Into + What Type Of Fish Is This?

[Ham]

Lol, y'all figure it out and let me know. I need to write it down on my list for the year.

[motroutbum]

Justin is correct. It is a striped shiner.

[Jerry Rapp]

Obviously, it is very rare, about extinct. No one can identify it. Taney is about to be shut down to protect them.

[Tim Smith]

Obviously, it is very rare, about extinct. No one can identify it. Taney is about to be shut down to protect them.

Actually, they're common as dirt. But don't let that slow you down.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Creek Chub. They love flies too. They leave a fishy stink on your fingers when you handle them. I always try to shake them off.

Yes, and I don't care what else they're called. They've been creek chubs to me longer than most of you have been alive, so live with it.

[Justin Spencer]

Yes, and I don't care what else they're called. They've been creek chubs to me longer than most of you have been alive, so live with it.

I've evidently been calling smallmouth suckers all these years, live with it they sure are good fried.

[Wayne SW/MO]

I've evidently been calling smallmouth suckers all these years, live with it they sure are good fried.

Better than brown trout?

[Justin Spencer]

Better than brown trout?

similar, but not as good as a wild rainbow

[jdmidwest]

Ham's almost looks like a horny head.

[Al Agnew]

Yes, and I don't care what else they're called. They've been creek chubs to me longer than most of you have been alive, so live with it.

Hate to say it, but you've been wrong for more years than most of us have been alive, then. Not even close to a creek chub, and creek chubs are just as common as striped shiners, though not as common in the waters we fish. They're called creek chubs for a reason--they like small creeks instead of larger rivers.

Most of the minnow species we catch on flies, and sometimes even on lures, are either striped shiners, bleeding shiners (or the very similar rosy-faced shiner), or hornyheaded chubs (or the closely related redspot chub). They're really easy to tell apart if you know what to look for. The striped shiner is big, flat-sided, with big scales and a terminal mouth (the lower lip sticks out almost as far as the upper lip), and they don't have any obvious markings except for darker edging on the scales. Bleeding shiners are smaller, with very prominent dark stripes and a bit smaller scales. Hornyheaded chubs have turned down mouth with lower lip not sticking out as far as the upper lip, smaller scales, and a more rounded body, not flat-sided (that's one of the characteristics of chubs as opposed to shiners), and with hardly any markings. Creek chubs have the rounded body of the chubs, but a big mouth with lower lip sticking out as far as the upper lip, small scales, and a darker stripe running down the middle of their sides from gills to tail.