help on species of fish?

[CLIPHunter]

hi im not quite sure the species of fish that this is.....i have a hunch it is a rocky mountain whitefish, that came from the bow river...i caught it in the south sask river....and there are good number of this size of fish where i caught it....anyone know the species? people around here say it is chub...a kind of bait fish

[fishingwithpole]

It's flathead chub.

FWP

[Geezle]

Looks like bait to me!

[baitfisher83]

TH cant play nice...lmao, looks like the lake chub from sundance....

[walker197]

...chub...by the way...nice pants...:)

[Sundancefisher]

trying to be tricky?

It would help for a quicker identification to know where you caught it. Mouth is pretty big and shape and color looks like a northern pike minnow.

River? Lake? BC?

[ChrisRenaud]

Flathead chub :wave:

[Geezle]

...chub...by the way...nice pants...:)

OMG I can't believe i missed those pants!!! :lol:

[209x50]

chub

[DarkAisling]

Does it have an andipose fin? I can't see one in the picture.

[slickinfinite]

all I know is it isnt a rocky mountain whitefish, the mout is shaped wrong and to large for that species.

[DarkAisling]

I'm thinkin' that Sun is right. The mouth doesn't look long enough to be a chub.

[Cal]

trying to be tricky?

It would help for a quicker identification to know where you caught it. Mouth is pretty big and shape and color looks like a northern pike minnow.

River? Lake? BC?

He said he caught it in the south saskachewan river, and Bill and Ted want their pants back.

[WayneChristie]

no whitefish guaranteed, surprised you caught anything with those pants on!!!! except a hungry lion:lol: just kidding, its a chub

[nicemustang]

Chub, looks like a candle lake shiner though too.

[RedHeadedFisherman]

hi im not quite sure the species of fish that this is.....i have a hunch it is a rocky mountain whitefish, that came from the bow river...i caught it in the south sask river....and there are good number of this size of fish where i caught it....anyone know the species? people around here say it is chub...a kind of bait fish

could be a silvery minnow or a river shiner
check out http://books.google.ca/books?id=zSucroWOresC&dq=The+Fishes+of+Alberta+(1992,+Nelson+and+Paetz,+ University+of+Alberta+Press).+identification+of+th e+fishes+of+alberta&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=0BGvSsCPGoPYsgO2sfG-Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4#v=onepage&q=&f=false

[RedHeadedFisherman]

trying to be tricky?

It would help for a quicker identification to know where you caught it. Mouth is pretty big and shape and color looks like a northern pike minnow.

River? Lake? BC?

look here
http://images.google.ca/images?sourceid=navclient&rlz=1T4GGLJ_en___CA328&q=northern+pike+minnow&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=lRSvSsLjEIfUtgPR0ey-Cw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1

[blackmamba]

He said he caught it in the south saskachewan river, and Bill and Ted want their pants back.

Bill and ted want their pant s back , I don t care who you are thats funny !!!! Ahhh thats a good one ..

[uicehole]

Can't tell if there's an adipose or not. Have to guess it's a longnose dace because of the length of the snout. I can't believe no one said mtn whitefish - that's a good sign.

[DarkAisling]

I'm thinkin' that Sun is right. The mouth doesn't look long enough to be a chub.

Tried to go back and edit this, as I gibbled it up, but I've no longer got the edit function on this post.

The mouth doesn't look short enough to be a chub was what I meant to type.

[BBJTKLE&FISHINGADVENTURES]

Mouth is pretty big and shape and color looks like a northern pike minnow.

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Thats what I was thinking .Fish in question
http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/attachment.php?attachmentid=14852&d=1252978585

Pike minnow
http://www.combat-fishing.com/squawfsh.gif

[SCRUB]

I would think that it is a pikeminnow and below are the very rare sunburned Zebra pants.....haven't seen those in a long time they tend to stay in bed for long periods of time...........jk

[CLIPHunter]

your all just jelous of my zebra shorts lol and thanks all i needed to know was that......that there bait......good ice fishing bait!

[seahawkfisher]

i havent seen the vision mark "gonzo" gonzalez print in a long time; brings back some good memories. as for pikeminnow, they dont look anything like that

http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.thejump.net/id/more-fish/northern-pikeminnow.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thejump.net/id/northern-pikeminnow.htm&h=240&w=320&sz=33&tbnid=AtzR87BpwoagwM:&tbnh=89&tbnw=118&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnorthern%2Bpikeminnow&hl=en&usg=__wfoCKZfOSOE0JO5TvL6OKeQBVbs=&ei=9RKwStG7JoGuNvms5fIN&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=2&ct=image

cheers

[Sundancefisher]

Definitely not a finescaled or red belly dace, nor lake chub, nor spot tailed shiner, nor a fathead minnow...

If caught from the Sask I would have to say Flathead Chub.

