What kind of fish is this?

  • nick
    Lakeville, MN
    Posts: 4977
    May 25, 2004 at 2:34 pm #1244358

    No it’s not me, or my fish, it just a pic I found online and was wondering, it came from a river in CO, and I just wanted to know what erxactly it is.

    blue-fleck
    Dresbach, MN
    Posts: 7872
    May 25, 2004 at 2:36 pm #306059

    It’s a sheepshead, or Fresh Water Drum.

    wade_kuehl
    Northwest Iowa
    Posts: 6166
    May 25, 2004 at 2:36 pm #306060

    Looks like a fresh water drum to me.

    nick
    Lakeville, MN
    Posts: 4977
    May 25, 2004 at 2:37 pm #306061

    Thanks I wan’t quite sure, it looks pretty different from any sheepshead I’ve caught, freshwater drum huh?

    stillakid2
    Roberts, WI
    Posts: 4621
    May 25, 2004 at 6:29 pm #306098

    Different in what way?

    Great White
    Vinton, Iowa
    Posts: 362
    May 25, 2004 at 7:24 pm #306116

    Looks like the tasty sheephead to me too! Love those freshwater drum!

    –Whitey

    John Luebker
    Posts: 694
    May 25, 2004 at 7:26 pm #306117

    This one has more color than any sheep head I have ever seen? Mouth looks the same though

    Gianni
    Cedar Rapids, IA
    Posts: 2063
    May 26, 2004 at 3:03 am #306192

    The dark color could be because of the clear water or shallow depth. Fish tend to lose color in dark or stained water. It’s most noticeable with crappies in spring when they move up to spawn. LM bass also noticeably change color in only a few days.

    nick
    Lakeville, MN
    Posts: 4977
    May 26, 2004 at 1:56 pm #306241

    Yeah, I’ve never seen one this dark in color, the few I’ve caught, (few because I didn’t really start targeting walleye til later last year) have been much, much lighter in color, grey. Not to mention this one is probably twice the size of my biggest. Interesting though, never seeen the brownish color til now, now I know.

    chris-tuckner
    Hastings/Isle MN
    Posts: 12317
    May 26, 2004 at 2:06 pm #306244

    Sheepies in Big Stone out by the border of SD are golden brown like that as well.
    Tuck

    StaleMackrel
    Posts: 443
    May 26, 2004 at 4:31 pm #306277

    Hey guys! I think this is a genuine “Bugle Mouth Bass”!!

    stillakid2
    Roberts, WI
    Posts: 4621
    May 26, 2004 at 6:11 pm #306156

    Looking at that forehead, we could also refer to them as the “Frankenfish”!

    john23
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 2586
    May 28, 2004 at 3:30 pm #306555

    That’s a GREEN SUNFISH if I’ve ever seen one!!!

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