BK? help me ID this WHISKERED MYSTERY FISH

  • coleycrawler
    Minneapolis
    Posts: 308
    June 24, 2013 at 4:34 pm #1223021

    I even kissed this prince.

    DO I NEED ANTIBIOTICS???

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    June 24, 2013 at 4:38 pm #1179777

    Not sure about antibiotics, but you could have released him with a BrianksWorld.com Tee Shirt!

    Where the ‘ell did you catch that!?

    coleycrawler
    Minneapolis
    Posts: 308
    June 24, 2013 at 4:38 pm #1179778

    Crack myself up!! Here is the real mystery fish. I can’t ID it. Caught it on upper St. Croix. I think it’s a willow cat like you guys have at Everts.

    It’s creeping me out that I don’t know what it is.


    Brian Klawitter
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    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
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    June 24, 2013 at 4:39 pm #1179779

    Oh never mind. Forgot it was the Super Moon this last weekend.

    Brian Klawitter
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    June 24, 2013 at 4:40 pm #1179780

    I believe that is what they call a Stonecat…but don’t take that to the bank. Where’s Aaron when a guy needs him?

    Brian Klawitter
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    June 24, 2013 at 4:46 pm #1179782

    Stone cat…

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
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    June 24, 2013 at 4:48 pm #1179784

    It is a Stone cat. Did you get pricked by it (Easy Brian)? I found some at the Coon Rapids dam once and those poisonous spines pack a punch. I was naive back then. I asked the guys on IDO if they were baby flatheads.

    By the way, nice pose where you are looking at the fish, not the camera. Tool

    Brian Klawitter
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    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
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    June 24, 2013 at 4:51 pm #1179789

    <Snicker>

    Dave Koonce
    Moderator
    Prairie du Chien Wi.
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    June 24, 2013 at 5:04 pm #1179793

    So who is the stoned cat now ???

    coleycrawler
    Minneapolis
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    June 24, 2013 at 5:12 pm #1179798

    New SPECIES!!!

    I thought it was a willow cat I was scared to touch it’s pointy parts because you told me those can sting like beast.

    Thanks guys!!

    outdoors4life
    Stillwater, MN
    Posts: 1500
    June 24, 2013 at 6:25 pm #1179835

    Quote:

    Where’s Aaron when a guy needs him?

    Painting my Barn!

    Stone cat, willow cat, same fish different names.

    I am surprised I did not hear about this before.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
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    June 24, 2013 at 6:41 pm #1179837

    I thought the Stone Cat was larger then a Willow Cat?

    No?

    moxie
    Sioux City,IA
    Posts: 874
    June 24, 2013 at 8:12 pm #1179853

    Geez Coley that is MONSTER..I’ve never seen one before. It looks soft and cuddly

    flatheadwi
    La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 578
    June 24, 2013 at 9:35 pm #1179872

    Slender madtom, also known as slender stonecat.

    flatheadwi
    La Crosse, WI
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    June 24, 2013 at 9:44 pm #1179875

    Quote:

    Quote:

    Where’s Aaron when a guy needs him?

    Painting my Barn!

    Stone cat, willow cat, same fish different names.

    I am surprised I did not hear about this before.

    “Willow cat” is a generic name for small catfish of several species sold as bait. They can be tadpole madtoms or fry of larger cats such as bullheads or channels. I think a lot of what gets sold as willowcats locally are black bullhead fry. There is no particular species with willowcat as a common name.

    Stonecat refers specifically to madtoms, of which there are about 8 species in the Mississippi, most of which get no bigger than the ones pictured above.

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