Name that fish.

[Rockjockey]

Not sure what kind of fish this is.
I hiked into a tributary of the Athabasca River by Edson and was walking along and this little guy caught my eye. It had a damaged tail fin so wasn't moving around much. Overall length was around 2.5 - 3 inches.

What is it.....Brown, Bull, Brook Rainbow, Walleye.......

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/89826631/fish.jpg

RJ

[Rikkles Fisher]

Looks like a perch to me, that's my guess.

[6mm rem]

Looks like a yellow perch

[Talking moose]

It's a walleye. Or sauger. But I'm not sure about sauger being in the athabasca drainage...

[Hydro1]

Looks like a walleye to me.

[Joholio]

$1 on perch

[Kurt505]

Walleye, no doubt.

[FlyTheory]

Juvi walleye.

[chriscosta]

Walleye hands down

[GrandMasterFish]

The title says name that fish so I'm going with Steve.

[recce43]

The title says name that fish so I'm going with Steve.
beat me to it lol frank it is

[catnthehat]

The title says name that fish so I'm going with Steve.

Sorry GMF, I think Recce has it nailed as Frank, it just doesn't look like a Bob to me!:scared0018:
Cat

[Speckle55]

That's Walters cousin Freda

lots of these around Edson

http://forum.nanfa.org/index.php/topic/5421-new-juvenile-walleye-photos/

David:)

[VanIsleGuy]

I googled young walleye and found this :) :) :)


http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q686/VanIslandGuy/Screen%20Shot%202015-07-12%20at%207.47.19%20PM_zpsdrflwqpe.png

[Lefty-Canuck]

I googled young walleye and found this :) :) :)


http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q686/VanIslandGuy/Screen%20Shot%202015-07-12%20at%207.47.19%20PM_zpsdrflwqpe.png

:)

When perch grow up they must become walleye....so a young walleye is a perch?

LC

[Rockjockey]

Thanks Guys,
Really hope "Steve" is not a perch. It is damn near white in color, not the typical yellows and greens and in a normally productive trout stream in a watershed that isn't really known to have perch. Hence my "What the heck is it?" thread.
What is alarming is the location. It, and now that I think of it a bunch of its brethren (thought they were little whites schooling in the pools), are infesting Obed Creek about about 300 yards up from the mouth into the Athabasca.

Could be more trouble for the Athabasca Rainbows.

RJ

[Kim473]

I would say perch by the stripes.

[GWC]

Thanks Guys,
Really hope "Steve" is not a perch. It is damn near white in color, not the typical yellows and greens and in a normally productive trout stream in a watershed that isn't really known to have perch. Hence my "What the heck is it?" thread.
What is alarming is the location. It, and now that I think of it a bunch of its brethren (thought they were little whites schooling in the pools), are infesting Obed Creek about about 300 yards up from the mouth into the Athabasca.

Could be more trouble for the Athabasca Rainbows.

RJ
.....in my humble opinion your fish is neither perch or Walleye. It's gotta be some type of chub or food fish.

[DiabeticKripple]

I'm gonna say walleye, based off juvenile pike having stripes in their young years as well.

[Joholio]

$1 on perch


$2.. you guys and gals never saw a perch before? Lol jk I dont think its uncommon for perch to be found in the Edson area but hey...

[FreshAirGetter]

Walleye juvey

[Rockjockey]

And the answer from the Biologist at the ESRD is........Steve is a perch. First occurence the Biologist has personally heard of in Obed Creek, it has been documented before by other workers. I gave him the location of the pools they are in and he was going to do some digging.
They are not concerned as there has been numerous reports of perch in the creeks of the Athabasca above Whitecourt. It has been documented that the perch cannot colonize these waterways due to the environment not conducive to their spawning habits.

RJ

[ctown]

Obed lake has perch so some have probably just followed the water.

[Kurt505]

It's a walleye!

[EZM]

Keep in mind not all fish will have appropriately developed pigmentation ..... so it could be a perch missing some pigmentation....??? That's likely what that is.

Based on colration alone - looks like a Sauger too - but they are not know to be present where you took the photo as far as I know.

One thing is for sure - that picture makes it tough (impossible) definitively proclaim an accurate identification.

[waterhawk]

I think it is a Brook Stickleback. Rockjockey, check with the biologist as to whether this is possible. Your picture looks very close to pictures on line of a Brook Stickleback.

[TippyCanoe]

http://www.fisheriessociety.org/AFSmontana/SSCimages/Pictures/Sauger%20Picture%202.jpg

Juvenile walleye. No doubt.

[FreshAirGetter]

http://www.fisheriessociety.org/AFSmontana/SSCimages/Pictures/Sauger%20Picture%202.jpg

Juvenile walleye. No doubt.

Yeah, I'm sticking to that as well regardless of what anyone says. I caught the same thing in Pembina the other day, and I know it wasn't a perch! But mine was like 12 inches..

[Talking moose]

http://www.fisheriessociety.org/AFSmontana/SSCimages/Pictures/Sauger%20Picture%202.jpg

Juvenile walleye. No doubt.

That's a sauger. Spotted dorsal fin, light colouring......

[waterhawk]

Brook Stickleback Sightings

---Rockjockey: This was posted some time ago on our forum. Maybe forward your picture to Cory and see what he says.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hi,

I am a researcher at the University of Calgary, starting a project on brook stickleback. I am currently looking for lakes which contain them, so I can sample multiple populations. If you know of a lake, or have a lake on your land which you know to contain brook stickleback, please contact me. I would appreciate any information that you may be able to provide me. Thank you very much!

-Cory
cskremer@ucalgary.ca

[Hydro1]

That's a sauger. Spotted dorsal fin, light colouring......

X2..:thinking-006: