Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: BladeKid on March 01, 2018, 11:36:52 AM
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Hey folks,
These were caught in our minnow traps, set in agricultural ditches out in Abby/Chilliwack. Any coarse fish experts out there (Rodney)?
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Fish 1
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Fish 2
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Both cyprinids for sure, the first looks like a juvenile carp, the second a Peamouth chub or dace.
Edit: that first could be a Brassy Minnow.
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I like to use this PDF, for salmon and other native fish its really good.
https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/home/library/pdfs/habitat/adfg_hr_id_cards_v1.1.pdf
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Thanks for the feedback so far. I'm pretty sure the latter is not a dace though.
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Second could be a red side shiner
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It’s hard to c. It I’m very sure first is not a carp ...
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The first looks like the juvenile goldfish from dragon lake that I see every year. It is, for sure, some type of cyprinid spp.
The second is a tough call. I was leaning to redsided shiner at first, but Dave's guesses of a dace or some other sort of chub are a good guess. It could also be some sort of other shiner species as well.
Don't use the black spots for ID on the second - that appears to be black spot disease from what I see in the picture.
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What makes the identification of the second fish more difficult is the fact dace and shiners interbreed ..
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This fish below was reported as a peamouth chub by an experienced aquatic biologist... Fish 2 looks very similar to this apparent p.m chub.
As yes, sorry the first pic is definitely not great.
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