Some of those OTHER fish

[Johnsfolly]

Those goldeye are cool catches! I was hoping for one like that this morning. Last time at this spillway we had seen silver fish flashing. Figuring that those fish may have been goldeye, Mooneye, or sjipjack herring I had a spoon rigged up and made lots of casts but no bites or follows.

Keep tearing up those rough fish buddy!

[Ham]

1 hour ago, FishnDave said:

I did.  I was so covered in fish slime and mud, I found a rocky spot to give myself a rinse before heading back to the car.  And then took a serious shower back at home.

So far, the slime hasn't smelled bad, its just....uh...gooey.  After a gar or carp, I usually have to scrape my hands off on any nearby log or rock.  And give my net a good slosh in the water after each fish.

I would suggest you pick up a 99 cent bottle of Dawn dish soap to do some pre-cleaning on the river

[Ham]

Dave is just on fire !

[FishnDave]

1 hour ago, Ham said:

Dave is just on fire !

Its a welcome change from all the Green Sunfish I was catching a month ago.  😅

I need to start putting together a stream smallmouth bass plan... I welcome any and all advice for somewhere wadable.

[snagged in outlet 3]

On 8/30/2020 at 6:19 PM, siusaluki said:

It’s a silver carp.  

When I google images of asian carp they show the same one's under different names.  

[Guest]

Deleted.

[snagged in outlet 3]

8 minutes ago, siusaluki said:

I don't think google images is probably the best bet for identifying fish.

Yeah, I agree but it's just an asian carp.  I just call them Asian Carp.😁

[FishnDave]

Here's what I was thinking...and I may be totally wrong, and I'm ok with learning otherwise....

These are small fish, and we all know the markings on small fish often aren't the same as on the adults...  The big difference besides coloration I see is what they are calling a Keel...a hardened narrow ridge that runs along a portion of the belly of these fish.  The Silver Carp keel goes from approximately the "vent" to the throat.  I can see that in this picture I took:

Definitely a Silver Carp.

Now, the one below looks to have a rounded, not keeled, belly.  The only "keel" portion looks to be between the vent and pelvic fins.  And the color looks more light brown than silver.  So...I was thinking Bighead for the one below.

And then the I thought the coloration on the one below looked more like the one just above, so I was thinking Bighead on it as well:

But...heck...I don't know...maybe all 3 are Silvers?  Or the first and 3rd are?  Again, its tough to ID these small fish.  I'm sure if they were bigger, the differences would be more pronounced.

Either way... They look like a Star Wars creature.

[Johnsfolly]

@FishnDave I personally look at all of those fish and would consider them to be silvers. Go catch a big one to look at those differences. I would suggest fishing below Bagnell Dam where both bighead and silvers are abundant.

[FishnDave]

44 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said:

@FishnDave I personally look at all of those fish and would consider them to be silvers. Go catch a big one to look at those differences. I would suggest fishing below Bagnell Dam where both bighead and silvers are abundant.

Well, you could be right, @Johnsfolly and @siusaluki.  Either one was a new species for me.  Why two of them hit a fly is beyond me...Can't keep expecting lightning to strike, right?  I doubt I'll make an effort to pursue them intentionally.

Turns out the two can hybridize with each other, which further clouds the ID...