Sacramento Pikeminnow? Please confirm ID

[IITUFFTOBEATII]

I'd like to get some of you guys with experience to give your thoughts. I am pretty sure these are pikeminnows but I would feel better about my ID with some confirmation.

Thank you.

 

[MN_Rebel]

Thought they were protected species?

 

[oscarcrazy]

I'd like to get some of you guys with experience to give your thoughts. I am pretty sure these are pikeminnows but I would feel better about my ID with some confirmation.

Thank you.

Sure looks like it, I'm just comparing your pics to a google search though.

 

[Danyal]

looks like it too me, hey, want some more green sunfish?

 

[IITUFFTOBEATII]

Thought they were protected species?

absolutely not.

in fact they are one of the few species you can take in CA with a spear or a bow & arrow

reference 08-09 California Freshwater Sport Fishing Regulations, pg 12 sections 2.25 & 2.30

the protected species in CA is the Colorado Pikeminnow

 

[IITUFFTOBEATII]

Sure looks like it, I'm just comparing your pics to a google search though.

thanks for the input.
i am hoping someone with first hand experience will chime in, i cannot find any pictures for reference at this size. the largest one is 3 inches, and at this size they resemble several other species that are in the same drainages, specifically the sacramento blackfish, and the hardhead.

 

[IITUFFTOBEATII]

looks like it too me, hey, want some more green sunfish?

pm me the details.

 

[IITUFFTOBEATII]

bump for positive ID

 

[proaquatics]

after looking around they look like squawfish(pike minnow) to me.

cool find i guess they get good size aswell

 

[pwmin]

IDK much about Sacramento pikeminnows, but Colorado Pikeminnows get a LOT larger than that.