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Jigman13

12-05-2016 12:40 PM

Fish I.D. please

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

Eskimo

12-05-2016 12:52 PM

Re: Fish I.D. please

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

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ScowardNJ

12-05-2016 12:54 PM

Re: Fish I.D. please

Shield Darter?

saxmatt

12-05-2016 01:19 PM

Re: Fish I.D. please

Looks like a Tessellated Darter

Jigman13

12-05-2016 01:47 PM

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

Chrisper4694

12-05-2016 03:57 PM

Re: Fish I.D. please

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

bulletbob

12-05-2016 08:44 PM

Re: Fish I.D. please

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Originally Posted by saxmatt (Post 468342)

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	12-06-2016 02:35 PM

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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

12-06-2016 04:28 PM

Re: Fish I.D. please

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.

12-07-2016 08:15 AM

Re: Fish I.D. please

Shield Darter

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