[RedHeadedFisherman]

hi im not quite sure the species of fish that this is.....i have a hunch it is a rocky mountain whitefish, that came from the bow river...i caught it in the south sask river....and there are good number of this size of fish where i caught it....anyone know the species? people around here say it is chub...a kind of bait fish

Hmm this still is not 1000% indentified ? look at these pics?

i for one think they are if not the same fish.. preety damm close

[Walleyes]

Hmm this still is not 1000% indentified ? look at these pics?

i for one think they are if not the same fish.. preety damm close

Sorry Redhead,, but that ain't no pike,, I can't say what it is forsure but I do know it ain't no pike..

[EarthDaddy]

:lol: I'm still wanting to know if those pants are black on white or white on black

[WayneChristie]

Sorry Redhead,, but that ain't no pike,, I can't say what it is forsure but I do know it ain't no pike..

big difference between pike and pikeminnow, also known as squawfish. also known as pike Bait if I catch them!!!

[Walleyes]

big difference between pike and pikeminnow, also known as squawfish. also known as pike Bait if I catch them!!!

K my mistake then,, just took for granted the post was meant to be a Pike.. Like I said I realy have no idea what it is,, well I do its a minnow and I wouldn't eat it thats good enough for me..

[Sundancefisher]

K my mistake then,, just took for granted the post was meant to be a Pike.. Like I said I realy have no idea what it is,, well I do its a minnow and I wouldn't eat it thats good enough for me..

Gotta love them northern pike minnows...

We do have them in Alberta...but to the north.

The mouth just looks funny on his pics.

[RedHeadedFisherman]

Sorry Redhead,, but that ain't no pike,, I can't say what it is forsure but I do know it ain't no pike..

no not a pike.. a PIKEMINNOW two diff fish
:evilgrin:

[fisherwoman]

So how did one catch the chub/pikeminnow fish? On a hook or lure of some sort?

[duffy4]

Google+lake chub=

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b174/duffy4/FLATHEAD20CHUB.jpg

I have caught plenty of them in the North Sask. around Edm. Caught lots in the Athabasca lowere reaches as well.

[BobLoblaw]

That's yer winner right there; perfect match, Duffy!

[WayneChristie]

ID say Duffy has the winning ticket. bet worms would catch those.

[fishingwithpole]

Look at this site.

http://www.bio.txstate.edu/~tbonner/txfishes/platygobio%20gracilis.htm

FWP

[WayneChristie]

well we are a little north of Montana, but I would definitely agree on some sort of chub for sure. In England they are a sought after game fish, glad we are across the pond :lol:

[CLIPHunter]

So how did one catch the chub/pikeminnow fish? On a hook or lure of some sort?
i used a small J hook and a little peice of worm or i usualy get them in my minnow traps well trapping shinners

[fisherwoman]

So can you eat a lake chub?

[CLIPHunter]

So can you eat a lake chub?

you could if you wanted to lol....its like a smelt but why would you want to lol

[fisherwoman]

I like to try everything once. Even sucker fish. but maybe not twice hahaha!

[CLIPHunter]

I like to try everything once. Even sucker fish. but maybe not twice hahaha!
i do agree with you there....SUCKER! no thats a little gross....but there are alot of these fish here prob catch 50 or so easly in a couple hrs

[fisherwoman]

i do agree with you there....SUCKER! no thats a little gross....but there are alot of these fish here prob catch 50 or so easly in a couple hrs
Ya the sucker was a little gross. It would have been ok smoked i think, as it is a oilier meat.

[CLIPHunter]

Ya the sucker was a little gross. It would have been ok smoked i think, as it is a oilier meat.
i just dont think i could stomic it.....knowing what they eat...."EVERYTHING" lol

[fisherwoman]

i just dont think i could stomic it.....knowing what they eat...."EVERYTHING" lol
There diets aren't too different from the diet of a walleye if u think about it

[CLIPHunter]

There diets aren't too different from the diet of a walleye if u think about it
yeah i guess so but still it is a sucker lol

[Sundancefisher]

So can you eat a lake chub?

question is do you eat the tape worms inside the chub?

[DarkAisling]

Yeah, Duffy's pic looks like a match.

Here's the northern pike minnow picture that I was looking at:
http://www.fpc.org/bon_jda/Pictures/northern%20pikeminnow.jpg (http://www.fpc.org/bon_jda/Pictures/northern%20pikeminnow.jpg)

Fish ID gives me a headache. They all look the same! :lol:

[fisherwoman]

question is do you eat the tape worms inside the chub?

tape worms???? um ewwwww! Well i was hoping to lose 5 pounds this summer... just kidding. that is really gross.

[kitchen]

trying to be tricky?

It would help for a quicker identification to know where you caught it. Mouth is pretty big and shape and color looks like a northern pike minnow.

River? Lake? BC?

pike fry? how much does it cost for a ticket to your planet?

[duffy4]

He said "pike minnow" you said "pike fry" big difference.