Never seen one of these in Lake Springfield

[moguy1973]

I know chain pickerel live in the Current River system as we've caught them on the Jack's Fork before.  Not sure if they are in the White River system or not.  Could be a musky someone brought over from McDaniel's.

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

Back in my gigging days Ive seen Chain pickerel in the Finley which leads to Table Rock.  Im pretty sure thats what it is

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

2 hours ago, Flysmallie said:

I think I was looking at him backwards. No telling. They have found just about everything that swims in that lake plus some gators. 

I looked at it how you were looking at it and i totally get why it looks like a gar...lol.... like i said it was a crappy pic through a sunglass lens......

[Johnsfolly]

Tough to say with certainty what that fish is. On my phone it looks more like a pickerel or musky. As stated above most chain pickerel are in the eastern side of the state. Grass pickerel are typically 10 to 12 inches and are more widely distributed across the state. 

[snagged in outlet 3]

8 hours ago, aarchdale@coresleep.com said:

I looked at it how you were looking at it and i totally get why it looks like a gar...lol.... like i said it was a crappy pic through a sunglass lens......

I was looking at it on my phone and I thought the head was on the left. 

[Ryan Miloshewski]

Who knows what gets into where by accident or release by a fisherman. Looks like a small muskie to me. Where I grew up in St. Louis, there was a little lake (really a concrete hole) in St. Ferdinand Park that had a few 5 lb largemouths, 60-80 lb flatheads and blues, and numerous decent crappie. All released by anglers from LOZ and Truman that I guess wanted to see if they'd live or didn't want to clean the fish upon getting home. 

[Seth Clarkson]

Took me a little bit but I thought I remembered seeing something like that caught and labeled as James River.

 

 

[Seth Clarkson]

1 minute ago, Seth Clarkson said:

Took me a little bit but I thought I remembered seeing something like that caught and labeled as James River.

 

 

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[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

interesting, that video is def springfield lake

[Seth Clarkson]

Just now, aarchdale@coresleep.com said:

interesting, that video is def springfield lake

I thought it was, but I didn't start fishing there until 2016-2017, so didn't know about a courtesy dock on the park side. Anything that gets into James River upstream though can get in there. Plus you know the whole power plant thing haha.