What is this fish???

tacklerunner · #1 06-27-2011, 10:54 PM

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?

chubbdarter · #2 06-27-2011, 10:57 PM

nice pic....thank for sharing

biggamehunter · #3 06-27-2011, 10:58 PM

couble be a whitefish of some sort?

WayneChristie · #4 06-27-2011, 10:59 PM

pretty sure its a fish

chubbdarter · #5 06-27-2011, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by biggamehunter

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 · #6 06-27-2011, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by chubbdarter

not a rocky or lake....no apidose

might be a pea mouth

that a close relative of a potty mouth?

TyreeUM · #7 06-27-2011, 11:04 PM

how about a moonshine eye

Daceminnow · #8 06-27-2011, 11:06 PM

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

tacklerunner · #9 06-27-2011, 11:13 PM

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"?

tacklerunner · #10 06-27-2011, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Daceminnow

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 · #11 06-27-2011, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by 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"?

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

TyreeUM · #12 06-27-2011, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by 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"?

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

tacklerunner · #13 06-27-2011, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by TyreeUM

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 · #14 06-27-2011, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by tacklerunner

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 · #15 06-27-2011, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by WayneChristie

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

ahahahahahahhahhahahahahahaha

tacklerunner · #16 06-27-2011, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by TyreeUM

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 · #17 06-27-2011, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by tacklerunner

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 · #18 06-27-2011, 11:48 PM

Yah I grew up in BC and these buggers were everywhere

bb356 · #19 06-27-2011, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by tacklerunner

Yah I grew up in BC and these buggers were everywhere

THANKS !!!

FISHnRIG · #20 06-28-2011, 12:03 AM

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some weird looking bait!

Alberta Bigbore · #21 06-28-2011, 07:11 AM

Just say No. :P

Dust1n · #22 06-28-2011, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by 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"?

yours is pretty brown.never seen one like that

tacklerunner · #23 06-28-2011, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Fish Hunter7

yours is pretty brown.never seen one like that

Deep lake, cold water, 58 degrees.

Albertafisher · #24 06-28-2011, 12:09 PM

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

Calgarys_finest · #25 06-28-2011, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Albertafisher

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 · #26 06-28-2011, 01:16 PM

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

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

JimPS · #27 06-28-2011, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Calgarys_finest

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 · #28 06-28-2011, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Albertafisher

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!!!

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Originally Posted by 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?

TyreeUM · #29 06-28-2011, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by tacklerunner

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!!!

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 · #30 06-28-2011, 04:23 PM

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