Pro funseeker is a good vocation. Way to set the standard for play.

[Barry Wensel]

Thanks guys. The way I understand it the fish you see on TV jumping out of the water hitting people up side the head are called "silvers". I think they only get up to like 15 lbs. max. These here are called Bigheads which are a sub-specie of the silvers. I guess we're lucky they don't jump as they get over 100 lbs. I sunk an arrow in one a couple years ago that I got a good look at that HAD to go over 80 lbs. I was on a steep bank on shore. I couldn't come close to stopping him. He apparently took my solid fiberglass shaft around a log because he broke the arrow in half right behind the fish point. They are originally from China. Supposedly, they got into the Mississippi River systems in the 1930s when a guys private pond washed out in a flood near St. Louis. bw

[Jack Denbow]

WOW those things are monsters.

[clear]

Hey Barry are those things more for to shoot than huntin whitetails. If they were the ones that jumped out of the water you will need a 12 ga. to bring them down.HAHA!!

[LEOPARD]

Very nice fish there, Barry! Well done and congrats!  

[Jason R. Wesbrock]

Barry,

You are correct. The "jumping fish" are silver carp. What you shot were bighead carp. Lots of fun to shoot, and I hear they actually taste good.

[Barry Wensel]

I tried eating a couple 20 lbers last year. When you lay the filet back the top meat is white whereas the bottom half is darker meat. I just threw away all the dark meat. Not only was it not bad, it wasn't bad at all. Not real fishy/strong tasting flesh (although their outside slime is pretty robust) and no major bone issues. I'll say this, I've eaten store-bought fish that were much stronger tasting. I just tend to shy away from eating fish from major rivers that have any industry upstream. I guess I was spoiled with too many years of clear water fish in Montana. bw

[bowhunterfrompast]

Hey Barry, you have to careful being a professional funseeker. It takes all the fun out of it    Looks like you had a great time.