Ohio River Report part 2

[mattyk]

Well I was able to land my first paddle fish at the falls of the ohio river. Put up and very nice fight on light line. She was caught on a two inch jig. I was also caught about 20 white bass and tons of skip jack herring. I also caught some type of a fish that i cant identify. I think it is a type of a carp. Any ideas?

 

Paddle Fish (she was returned back to the river to swim again)

 

What type of a fish is this? (some type of a carp?)

 

Skip Jack herring

[Victor]

that fish is so cool!! must have put up an amazing fight with those big fins!

 

would the 2nd fish be a smallmouth buffalo?

 

thanks for the pics!

[bucktail]

Might be a buffalo fish but its awfully silver for one.

[solopaddler]

Cool looking paddlefish bud! The fish you can't identify is a quillback sucker, member of the carp family actually....

[OhioFisherman]

Nice job Matt!

[Rich Clemens]

Attaboy Mike. Never seen a paddle fish ... cool lookin' fish.

[gozwob]

cool paddlefish!!

Edited May 16, 2007 by gozwob

[BryceBurzynski]

Congrats!

[Spiel]

....Now there's a combination of fish I can't say I've ever encountered, nicely done.

My first thoughts on that second fish was that it might be a buffalo but I think Solopaddler hit the nail on the head. (quillback)

[Whopper]

That paddle fish is pretty cool Matt.

 

Good on you for catching.

 

After yesterday the river will be rising and muddy, got some much needed rain.

 

Whopper

Edited May 16, 2007 by Whopper

[ccmtcanada]

Cool!!! That paddlefish looks amazing...congrats on your first catch. I also concur with solo....it's a quillback. The buffalo was a good guess, but when I looked at a few pics, the shape and position of the mouth says paddle.

Edited May 16, 2007 by ccmtcanada

[mattyk]

I think your right solopaddler the second fish does look like a quillback. It was a strange combination of fish that i caught, and you never do know what you will catch in the ohio river.

[tonyb]

I have paddlefish envy now...very nicely done on the mixed bag of unusual species!

 

Tony

[b2kptbo]

That paddle fish is very cool, have never seen one, great report...

[Joey]

Very cool looking fish. Good going

 

Joey

[Raf]

Nice job. Those paddlefish look like they belong in the ocean.

[ehg]

Another great report of mixed species!

Are there still muskies in that part of the Ohio River?

 

I think that paddlefish are filter feeders.

 

Very nice,

 

ehg

[fishindevil]

WOW....thats quite a mixed bag of fish for sure. ...congrats on that cool looking paddlefish,and ive never seen any of those before thanks for sharing,and great pics as well....cheers

[mattyk]

no muskies that i know of in the ohio river in this area. Some of the smaller feeder rivers to the ohio river have muskies in them.

[canadian_copper]

VERY INTERESTING LOOKIN FISH!!! WTG ON THE CATCH BRO

[Guest Johnny Bass]

Nice!!Its always a pleasant surprise to catch a new species of fish. I agree, that paddle fish looks really cool!

[007]

Great pictures of some fish I've never even heard of! Thanks for sharing. Now show us some more LOL

Cheers

007

[Fishmaster]

Big Head Buffalo ...nice fish that paddle tale never seen one before ...