Fish ID please:

[AndyS]

I'm pretty sure I got it. NOT a common Carp, NOT a Quillback.

[bunkerbuster]

it's a common ny yankee fan sucker,

[Delawareriver]

River carpsucker?

[jimcnj]

Bighead Carp

[Delawareriver]

Originally Posted by jimcnj

Bighead Carp

I've shot big heads. Definitely not a big head or silver carp. Has never been any documentation of either in nj

[dfish28]

Asian!

[AVA67]

I didn't know they were in NJ, but looks like a Buffalo.

[Delawareriver]

Originally Posted by AVA67

I wasn't know they were in NJ, but looks like a Buffalo.

I agree does look like baby buffalo

but you are right no buffs in jersey.

[muskynut]

Member of the sucker family.......smallmouth or largemouth buffalo

[Eskimo]

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Wow - I would have dismissed that fish at first glance as a carp, but now that I'm checking fish ID charts, I'm thinking it's a Buffalo.



http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/fishin...n/fishname.asp