Got out today

[Wes]

fished at high park lake. mostly this day was to acquaint my wife to some of the mechanics of casting a fly. she did well. no fish for her but she enjoyed herself.

i spent most of my time with leona so made maybe a dozen casts with one of quiviria kids chartreuse too simple panfish flies. got one fish and i have no idea what kind of fish it is. someone id this fish?





This made me very happy. My wife Leona.

[branhap]

Looks like the dreaded Asian Carp.

[Wes]

looks like y'all are right branhap, probably the silver one.. this one was caught in an urban lake in derby kansas, high park lake. not good news.

[DaveP63]

Big Shad???

[Panman]

My guess (based on reading a fish book). A gizzard shad.

Tim
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...F4P0swPklYXBCg

[Wes]

shad does account for the spot. although some kind of shad was my first thought i had no real idea what it was. didn't fight much i've had 5" gills tussle a good deal more. the education continues.

[Gandolf]

Hi Wes,

One more vote for a shad. I never try to touch one if I catch it, the smell is pretty bad, and the smell sticks to you or your boots or clothes.

Regards,

Gandolf

[Wes]

Hi Wes,

One more vote for a shad. I never try to touch one if I catch it, the smell is pretty bad, and the smell sticks to you or your boots or clothes.

Regards,



Gandolf

i didn't notice any particularly strong odor with this fish. no more or less than any other healthy fish.

[billknepp]

Looks like a huge thread fin shad to me.. But we don't have them here so I could be wrong on that... I don't think the asian carp have the spot... and are filter feeders so not likely to be caught with any kind of gear... from what I've seen they are also the ulgliest fish on the planet!

[hugefish_80]

Gizzard shad! A big one at that. I hope you cut him up and used him for catfish bait...