fish ID

  • mrcrappie
    mn Dodge co.
    Posts: 1133
    March 29, 2006 at 12:35 pm #1315041

    What kinda carp did i hook?? Looked like a carp, except it had kinda a pointy nose on it, Anybody know? Thanks Doug

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    March 29, 2006 at 3:20 pm #434166

    Kinda looks like this:
    Blue Sucker

    Yours looks less like a torpedo though, but maybe she’s a fat female.

    hoistafish1
    Long Prairie,MN
    Posts: 402
    March 29, 2006 at 3:23 pm #434167

    It could have been a blue sucker (cycleptus elongatus), which are known to come out of the Miss. Can’t really see the dorsal fin on your fish. Just hope it isn’t one of those jumping carp, that finally swam its way to Minn.

    hoistafish1
    Long Prairie,MN
    Posts: 402
    March 29, 2006 at 3:27 pm #434172

    Maybe not, now that I see the pics together. Good luck with that one, somebody on this site will know.

    fishinfool
    mn
    Posts: 788
    March 30, 2006 at 4:32 am #434347

    redhorse sucker has a forked tail and silvery look, carp mouth. FISHINFOOL

    skippy783
    Dysart, IA
    Posts: 595
    March 31, 2006 at 3:41 am #434201

    green sunfish

    DaveB
    Inver Grove Heights MN
    Posts: 4469
    March 31, 2006 at 6:56 pm #434854

    bass

    hof
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 2443
    March 31, 2006 at 8:29 pm #434891

    That is a smallmouth buffalo. Fun to catch and caught in large numbers in commercial netting operations.

    Good Fishing,
    Mike

    Gooser
    Hager City
    Posts: 29
    April 2, 2006 at 3:52 am #435135

    I humbly disagree. It’s a blue sucker. I have the fortune to see most of the rough fish in the Miss R in pool 3 and 4. The color and shape is typical for blue sucker. The body isn’t broad enough, nor is the nose shaped like a Smallmouth buffalo (too pointy). Anyway, my 2 cents worth.

    hof
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 2443
    April 2, 2006 at 5:06 am #435154

    Quote:

    I humbly disagree. It’s a blue sucker. I have the fortune to see most of the rough fish in the Miss R in pool 3 and 4. The color and shape is typical for blue sucker. The body isn’t broad enough, nor is the nose shaped like a Smallmouth buffalo (too pointy). Anyway, my 2 cents worth.



    There is a blue sucker pictured a couple posts after the first one, a fairly different looking body – more slender. To me the first picture looks a little broader, but I could be mistaken.

    Here is a link that may help:

    smallmouth buffalo

    Good Fishing,

    Mike

    jerad
    Otranto, IA/Hager City, WI
    Posts: 616
    April 6, 2006 at 12:10 pm #436321

    i have also had the opportunity to see just about every species in the miss. and that is without a doubt a blue sucker, the body is not near deep enough to be a buffalo and the head is definately more pointed than a buff.

    hof
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 2443
    April 6, 2006 at 12:26 pm #436327

    Thanks for letting us know! A blue sucker it is!

    Good Fishing,
    Mike

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    April 7, 2006 at 3:09 pm #436658

    Ok, we can finally throw that ugly thing back in the water!

    I kid, there is no such thing as an ugly fish when that fish is kind enough to hook himself to your line.

    carpcrusader
    Posts: 2
    September 17, 2006 at 7:17 pm #479729

    Yeah it’s a blue sucker, a fish I’ve been trying to catch for a long time. They are considered rare in MN, a real prized catch if you ask me.

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