Fish Identification help!

[Ferna299]

Good day, 

I need help in identifying these fish that I caught in the St. Lawrence River! Other fishermen on the dock nearby say they are Carp but I am not so sure.

[Old Man]

 Carp

 

 

 

Edited July 18, 2020 by Old Man

[smitty55]

No whiskers, I would say Fallfish

[Terry]

Looks more like fallfish to me

[kickingfrog]

Another here for fallfish.

[gino]

Fall fish for sure

[irishfield]

Supper apparently !

[OhioFisherman]

Take a look at their mouths, not carp.

http://www.invadingspecies.com/rudd/

?

 

[John Bacon]

23 minutes ago, OhioFisherman said:

Take a look at their mouths, not carp.

http://www.invadingspecies.com/rudd/

?

 

They look more like fallfish than rudd to me.  Definitly not carp.

[Dave Bailey]

I would say fallfish. Rudd have a higher profile and a sharper nose.

[Chris J]

18 hours ago, Ferna299 said:

Good day, 

I need help in identifying these fish that I caught in the St. Lawrence River! Other fishermen on the dock nearby say they are Carp but I am not so sure.

 

 

Whats the limit on unknown species?  I'm confused.

[singingdog]

There isn't a limit on unknown species. If you can't ID, you shouldn't keep it. 

[Headhunter]

Cat fish bait!

HH

[Chris J]

3 hours ago, singingdog said:

There isn't a limit on unknown species. If you can't ID, you shouldn't keep it. 

I was being my usual sarcastic self.  If you don't know species your retaining to keep and consume  it's probably best you throw it back. No different then poaching IMO.

[David Chong]

They're Fallfish!

[akaShag]

Unquestionably, fallfish as many have noted.  The biggest of the three is a dandy.

A fellow who used to belong to a fish and game club in which I was also a member fished for fallfish and ate them.  He poached them in water and claimed the flesh was as sweet as trout.  I did not try them.

Doug

[bassmanking]

carp

[akaShag]

59 minutes ago, bassmanking said:

carp

Welcome to the forum.

 

But your first post might turn out to be WRONG.................😉

[bigcreekdad]

Based upon the tail, definitely Springfish.

[akaShag]

7 minutes ago, bigcreekdad said:

Based upon the tail, definitely Springfish.

that's a joke, right?

[Old Ironmaker]

Crap, eeerrr Carp. Actually neither. I am proud to say I don't know what they are and never caught one before. Many similar are in the Ontario guide and are members of the sucker family. My 2 buddies were proud to bring back 2 /6 fish limits of them back in the early 80's when us citiots bought a hunt and fish camp on Crown Land in 1982. They thought they were Whitefish, at least I knew they weren't Whitefish, they were some type of suckers. How would they even know what a limit of Whitefish was? 

Never ever heard of a Fallfish. 

 

[akaShag]

12 hours ago, Old Ironmaker said:

Crap, eeerrr Carp. Actually neither. I am proud to say I don't know what they are and never caught one before. Many similar are in the Ontario guide and are members of the sucker family. My 2 buddies were proud to bring back 2 /6 fish limits of them back in the early 80's when us citiots bought a hunt and fish camp on Crown Land in 1982. They thought they were Whitefish, at least I knew they weren't Whitefish, they were some type of suckers. How would they even know what a limit of Whitefish was? 

Never ever heard of a Fallfish. 

 

Here you go, OIM:

https://www.unb.ca/research/institutes/cri/links/inlandfishesnb/Species/fallfish.html

Doug

[Old Ironmaker]

Thanks Doug, I did Google it and to my surprise there is such a thing as a Fallfish. An overgrown chub to me. And here I thought I knew everything there was to know when it came to stuff. 

[akaShag]

16 hours ago, Old Ironmaker said:

Thanks Doug, I did Google it and to my surprise there is such a thing as a Fallfish. An overgrown chub to me. And here I thought I knew everything there was to know when it came to stuff. 

Yes, it looks exactly like an overgrown creek chub.

[AKRISONER]

what hasnt been confirmed yet is...did the guy eat them 🤢