Take a look at this shiner

[dominicolas]

I assume that it is a blacktail shiner but I could be wrong. I really regret not putting this one in a tank. I have two others in other tanks but neither one is as pretty as this one. Also I caught it on a hook, I've kind of mastered the hooking of the smallest fish possible.

 

[frasertheking]

looks like a small roach but i might be wrong

 

[MonsterFishKeeper82]

Hes nice. He would of been tanked in my case.

 

[teleost]

Sure looks like C. venusta (Blacktail) to me as well.

Great job on the catch, photo and ID

 

[meepster]

hmmm usually people want to hook the big fish

What did you use for bait?

 

[rjmtx]

Nice catch, where'd you get him? You know, this is one of those fish you can keep without a hook... The big colorful ones are males, they also get tuburcles (lumps) all over their heads when they're breeding. They're everywhere around here, and look good in a big school. If you want colorful minnows, there are lots of red shiners around here, too. Texas Logperch are also great tank specimens. Good luck, you'll be surpised with the variety of stuff you can catch in our part of the world. If you hook a Sailfin Molly, let me know-that could be a first! Hint-Coleto Creek is full of big ones.

 

[dominicolas]

I used a little peice of worm for bait. I was actually going for perch.

Heres the story

In febuary I discvered a pond near my house off in the forest (southeast austin near onion creek). It was beeding all sorts of nasty insects including millions of mosquitos by march. It looked like it was a really old stalking pond. My father and I decided it needed some fish so we seined baby sunfish and minows out of onion creek. All the fish were just an inch or less. Every few weeks I would fish it with tiny hooks to keep track of the fish's growth and species. The fish got huge In just a few months and this is one that suprised me. I had no idea the minows would get this big. I know it's a small fish but by minow standards I would say that it's a catch.

 

[armac]

small hooks=small fish

 

[dominicolas]

thanks for that insight reverse. haha

 

[rjmtx]

We've caught some venustas pushing 5". They get really gnarly looking that big and get a hooked jaw that reminds me of a big trout or salmon.