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help I.d. this fish #11621456 05/24/16 01:42 AM
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Fished kentucky lake hard the past few days catching well over 100 gills... many nice ones. Occasionally I'd get into some of these very aggressive fish in 2-3 ft. Best I can tell it's a skipjack shad. Never saw them when I lived in texas. Your thoughts?




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Re: help I.d. this fish [Re: craigo] #11621500 05/24/16 01:54 AM
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How long is it ?
Looks Lil like a big shiner

Re: help I.d. this fish [Re: craigo] #11621504 05/24/16 01:55 AM
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Most 6-8". A few to 10+




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Re: help I.d. this fish [Re: craigo] #11621541 05/24/16 02:09 AM
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I'm pretty sure it's just a big mature adult shiner. Unfortunately I'm not smart enough to post a picture. But if you will search shiner pics you'll see them.

One of our tanks have them in it up to about 8~9". My boy catches them like perch lol

Re: help I.d. this fish [Re: craigo] #11621563 05/24/16 02:15 AM
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Ok. I wonder if it's one of those deals where it's called different things depending on where you live




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Re: help I.d. this fish [Re: craigo] #11621595 05/24/16 02:30 AM
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Very highly possible !

I buy "crappie minnows" and all my local shops sell is the shiner minnows. If I have some left after a trip of "catching fish out of lakes to stick my tanks" then I dump them in the tank when I'm throwing my stocker fish in.
If I buy a pound of XL shiner minnows then there's usually only 9-12 minnows in it as they are quite large like the one you posted.
I usually only buy the larges during the shiner spawn and throw a pound or 2 in each tank just to help up bait count.

Re: help I.d. this fish [Re: craigo] #11621612 05/24/16 02:35 AM
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I looked up Skip Jack Shad and your fish looks like one. Reading about them they are also called Tennessee Tarpon. They can get up to 20" in length with the average length of an adult to be 8 to 12". hmmm





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Re: help I.d. this fish [Re: craigo] #11622721 05/24/16 04:57 PM
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Golden Shiner

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I catch these in a couple ponds I fish. I was told they are golden shiner


Re: help I.d. this fish [Re: craigo] #11625993 05/25/16 07:49 PM
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Definitely not a golden shiner. Definitely a skipjack based on the mouth and nose structure.

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Re: help I.d. this fish [Re: craigo] #11626029 05/25/16 08:06 PM
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Goldeneye herring or "skipjack"
Probably had small teeth?

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Re: help I.d. this fish [Re: craigo] #11626979 05/26/16 02:27 AM
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Take a couple more pics next time you catch them and make sure you have a picture with the mouth closes. Pretty sure it's a small Golden Shiner. I've caught several over the years.

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