Help Me Id This Fish

[tippet7]

I caught a bunch of these 2 weeks ago in Beaver Creek near Kissee Mills. I have no idea what they are, but they were killing top water black ant.

[zsmith62]

I've actually caught a couple of those on accident too, on the upper part of the James river. Not really sure what they are

[Okieflyfisher53]

It looks like a chub to me.

Steve

[timsfly]

Sure looks like a creek chub to me, we call them lots of things, mostly bait for big fish

Brown trout love em, eat em like snickers

[zander]

Common Name CHUBSUCKER, CREEK

Scientific Name ERIMYZON OBLONGUS

http://mdc4.mdc.mo.gov/applications/mofwis...aspx?id=0100039

looks like it to me

[OzarkKid07]

Could somebody clear this up for me, por favor? Last year my wife and I floated a Beaver Creek in Missouri. We put in through a little outfitter about an hour southeast of Springfield. It was absolutely beautiful and we caught a boat-load of smallies and goggle-eye and a few largemouth. Had a gar scare the goodness out of me. It was a great trip. Not that any of that is relevant. Is this the same Beaver Creek everyone is talking about catching all these whites out of? I'd love to know, for future reference. Thanks!

[Wheatenheimer]

Nice looking Chub! I've caught probably more chub minnow's in my 20 years of flyfishing than any other species. They love bead heads and even dry's. And for Ozarkkid, sounds like the same Beaver Creek. When there is enough water, now's the time, Beaver can be a fantastic float!

Thanks to all!

[Phil Lilley]

Same creek. It a float we take alot in the summer.

[Al Agnew]

Well, the picture is a little blurry, But I'm pretty sure it's not a chub. It's a striped shiner, Notropis chrysocephalus. The large, prominent scales and the body shape are characteristic. They are very common in most Ozark streams, they get up to 6 inches or so long, and they readily strike flies. They also make great bait for big walleye!

Zander...definitely not a chubsucker. I've seined a lot of them and they don't look much like this fish. And they almost never take a fly or bait.

By the way...you might be wondering how come they are called "striped" shiners. There are usually faint horizontal darker bars running horizontally on their upper bodies and converging on their backs to make V-shapes, but the stripes are mostly visible only when they are underwater...you won't notice them at all holding the fish in your hand. They basically look just like common shiners (Notropis cornutus), and are very closely related to them. But common shiners are not found in the southern Ozarks. Also, interestingly, the striped shiner appears to be absent from the Gasconade River system, though found in all other Ozark river systems in MO.

[zander]

You are right Al, that looks it alright.