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07-16-2011, 01:55 PM
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Nicolas Sheran - Lethbridge - Mystery Fish
Was out fishing at Nicolas Sheran today in Lethbridge. I caught this little bitty fish that I was unable to identify. Unfortunately it wiggled out of my hand before I got a picture taken. It almost looked like a perch; same green and yellow colors, similar body shape. But it didn't have the distinctive stripes that a perch has, and it didn't have the spiney fin of the perch. There were small dark spots, similar to a trout, but the colors were all wrong. The fish was about 6 inches long, and I caught it on a 2 inch minnow pattern!
Wish I'd got a picture of the thing so I could show you guys. Any ideas of what type of fish it might be?
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07-16-2011, 04:27 PM
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baby pike
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07-17-2011, 02:47 PM
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Not a baby pike. It didn't have the distinct Pike nose. And it wasn't a narrow, slim fish, like pike are.
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07-17-2011, 02:49 PM
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how about a trout perch
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07-17-2011, 02:55 PM
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darker brookie?
hmm if it had massive scales and a whitefish"ish" lip on it mabe a grass carp...?
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07-17-2011, 03:04 PM
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Banned
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How about a small brown trout or hybrid?
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07-17-2011, 03:55 PM
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dunno, i was leaning baby pike because of it's aggresiveness....6 inch fish hitting a 2 inch minnow pattern.
other than that...not sure what it could be?
perch colour, but no spines...dark spots...probably a trout of some kind then.
are there browns in there? could be a young brown i guess?
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07-17-2011, 03:57 PM
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07-17-2011, 03:59 PM
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haha how about a trout perch...does this not exactly fit the description given? Looks like a perch without the spines on the dorsal, spots in instead of stripes, has some trout characteristics, 6 inches (typical full grown adult in western canada)...No?
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07-17-2011, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by huntin'fool
dunno, i was leaning baby pike because of it's aggresiveness....6 inch fish hitting a 2 inch minnow pattern.
other than that...not sure what it could be?
perch colour, but no spines...dark spots...probably a trout of some kind then.
are there browns in there? could be a young brown i guess?
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Brown Brookies Bows Carp Pike Perch they got the works there
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07-17-2011, 04:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TyreeUM
haha how about a trout perch...does this not exactly fit the description given? Looks like a perch without the spines on the dorsal, spots in instead of stripes, has some trout characteristics, 6 inches (typical full grown adult in western canada)...No?
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they acualy exist... 
did it look like this?
http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=h...w=1603&bih=896
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07-17-2011, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Fish Hunter7
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yeah it wasnt a joke...man I felt like I was taking crazy pills there for a second...look up an actual picture of them on google images not a drawing. I can almost promise that is what it was.
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07-17-2011, 08:45 PM
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I'm with you Ty. There's a reason trout perch is listed as a baitfish in the AB regs.
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07-19-2011, 12:58 PM
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Ya, it looked something like that, but the body was a bit taller (more of a belly on it). Trout perch eh, interesting. Well, I guess I can cross another species off the list!
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07-19-2011, 01:02 PM
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it looks like a musky! just a minature one...
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