Looking for a little help on this fella from yesterday; he's about 8" long. Some kind of shiner, maybe? Never caught one of these before; thanks for any help...
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Looking for a little help on this fella from yesterday; he's about 8" long. Some kind of shiner, maybe? Never caught one of these before; thanks for any help...
There have never in history been so many opportunities to do so many things that aren't worth doing. - William Gaddis
Looks like what we used to call a Roach or Shiner back in my younger days in New Jersey. We periodically would catch big ones like that while trying to catch smaller ones to use as live bait.
Dennis
I was curious as to what part of the country "that" came out of ....
Looks like some version of a Whitefish??
What type? Certainly not American or Hickory, and not gizzard.Originally Posted by NJTroutbum
I'd go with golden shiner, especially because of the shape of the lateral line.
Bob
South-central Kansas
There have never in history been so many opportunities to do so many things that aren't worth doing. - William Gaddis
At first glance, I considered it might be what we call in these parts, a small white bass, but I can't see clearly enough of the dorsal fin. Now that would be a BIG shiner for what we have around here, at least for what I've seen. But thanks for posting it.
Looks like a shiner to me. Though not native to CA some lakes have populations that developed from shiners acquired for bait that escaped or were released. The fish we have are Golden Shiners but the color varies and they can appear more silver or bronze or slightly olive. I have caught several that look very much like the one in the photo.
Holy Crap!...Yeah, I reckon it could be. Never caught a shiner that big personally. But it does look like one. I've caught shad though that look just like it as well.
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