Fish I.D. please

[Jigman13]

These were all over the river last night. Yellow perch? Walleye? Something I never heard of?

[Eskimo]

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I have never seen anything like that before.
From the perch-like fins, I'm going to guess it's some kind of 'Darter'.

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[ScowardNJ]

Shield Darter?

[saxmatt]

Looks like a Tessellated Darter

[Jigman13]

They ranged from 2-4". Pretty cool looking fish.

[Chrisper4694]

If it's not a baby walleye, it's called 'bait'

[bulletbob]

Originally Posted by saxmatt

Looks like a Tessellated Darter

Based on the coloration I would say thats what it is.. Pretty common , There are a bunch of similar species that years ago would just be called "Johnny Darters"... I used to use them for bait... bob

[phil]

this thread gave me some serious deja vu from about 3 weeks ago, except jigman is my 4 year old and my response was "bait' because i had no idea. theyre not very hardy when used for bait, in case anyone was wondering.

[AndyS]

Just went through my Peterson Field Guide to North American Freshwater Fishes. The double fin on top - Darter. The are no less than 12 illustrated pages of Darters in the book. Can't pinpoint the exact one.

[Mark B.]

Shield Darter