Fish ID ??

  • Chuck Melcher
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    SE Wisconsin, Racine County
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    April 28, 2021 at 7:16 pm #2033292

    My buddy caught this out of a small SE WI pond….and asked what it is. I guessed some sort of shad??? But didn’t know considering where it was caught.

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    Reef W
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    April 28, 2021 at 7:30 pm #2033299

    Golden shiner maybe?

    big_g
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    Isle, MN
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    April 28, 2021 at 8:00 pm #2033304

    American or Spring Shad ?

    Chuck Melcher
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    SE Wisconsin, Racine County
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    April 28, 2021 at 8:21 pm #2033313

    Is it common for either of those to be in a small pond?

    LabDaddy1
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    April 28, 2021 at 8:32 pm #2033316

    Looks like a golden shiner to me. Used to catch a lot of them that size out of a pond I lived near in west central Florida. I also got a 24.5” and a 25” largemouth out of that same pond. I wonder what they were eating…

    TheFamousGrouse
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    St. Paul, MN
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    April 28, 2021 at 9:10 pm #2033325

    It’s the infamous green sunfish.

    Buffalo Fishhead
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    April 28, 2021 at 9:37 pm #2033333

    Golden Shiner – decurved lateral line is diagnostic.

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    FishBlood&RiverMud
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    Prescott
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    April 29, 2021 at 7:29 am #2033369

    Ya golden shiner.

    Shad are found only in a few places.

    picklerick
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    Central WI
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    April 29, 2021 at 12:15 pm #2033464

    Space peanut

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    Hodag Hunter
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    Northern Wisconsin
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    April 29, 2021 at 1:25 pm #2033495

    Golden Shiner. Common up north.

    fishthumper
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    Sartell, MN.
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    April 29, 2021 at 2:13 pm #2033517

    I’m going to say Golden Shiner as well. They are common in some of the lakes and ponds in Central Minnesota. They can grow to a rather large size as well. I would love to toss a few of the bigger ones of those below a bobber in my Favorite lake in Canada. Then again the Canadian fisheries Dept. would not be real happy about that I’m sure.

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