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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".

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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.

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post-5805-0-00713600-1440811024_thumb.jp 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 by wolc123
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