Flamm City Fish ID

[trouty mouth]

I found this guy dead right on the path to the creek at Flamm City Public Access. 

Any help with identifying this fish would be appreciated. Pickerel? Pike? 

I didn't feel up to wiping off its sides to get a better look at the coloration/pattern. There sure were a whole dead fish around. Mostly silver carp, but this fish was sad to see dead. 

I caught a few spotted bass and a white bass on a crappie jig around the boat ramp. 

[snagged in outlet 3]

21 minutes ago, trouty mouth said:

I found this guy dead right on the path to the creek at Flamm City Public Access. 

Any help with identifying this fish would be appreciated. Pickerel? Pike? 

I didn't feel up to wiping off its sides to get a better look at the coloration/pattern. There sure were a whole dead fish around. Mostly silver carp, but this fish was sad to see dead. 

I caught a few spotted bass and a white bass on a crappie jig around the boat ramp. 

Catfish maybe?   Could be just about anything down there.  Thx for the picture.  Something looks familiar about that shape but I can’t pin it down

[snagged in outlet 3]

Might be the out of place fins by the gills.  Rough fish for sure.  Thanks for posting 

[goosetalk]

Thought gar with mouth broke off with pliers but that split tail fin said no. Eye placement does look like a pickerel. 

[moguy1973]

Meramec does have chain pickerel.  Definitely looks like it could be one of those.

[Smalliebigs]

We caught an actual Pike up stream from there about 5 years ago and no it was not a Pickrel. That looks like a Pike to me but hard to say

[snagged in outlet 3]

Everything about it looks like a short nosed gar to me.  Really short😀

[Tobey]

11 hours ago, goosetalk said:

Thought gar with mouth broke off with pliers but that split tail fin said no. Eye placement does look like a pickerel. 

looks more like an alligator gar with the short snout.

[Seth]

Chain pickerel or a northern pike. Pike have more prominent spots like that fish versus the pickerel having lines so I'm leaning towards a small pike. There have been a few pike caught on the Osage this year too. It's definitely not a gar.

Northern Pike

 

Chain Pickerel


Muskellunge

[snagged in outlet 3]

15 minutes ago, Seth said:

Chain pickerel or a northern pike. Pike have more prominent spots like that fish versus the pickerel having lines so I'm leaning towards a small pike. There have been a few pike caught on the Osage this year too. It's definitely not a gar.

Those long front fins look like the pickerel in your pictures.  All kinds of crazy stuff comes out of the Mississippi....