Help Identifying Fish
 

Hey guys,

Caught this today on a mealworm but I dont know what it is... It seems to be some type of sucker or chub but I dont know what... It was very fragile fish because after about 15sec out of water it was at the surface belly up for a few min (then I poked it with my rod tip and it saw away strong).

http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/a...6/P1040328.jpg
What do we think???
http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/a...6/IMAG0584.jpg

Thanks

Re: Help Identifying Fish
 

looks like a shiner- a common baitfish. but i could be wrong

Re: Help Identifying Fish
 

Looks lime common river chub, could be a species of shiner as well !
Haven't caught one in years but if I recall the chubs exibited a mouth shaped like a sucker to.some extent, that blue back makes it appear to be part of a herring family , can't recall if the chubs coloration was the same!

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Could be a Fall fish

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I think its a shiner of some sort.........there are several species of chubs that I am familiar with and it does not look like any of those.

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I believe that it is a small fall fish.

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Bait:D

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Great lakes emerald shiner!!!

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Ok then... fancy bait:p

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lil guy... grass carp?

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Silver Shiner, Notropis photogenis. Not uncommon in New Jersey.

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I was looking it up in my field guide today and found the "spot tail shiner"... It looks identical. Says they grow to 6in...

What do you guys think? I thought it was a chub bc the mouth was shaped similar to a chub or a carp...

Notropis hudsonius

http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/a...6/IMAG0584.jpg

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shiner.

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appetizer

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Something you would find in fried rice:D