Need help with a fish ID
 

Wondering if I could get some help to ID a fish I've never seen before. I caught 2 of these in the Manasquan river on a worm. It was about 10 inches long, mostly silver in color and darker towards the top. It had a similar shap to a sucker, only it had a forward facing mouth and a thicker head. The odd thing was the 4 yellow spikes it had on its head. The pic is a close up of it's head. I've fished this river for over 30 years and have never seen one of these.
I did some internet searching and came up empty. You guys always come up with with the answers to these questions.
Thanks!

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Interesting catch. I can't say exactly, but a lot of male minnows (cyprinidae) will grow horns (tubercles) on their heads during the breeding season.

Do you have any pics that show the entire body?




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Looks like the head of a Fallfish but the pic makes it a little tough to determine.

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Did a quick search and came up with creek chub.

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That's the way I'm going with it, too.

I need some of those for bait. :-D

Here's a pic showing the body. Did it look like this?


http://www2.dnr.cornell.edu/cek7/nyf...creek_chub.jpg

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Creek chub it is! I knew this was the place to get the answer. Thanks guys! It was driving me crazy.

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We have a ton of dace in our creek, get horns like that when spawning....they look a lot like a chub, but usually have a darker lateral line

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Bait!!!! :d:d:d

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EXCELLENT Pike bait.

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