What kind of fish is this?

[cschache]

Been catching these in a local lake where i live and im not sure what they are, some people call them chop but ive never heard of it, can someone let me know? thanks

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[the local angler]

lake chub i think

[EZM]

Lake Chub.

The positive identifying characteristics are the small barbel at corner of a terminal mouth, with a flat, rounded head.

Some Flathead minnows look very similar but don't have that piece of skin (barbel) at corner of mouth.

[cschache]

thanks for the responses, last couple of years have been catching a lot more of them and I never really new what exactly they were, thanks for the identification help!!

[kostianych]

Keep it for pike ;)

[chriscosta]

Yeah I'd be keeping em for bait ...nice size minnow

[cschache]

Think ill start keeping them then and use them when I go to larger lakes for larger fish,would I salt them before I freeze them or just freeze em?

[58thecat]

Freeze em as is.
Salt em if you want to eat em:)

[the local angler]

they are very fun to catch if you do like i do, like a kid just a stick line tiny float and hook. sometimes i target them just for the kid fun aspect. but for the freezing process i have heard chubs have a tendency to fall apart at the belly after freezing but the rest stay intact.

[Zip-in-Z]

Looks like a .... Flathead Minnow ..... see ....


http://wsow.brbc.ab.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=257&Itemid=186

[huntsfurfish]

Soak in brine before freezing. Firms them up.