Buffalo are a member of the sucker family of fishes, carp belong to the minnow family. both spawn in about the same way and at about the same time. They are very similar in appearance and color. The buffalo lacks the barbels of the common carp and has a mouth similar to a bass rather than the rubbery inferior mouth of the carp. Both species have recorded weights of near 80 pounds. Unless you get a good look they can be very had to tell apart .
.Gary S
badfish wrote:


Me and the family went camping over the Easter weekend and one of our stops was Lake Buchanan in the Central Texas Highland Chain. We didnt go there for fishing just as a stop along the way site seeing. Anyway to make a long story longer there were hundreds possibly thousands of huge carp all up in and around the dam and beach near the hydro electric station and visitors center. Most of these carp would have gone 25-50lbs with a few that would have been much heavier. Cold front had come through the night before and the wind was up and blowing into the corner. Because of the walkways etc. for public viewing we were able to get within inches of these fish, although I couldnt get my daughters to laydown on the concrete and touch them. Anyone know if this is the correct time for carp (buffalo) spawning in the hill country? Also saw a bunch of 4-5 ft longnose gar hanging around the carp. There wasnt any feeding activity going on with these fish that I could tell. They were grouping up into small pods of 5-6 fish and rubbing against each other, throwing water all over the place with their thrashing. Did not see any milt in the water so am not sure if the were actually spawning.


Robert Morger Boerne, TX
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