Went netting

[lil neet]

I went netting in streams up in So Cal mountains and cuaght these strange kinda large minnows .I saw them before when I wa slike 10 but then they were gone till this year .
I should have got a pic but I did want them to die so I threw them in pond quickly .
They are purplish color and the fins have like white tips on vent and tail fins .They have white tubicles coming out the front of there heads .
I cannot find a pic anyplace in native fish pics .
I figure its there spawning dress but any ideas?

 

[Bosco1025]

no real ideas, but if i were a fish, i would lose my spawning dress while being yanked out of the water by a net?

 

[lil neet]

Is that a question you are asking Bosco ?If so no.
Next time I will just remove the stream so the fish remain and I can just pick them off the ground so I will not have to net them.

 

[2004exrider]

Is that a question you are asking Bosco ?If so no.
Next time I will just remove the stream so the fish remain and I can just pick them off the ground so I will not have to net them.

 

[gar man]

thats just hilarious

 

[andy321]

They could be fathead minnows(Pimephales promelas)

 

[rainbowfishpc]

I should have got a pic but I did want them to die so I threw them in pond quickly .

Why did you want to kill them?

 

[indiana.dutton]

They could be creek chub. they have the same coloration around me is the face bumpy?

 

[lil neet]

The face is bumpy and they have white tips on there fins.
I found out what bigger ones are and they are Arroyo chubs.

 

[Six6tysix]

that was a random comment earlier lol