What is this fish???

[tacklerunner]

Caught this little dude, 6 or 7 inches off of the dock at Lac Des Roches north of Kamloops. I have no idea what it is. Anyone?

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc416/tacklerunner/Sheridan%20Lake/IMG_0974.jpg

[chubbdarter]

nice pic....thank for sharing

[biggamehunter]

couble be a whitefish of some sort?

[WayneChristie]

pretty sure its a fish

[chubbdarter]

couble be a whitefish of some sort?


not a rocky or lake....no apidose

might be a pea mouth...but i think its from the chub family

[WayneChristie]

not a rocky or lake....no apidose

might be a pea mouth

that a close relative of a potty mouth?

[TyreeUM]

how about a moonshine eye

[Daceminnow]

spawned out interior koi. usually got a lot more color to em than that there one.

[tacklerunner]

It's not a squaw. Caught plenty of these Northern Pike Minnows, I think the technical name is Pickeral. Took Dad and his 3 & 5 yr old sons that were staying in the next cabin to me down to the dock and the boys had a blast. But seriously I have no idea what the fish in the original photo is. I want to add it to my list of caught species but I can't find any info on cutthroat perch. Could it be a trout-perch as listed in the regs as a "baitfish"?

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc416/tacklerunner/Sheridan%20Lake/IMG_1006.jpg

[tacklerunner]

spawned out interior koi. usually got a lot more color to em than that there one.

Are you confirming that's what it is? No non-native fish have been introduced in that lake (to my knowledge).

[WayneChristie]

It's not a squaw. Caught plenty of these Northern Pike Minnows, I think the technical name is Pickeral. Took Dad and his 3 & 5 yr old sons that were staying in the next cabin to me down to the dock and the boys had a blast. But seriously I have no idea what the fish in the original photo is. I want to add it to my list of caught species but I can't find any info on cutthroat perch. Could it be a trout-perch as listed in the regs as a "baitfish"?

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc416/tacklerunner/Sheridan%20Lake/IMG_1006.jpg

cant be a squawfish, looks like its got way too many teeth :scared0018:

[TyreeUM]

It's not a squaw. Caught plenty of these Northern Pike Minnows, I think the technical name is Pickeral. Took Dad and his 3 & 5 yr old sons that were staying in the next cabin to me down to the dock and the boys had a blast. But seriously I have no idea what the fish in the original photo is. I want to add it to my list of caught species but I can't find any info on cutthroat perch. Could it be a trout-perch as listed in the regs as a "baitfish"?


thats no trout perch my friend...its a moonshine eye - I am telling you!

[tacklerunner]

thats no trout perch my friend...its a moonshine eye - I am telling you!

Well this one's a squaw but a moonshine eye in a 350 foot deep mountain lake at an elevation of 1350 metres in central interior BC? I don't know, that's why I ask.

[TyreeUM]

Well this one's a squaw but a moonshine eye in a 350 foot deep mountain lake at an elevation of 1350 metres in central interior BC? I don't know, that's why I ask.

haha sorry...I am pretty sure it is a roach fish (Rutillus rutillus). Hope that helps

[chubbdarter]

cant be a squawfish, looks like its got way too many teeth :scared0018:



ahahahahahahhahhahahahahahaha

[tacklerunner]

haha sorry...I am pretty sure it is a roach fish (Rutillus rutillus). Hope that helps

Googled it. Could be with spawning colours. Not 100% convinced yet but I see they are native to California and western north america as well as europe.

[TyreeUM]

Googled it. Could be with spawning colours. Not 100% convinced yet but I see they are native to California and western north america as well as europe.

ok then how about a redsided shiner?

is this the only picture you have? it is tough to make out a lot of features that would be really helpful for ID like it's mouth.

[tacklerunner]

Yah I grew up in BC and these buggers were everywhere

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc416/tacklerunner/imagesCA59QMO5.jpg

[bb356]

Yah I grew up in BC and these buggers were everywhere

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc416/tacklerunner/imagesCA59QMO5.jpg

:bad_boys_20: THANKS !!! :bad_boys_20:

[FISHnRIG]

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc416/tacklerunner/imagesCA59QMO5.jpg[/QUOTE]

some weird looking bait!

[Alberta Bigbore]

Just say No. :P

[Dust1n]

It's not a squaw. Caught plenty of these Northern Pike Minnows, I think the technical name is Pickeral. Took Dad and his 3 & 5 yr old sons that were staying in the next cabin to me down to the dock and the boys had a blast. But seriously I have no idea what the fish in the original photo is. I want to add it to my list of caught species but I can't find any info on cutthroat perch. Could it be a trout-perch as listed in the regs as a "baitfish"?

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc416/tacklerunner/Sheridan%20Lake/IMG_1006.jpg

yours is pretty brown.never seen one like that

http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/g348/EliteFisherman/Pike%20Minnow/496.jpg

[tacklerunner]

yours is pretty brown.never seen one like that

http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/g348/EliteFisherman/Pike%20Minnow/496.jpg

Deep lake, cold water, 58 degrees.

[Albertafisher]

I've caught the same species... All I know that it is a chub. But I know its not a peamouth chub.

[Calgarys_finest]

I've caught the same species... All I know that it is a chub. But I know its not a peamouth chub.

Its a lake Chub. The ones out east have a darker lateral line these ones dont. Orange behind its gill and the tail fork tells me thats what it is.

[Albertafisher]

Hmm, I've caught a lot of lake chub before and these look nothing like lake chub.... And remember these fish were caught in BC, so the "fishes of alberta" book wont assist us :thinking-006:

Edit: I did a bit of research just now and found out that the mystery fish is....... Drum roll!
Redside shiner!

[JimPS]

Its a lake Chub. The ones out east have a darker lateral line these ones dont. Orange behind its gill and the tail fork tells me thats what it is.

Caught many of these when I was a kid while fishing for squaw and carp in the channel between Shuswap and Mara Lakes. The local fish guru Mr. Chadwick always called them Peamouth's. That's what they will be forever called by me.
Local name for lakers out there is "greys" and rainbows are "Kamloops" and "squaws" will never ever be northern pike minnows.

Jim

[tacklerunner]

Edit: I did a bit of research just now and found out that the mystery fish is....... Drum roll!
Redside shiner!

Followed up on the Redside Shiner and I do believe thats what it is. Here's a pic I pulled off the web along with the one I caught below. Thanks guys!!!

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc416/tacklerunner/Sheridan%20Lake/RedsideShiner.jpg

Caught this little dude, 6 or 7 inches off of the dock at Lac Des Roches north of Kamloops. I have no idea what it is. Anyone?

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc416/tacklerunner/Sheridan%20Lake/IMG_0974.jpg

[TyreeUM]

Followed up on the Redside Shiner and I do believe thats what it is. Here's a pic I pulled off the web along with the one I caught below. Thanks guys!!!

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc416/tacklerunner/Sheridan%20Lake/RedsideShiner.jpg

yes that was my suggestion several posts ago...6 inches is a huge red sided shiner though, but like a lot of shiners, i imagine they hybridize quite a bit...

[tacklerunner]

Yeah I saw that Ty. Think some squaw sperm fertilized this fish's momma's eggs.

[WayneChristie]

Yeah I saw that Ty. Think some squaw sperm fertilized this fish's momma's eggs.

thats worse than second hand smoke!!!!:sign0176:

[Bad Wolf]

spawned out interior koi. usually got a lot more color to em than that there one.

Koi are suckers and have barbells. It'd look awesome in a pond though i bet lol