What the heck kinda fish is this?

[ClearSkyGuy]

What kind of fish am I holding? My guess is River Redhorse. No it does not look like a horse. Yes its a live fish. Yes its not a big fish. Its also not troute, or a largemouth base. I doubt its a smallmouth either. Add your S....A.. commet here (I would).

OK, it was cought on the Pigeon River in NE Indiana. It was one of the bigger ones I caught. Ran into a guy fishing next to the Ontario Dam. His best was 17" Brown Trout, not too bad. Any way what the heck kinda fish is this?

By the way, how does every upload such large pictures?

Joe

[Big Bad Wulff]

Looks like a cross between a bass and a trout. I'm sure that is not possible, but......

[DG]

Perhaps a link to a larger photograph?

Oops, sorry, didn't read your last line. My bad.

I put photos on my photobucket.com site, and then put the image into the post. Instructions are on the site here. Be sure to make sure the photo is less than 800 pixels wide or it will mess up the rest of the posts after it. Or just put in a link to a larger photo at photbucket or some other hosting site.

[ClearSkyGuy]

After some fancy foot work (thanks for the pointers), here's a bigger but doubtfully better view of the fish.

Here it is in all of its original glory!

[hap]

It has been many years since I saw one, but isn't that a small smallmouth?
art

[hap]

http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/west...mouth_bass.JPG

Darker due to water conditions or lighting... but the same fish, to me..

[ClearSkyGuy]

I'd be happy with smallmouth. Now that you mention it the mouth does look similar and it does have a stripe or two on the cheek, but its faint. The coloring is not what I would expected. Still... a smallmouth would be good.

Joe

[JohnScott]

...By the way, how does every upload such large pictures?

Joe

Joe -

You have a PM.

John

[mashtom]

I agree its a smallie. I have seen them get pretty dark. Haven't fish the pigeon in quite some time. good job

[ClearSkyGuy]

The Pigeon is the only decent river with 45 minuts of my house (NE Indiana). I met someone who said they caught a 17" brown, on a fly, at the base of the Ontario dam a week ago. He did it with the river down a foot and the water temperature near its summer high. So in addition to small to medium smallies there are real fish in there too. Not bad! It has shiners too so its a mixed bag but, a 17" brown will keep me coming back until I catch THAT fish!