What kind of fish is this?

[Zem18]

Went camping in Adirondacks last week. Caught quite a few perch, bluegills, and the fish in the picture below. Can anyone identify it. The largest one we caught was 8 to 9 inches long.

Fish

[BizCT]

Looks like a shiner to me.

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[Jeremy K]

Golden shiner

[Caveman]

^ what they said.

[ants]

Shiner

[wolc123]

That is some great pike bait there.

[Zem18]

That's what I thought but wanted to be sure. Thanks for the replies. Pretty good fight on an ultralight.

[wdswtr]

Creek Chub or also called Golden Shiner.  Around here Creek Chub is common name.  They can get pretty big too.  Here on the SR we have caught some up to 16 inches.  Fight like crazy but are not worthy of a frying pan.

[Zem18]

That is some great pike bait there.

Used a homemade spinner on this guy

Edited August 27, 2015 by Zem18

[Hock3y24]

Shiner

[wooly]

Northern Freshwater Tarpon

[Pygmy]

It is certainly NOT a golden shiner, or a creek chub, which are two separate species..

It looks to me like a fallfish, which is very common especially in rivers and streams...Locally, they are called white chubs or river chubs, and they often grow to 12" or 14" or even larger, although the average size is less than 10".

[Birdhunter]

It is certainly NOT a golden shiner, or a creek chub, which are two separate species..

It looks to me like a fallfish, which is very common especially in rivers and streams...Locally, they are called white chubs or river chubs, and they often grow to 12" or 14" or even larger, although the average size is less than 10".

 

I agree...it is a fallfish. We have them and regular creek chubs in most of the streams/creeks around Dutchess county. 

 

Before you had to get certified bait, I would catch 3-4 dozen of a mix of them in October, put in a big cooler with air, and have great tiger musky and pike bait for the ice season.

[coonhunter]

Pygmy has it. We call them whitefish and the southern tier rivers are full of them and suckers that make walleye, pike, and bass grow and flourish.

[Cbrown06]

I believe they are called Fallfish and can grow up to 15 inches or so

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[wolc123]

That is a cute little northern you caught on the home-made spinner. This big ugly one also hit a home-made lure (buck-tail jig). There was a big, spiral-shaped scar on the other side where a boat-prop must have hit, and it's gut looked fat. I found a 10" long specimen of my favorite "fall-fish" in there when I gutted him, a smallmouth bass. Edited August 29, 2015 by wolc123

[Zem18]

Nice fish Wolc. Hmm fall fish. Interesting. Thanks for all the replies. I will look up some more info on both fish as my curiosity is getting the best of me.