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    Quote Originally Posted by Crappie Buster View Post
    I don't know if I've ever caught one on Wylie, but they are thick on Lake Murray. I've caught them trolling, tightlining, jigging, casting.... Probably 15-20 years ago I actually cleaned one and ate it. I chopped his head off and used tin snips to go right down his back. There's two "tenderloin" looking strips of pretty white meat that you can carve out. To be honest, it was actually pretty good. A different texture meat, but it I cut them into little scallop sized pieces and that's kind of what it reminded me of. It was a lot of work to clean though.
    I have eat one too, it was good but too much trouble to clean!
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    Quote Originally Posted by tackleboat View Post
    I’ve caught plenty at Murray. I’ve fed them a lot of shiners around Rocky CK and Swaggerts.


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    i have caught plenty of them casting for stripers at murray for sure, but I been catching them at wylie this year too while cat fishing! They like white perch!
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    Quote Originally Posted by BigDawgg View Post
    They have been in Wylie for a long long time. Lots below the dam. We always seen them above the dam in the summer time dead along the shore line. The boat traffic keeps them pushed back to where they can't just lounge around on top basking in the sun. Fun to catch but usually takes a lure with them when they break the line. Some people use nylon rope attached to fishing line and reel it across the top of the water and they will hit it and get snagged in the nylon with those sharp teeth. Years ago bow hunters shot them from the ledge of the dam on the Fort Mill side of the dam. I never saw that as a sport just to kill them and leave them laying on the rocks. They get real big if left alone!
    A ton of them above mills creek up into southfork right now!
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    Wife and her friend where in my boat at perch point and her friend caught one. I did just cut the line. Nobody wanted to kiss it
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    A ton of them above mills creek up into southfork right now!

    You can keep them up there!

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    Funny if I am catching fish they can be a nuisance. If they are the only thing bitting bring them on
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    Dawg, I have a small tackle box dedicated to those toothy fish. I have several nylon rope lures....some all white, some with painted red head, some garlic juice to add to them, etc. You sight fish for them and cast your lure out in front of 'em working it like a bass lure. When they hit give 'em line and let that nylon get good and wrapped up in that bill then he's yours. A leather glove to handle the fish and a hairbrush to brush out the knots in the lure after retrieving it from the toothy jaws and youre back to fishing. Lots of fun when youre young and just HAVE to fish when nothing else will bite
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    Tons in Wylie. They're native. They were there before the lake was. I caught one this spring during the crappie fling thing we had. about 36". Was released to aggravate someone else another day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TreednNC View Post
    Tons in Wylie. They're native. They were there before the lake was. I caught one this spring during the crappie fling thing we had. about 36". Was released to aggravate someone else another day.
    He’s in Beaverdam CK if ya wanna catch again. His whole family with him.


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    Just over the border in NC - Lake Waccamaw - we've caught big Gar on ultralight Crappie and Bass gear -while fishing for largemouth bass, white bass, and white perch (white bass and white perch are abundant at Lake Waccamaw). We've lost about half of them trolling for perch, either immediately or while scrambling for the net, but landed the other fine. Caught a nearly 4 foot gar while bass fishing on an ultralight rod and still got him on the boat thanks to my son grabbing him as he was too big for the net. We've since got a bigger net due to the frequency we're catching Gar and Bowfin while fishing for other fish. It's crazy how big if a fish you can pull in on 8lb line and an ultralight rod if you're careful. The one's we've lost, base on were the line broke, were due to the teeth and not normal line breaking.

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