Is this a smelt?

[limeyangler]

[Joeytier]

mmmm...sure is

[vinnimon]

Sure looks like one

[DRIFTER_016]

UH HUH!!!

[Nipfisher]

Just a little Smelt thogh.

[BucktownAngler]

this is a smelt

 

[Rich]

I thought limey's was an alewife..?

[Roy]

Both pics are smelts. Alewife has a rounder body.

[4x4bassin]

Maybe a cisco , but either way it would look good on a jig !

[adolson]

That second one is an Atlantic.

[mpt]

If it doesn't have an adipose fin, just before the tail, it's not a smelt. Can't tell from your pic.

 

[Jon]

_{Great point about the adipose. Could eliminate Smelt really easily if there is no adipose.}

 

_{Another way of telling if the fish is alive and in hand - smell it. If it smells like cucumbers, Rainbow Smelt.}

 

_{My guess would be Emerald Shiner.}

 

_Jon

[misfish]

this is a smelt

 

Simcoe use to have alot that size. They called them rainbow smelt.

[Christopheraaron]

this is a smelt

 

THIS is a smelt!

 

[camillj]

Actually that last one looks alot more like a (salt-water) mulllet