Any ideas what this fish is (photos included)

[SKershaw]

Well, I had a good time at the settling pond last night. I caught a boat-load of bluegills. Fortunately I had the photographer (wife) with me and I am glad she snapped these pictures. I wasn't sure what this fish was. I caught three (3) of these. All of them had funky red sore-like issues on their bodies The only thing I can think of was that they were minnows on Scott's Fertilizer Steroids or something. Thanks in advance for the help!







Happy Fishin' Y'all!

[Scooter]

SKershaw,
I believe that that is a Fallfish.
If it looked like a minnow, it's because it is in the minnow family, in fact it's one of the largest members of the minnow family.
Scooter.

[sagefisher]

Here are a few links to the ID page for Fallfish:

http://www.thejump.net/id/fallfish.htm

http://www.cnr.vt.edu/efish/families/fallfish.html

http://www.talkflyfishing.com/index.php?showtopic=10464

http://pond.dnr.cornell.edu/nyfish/Cypr ... lfish.html


I was thinking it could be a member of the Shad family but that would only have been a wild guess.

Larry

Shad ID sites:

http://indian-river.fl.us/fishing/fish/herramsh.html

http://www.landbigfish.com/fish/fish.cfm?ID=114

http://www.chesapeakebay.net/info/american_shad.cfm

http://www.landbigfish.com/fish/fish.cfm?ID=182

[JRL]

Down here in the southeast we call those "shiners".

[RDL]

Down here in the southeast we call those "shiners".

Same here in Wi and MN, maybe even a really light Golden Shiner...

Have caught some nice LM Bass on those

[chris from canada]

Yup !

Have caught quite a few of those while bass fishing.

They enjoy small poppers in the evening.

We also call them shiner arround my part of the country.

They are steaks to the large, and smallmouth bass populations in the lakes I fish.

Nice catch!!!

Have had smallmouths hit the hooked shinner while bringing them in.

Have a great evening,
chris

[BigFlatBrook]

That looks somewhat like a fallfish, but I think it's something else. Fallfish are native to the East Coast, and I've caught them from New Jersey north into Maine.

I'm a little surprised that they would be native to Nebraska also, and further surprised why anyone would stock them outside of their native range.

I think the body is a little deep for a fallfish, and I don't thnk the mouth is quite right from what I can see. But the big, shiny scales are right on. Bottom line, related but something else.

[Philly]

It's most likely a golden shiner. I've caught them them on small poppers and they're pretty wide spread, native, according to the book, to southern Canada and eastern North America south to Texas, but widely stocked in the West, and raised for bait across the country. They can grow up to 12 inches
I tend to associate fallfish with fast moving, freestone streams you see here in the Northeast. I've never encountered them in lakes. They're a smaller fish averaging about 4 inches.

[MOturkE]

Probably a shiner. We have some in one of my favorite lakes here, the remnants of all those baitfish that folks can't dump in a trash can. I've often wondered why a person who skewers a little fish with hooks most of the day would turn around and feel sorry for his 50 - 100 little friends and dump them into a non-native habitat out of the kindness of their hearts? Just kill the little blighters for cryin' out loud. They'll likely end up ruining most good fisheries if it's allowed to continue.

Just my 2 cents.

[MikieFinn]

The shape, color and most important deeply bowed lateral line clearly show this to be a golden shiner.
Since they are most popular baitfish sold across USA they can be fpound in just about every little (or big) puddle of water. It's a one of the largest members of minnow family in North America. Considering the fact that they do not grow over 12 inches you git a "trophy" there. We catch them around here all of the time.

They are not your typical tymid little fish. Shiners this size are quite aggressive and are happy to take flies and small live bait like mealworms.

Their presence is quite good for any water since they are quite prolific and thus provide forage base for other fish.