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My wife and I headed out to the Snake today above Swan Falls Dam to do a little exploring and fishing. I've only lived in Idaho about 8 months now so I am still learning the waters, this was my third time fishing the Snake from my boat. So after launching we headed up river maybee seven or eight miles before stopping to fish. We were targeting Bass, mostly tossing T-rigged worms at the shoreline. But as I have seen alot on the Snake fish were surfacing all over. So I start throwing a top-water when I see a few fish come clean out of the water in the 5-7lb class. It happens so quickly that I am not sure what kind of fish they were. I don't think they were Sallies, all of the Smallmouth that I have caught there have been about 13inches and under, today I caught 4 and my wife caught 1, all on Roboworms. They are little guys, but they fight hard though and are fun to catch. So I'm wondering if they were Carp surfacing??? If anyone else is familiar with this part of the river, do you know what different kinds of fish are present there? And if they were Carp does anyone have any tips for catching them. I C&R pretty much all of my fish anyway so I don't care if Carp taste good. All I know is a 5+ lb fish at the end of my line stripping drag sounds good to me.
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I guarentee you the fish jumping were carp. I cant catch them suckers!
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Mojo
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I caught a 23 inche pre spawn smallie up in that section of river about 6 years ago. There are some large fish up there. If the on that jumped at your topwater lure was bright orangeish gold, it was a carp. If it was dark green/brown/black looking, it was a pig smallie, and you need to shoot me the GPS coordinates of your spot. 
Carp take flies. I've done well on green wooly buggers and very small crayfish patterns up there. They also love corn. Soak the corn in moleasses for a day or two to sweeten the pot.
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LUV2PLUG
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More than likely it was a Carp, but like Mojo said if it was darker it was a piggie smallie. I have seen plenty down there come out of the water. A mayfly would be a good choice down there they are everywhere. As they start do dye off watch for foamy eddies, I have seen them sipping off the top on many occasions and can be caught this way.
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Bearsfan
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Yup it was a carp. Wife and I were at Brownlee and saw plenty of them the same weekend. I think I saw one that was pushing 40" or so, came out of the water like a humpback whale. Chum with corn and tie a corn pattern and hold onnn...
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Mojo
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Bearsfan, chumming is illegal in Idaho. Just thought I'd point that out.
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Joe not if your barfin it over the side 
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Mojo
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Classic Doug! 
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