Ferna299 Posted July 18, 2020 Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 18, 2020 Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 (edited) Carp Edited July 18, 2020 by Old Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty55 Posted July 18, 2020 Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 No whiskers, I would say Fallfish 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted July 18, 2020 Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 Looks more like fallfish to me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickingfrog Posted July 18, 2020 Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 Another here for fallfish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gino Posted July 18, 2020 Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 Fall fish for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted July 18, 2020 Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 Supper apparently ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted July 19, 2020 Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 Take a look at their mouths, not carp. http://www.invadingspecies.com/rudd/ ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bacon Posted July 19, 2020 Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bailey Posted July 19, 2020 Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 I would say fallfish. Rudd have a higher profile and a sharper nose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris J Posted July 19, 2020 Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singingdog Posted July 19, 2020 Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 There isn't a limit on unknown species. If you can't ID, you shouldn't keep it. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headhunter Posted July 19, 2020 Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 Cat fish bait! HH 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris J Posted July 19, 2020 Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Chong Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 They're Fallfish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaShag Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmanking Posted August 15, 2020 Report Share Posted August 15, 2020 carp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaShag Posted August 15, 2020 Report Share Posted August 15, 2020 59 minutes ago, bassmanking said: carp Welcome to the forum. But your first post might turn out to be WRONG.................😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcreekdad Posted August 15, 2020 Report Share Posted August 15, 2020 Based upon the tail, definitely Springfish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaShag Posted August 15, 2020 Report Share Posted August 15, 2020 7 minutes ago, bigcreekdad said: Based upon the tail, definitely Springfish. that's a joke, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Ironmaker Posted August 16, 2020 Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaShag Posted August 16, 2020 Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Ironmaker Posted August 16, 2020 Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaShag Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKRISONER Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 what hasnt been confirmed yet is...did the guy eat them 🤢 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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