Can anyone ID this fish??

[Deadstream]

Ouch!

[Ben Gillispie]

4 hours ago, Phil Lilley said:

Small fish are threadfin shad.

Some say that the bills could have swam up from the main lake to the dam, swimming into the very fast flow.  When they turn to go back down, the force of the current rips the bill off and/or blows the gills out.

Wow. Makes sense if it does happen. Doesn't sound like fun....

[Mitch f]

Here's what the other half of the bill looks like.

 

[fishinwrench]

Somebody should go to jail for that!  Right?

[Deadstream]

They should have at least got the eggs.

[mojorig]

During our Mississippi River paddlefish study, it was very common to collect paddlefish with missing rostrums. We even collected some with the rostrums sticking up. Barges and dams can be hard on rostrums, lol!! They are very tough fish.

Last year while sampling walleye at the Bull Shoals Lake Dam, we collected a paddlefish. That fish likely had to come through and over two dams.

[fishinwrench]

The first sturgeon I ever saw was caught near Louisiana Mo and thrown in the back of a pickup, driven to a bait shop in Mexico, Mo.  It was dry as a bone but still alive.  They put it in a little railroad lake and that sucker swam off like there was nothing at all wrong with it.    That sumbitch is probably 300+ pounds and still swimming around in there.  

[Ham]

On Sunday, January 03, 2016 at 8:38 PM, Mitch f said:

Here's what the other half of the bill looks like.

 

Man, Those things can really jump. (jk)

[dtrs5kprs]

38 minutes ago, Ham said:

Man, Those things can really jump. (jk)

Never knew they ate squirrels though.

[bluebasser86]

I had this one swim into my line while I was catfishing on the Kansas River in Edwardsville, KS

Not sure exactly what happened to it to cause that damage but it didn't seem to effect the fish as it swam off strong after the quick picture. I've been seeing quite a few small (less than 12"), paddlefish on the Kansas River at night lately while bowfishing for bigheads. It's good to see them and hopefully they're making a comeback.