View Full Version : Can you identify this fish?
Chad55
07-02-2005, 1:08 AM
Alright my friend went down to this creek behind his house and it was almost all dried up so he caught these fishand we have no idea what they are. They are like a goldish color with a black line down the side of them. The largest one is about 3-4" long and about .75" tall. Very thin and long. They have quite large mouths but not like a bass or something. We have no idea what they are. Sorry i can't get pictures. Thank you
buddah101
07-02-2005, 11:03 AM
need pics to identify anything, and area your from....duh.
guppy
07-02-2005, 11:09 AM
Chad 55, where are you? I will try to find out what is in your area, or better yet hie thee hence to yon library and check out a field guide to fishes so you can directly compare them to the pics. Did they have soft fins or spiney, large scales or small? More info. Did you tank any? keep us posted.
shape sounds liek pickerel or sticklebacks but whats up with the color?
Chad55
07-15-2005, 11:03 PM
Well they were caught in southern michigan. They have soft fins, and almost like a tapioca color (like off-white u kno the pudding color haha). I still cant get any pictures because they are not at my house. Sorry about having no pictures. Oh yea they looked like they didnt even have scales and they stuck to the bottom, but they definatly were not a kind of catfish. Im gunna look around.
Chad55
07-15-2005, 11:06 PM
ohh yea they are shaped like a pike just without a long nose.
nativelover
07-16-2005, 3:18 AM
sounds like feeder rosey reds to me.lol. but seriousely it does. maybe their somkind of darter?
do they have downturned or sucker mouths? if so, could be a chub, chubsucker... maybe fathead minnow (Pimephales). If the mouths are terminal, probably darters. I don't know the fish from up north very well, though.
I think it might be a brook silverside. Or some type of minnow or shiner, there are lots that kinda match the description.
toxicfish
07-18-2005, 3:00 AM
chubbs maybe?
petstorekid
07-18-2005, 3:07 PM
Maybe a River Chubb. I live by a small creek in NE ohio. Thats all I catch down there, but If I move farther down stream by the dam...pike
Chad55
07-19-2005, 12:10 AM
I finally found it! They are goldline darters. Finally the mystery is over.Thank you all for your help.
I finally found it! They are goldline darters. Finally the mystery is over.Thank you all for your help.
How did you find out, also if you keep daters, they tend toneed good waterflow.
Chad55
07-22-2005, 1:53 PM
I just googled some of the suggestions put out by people on this thread and finally came up with it. Well he ended up letting them go anyways. :headshake After all that work and thats what I get. Well thanks