Author Topic: New species for me (Read 3452 times)

bucketmouth · « **on:** Jan 03, 2009, 03:58 PM »

Never nailed one before but got this one during a lull in the already slow walleye action today on the Ottawa River... a great muskie bait from what I've heard.

Mooneye

luv2fish24/7 · « **Reply #1 on:** Jan 03, 2009, 03:59 PM »

thats a cool looking fish. is it some kind of shiner?

Kevin23 · « **Reply #2 on:** Jan 03, 2009, 04:00 PM »

Ewww smelly nasty mooneye (skipjack is what we call them)

Good for cutbait for catfish... Bout it.

AirManCam · « **Reply #3 on:** Jan 03, 2009, 09:44 PM »

Almost looks like a cisco with weird eyes. I would kill to have 5 of them for my tip ups!

Bigtrout131 · « **Reply #4 on:** Jan 04, 2009, 02:39 AM »

It looks like a whitefish...If it is, they are mighty tasty!

c.r.rick · « **Reply #5 on:** Jan 04, 2009, 07:39 AM »

it looks like what we have in iowa called gizzard shad. rock creek lake here is full of them and so is lake hawthorn. great catfish bait and really smelly and oily fish.

Kevin23 · « **Reply #6 on:** Jan 04, 2009, 05:21 PM »

Definatly not a gizzard shad.

Its a trash fish... They stink like a dead carp.

They fight pretty good though.

jayswimmer09 · « **Reply #7 on:** Jan 04, 2009, 05:52 PM »

congrats on the catch!

fishinfiend · « **Reply #8 on:** Jan 04, 2009, 09:13 PM »

Cool fish, I have never seen one of those before. It does look like a good muskie bait

SUBCATCHER · « **Reply #9 on:** Jan 04, 2009, 09:16 PM »

Looks like me after a day of no fish and lots of beer

northern fisher · « **Reply #10 on:** Jan 04, 2009, 09:20 PM »

I've caught a couple in Temiskaming and the Blanc river,off the north end of the lake.They fought good but everybody said they were trash.I might try smoking one like a lake herring if I get anymore

dickvinny1219 · « **Reply #11 on:** Jan 05, 2009, 01:37 AM »

It does look a bit like a cisco with a wierd eye. I would send it down on a tipup for lake trout.

slopoker · « **Reply #12 on:** Jan 05, 2009, 06:17 AM »

looks like an alewive,,,, just my 2 cents

juniatabassman · « **Reply #13 on:** Jan 07, 2009, 08:21 AM »

Looks like a golden shiner if it is i toss them out for the crows.

Pasquatch · « **Reply #14 on:** Jan 07, 2009, 08:48 AM »

Mooneye! I found a dead one along the Missourri River a few years back, right about 15" long.

Madpuppy · « **Reply #15 on:** Jan 07, 2009, 08:53 AM »

Quote from: perchkid on Jan 04, 2009, 06:56 PM

it's a moon eye. kinda like a carp.... trash.....

It's a Mooneye or Skipjack like they say in previous posts, real common on the Missouri river. Good cutbait.
Carp, a trash fish. that's good eatin' man!!!

wahoo · « **Reply #16 on:** Jan 07, 2009, 01:09 PM »

Quote from: bucketmouth on Jan 03, 2009, 03:58 PM

Never nailed one before but got this one during a lull in the already slow walleye action today on the Ottawa River... a great muskie bait from what I've heard.

Mooneye

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far better smoked

getrdone · « **Reply #17 on:** Jan 07, 2009, 01:38 PM »

Hey Wahoo -

How do you keep it lit!!!??!!!

waltergill · « **Reply #18 on:** Jan 07, 2009, 05:14 PM »

pretty coll looking have never seen one until now

bigredonice · « **Reply #19 on:** Jan 08, 2009, 04:24 PM »

those mooneyes are pretty cool. I've caught them around here at lake champlain, but they are supposedly pretty rare there. too bad too, cause they would be perfect catfish bait.

Kooper2506 · « **Reply #20 on:** Jan 08, 2009, 10:55 PM »

skipjack, they look good laying on the rocks!!!

jknuth · « **Reply #21 on:** Jan 08, 2009, 11:16 PM »

Nice Mooneye!!!!
Cool fish for sure!
Congrats on the lifer!

I really dont understand why people feel the need to through fish on shore!!???
Mooneye are a Native species as are goldeye.

and as for killing a skipjack!! in many northern states "Skipjack Herring" are on the endangered list. A skipjack on the rocks can get you a HUGE fine and a lifetime without fishing in that state.

Madpuppy · « **Reply #22 on:** Jan 08, 2009, 11:42 PM »

Quote from: jknuth on Jan 08, 2009, 11:16 PM

Nice Mooneye!!!!
Cool fish for sure!
Congrats on the lifer!

I really dont understand why people feel the need to through fish on shore!!???
Mooneye are a Native species as are goldeye.

and as for killing a skipjack!! in many northern states "Skipjack Herring" are on the endangered list. A skipjack on the rocks can get you a HUGE fine and a lifetime without fishing in that state.

The reason we throw them on the bank or cut them up for cutbait here in Nebraska is because there is an overabundance of skipjack. People in general don't keep them at the rate of Catfish,Sauger and other disirable fish, so we have a lot of skipjack. I mean ALOT. Besides buzzards gotta eat, same as worms.

crappie rob · « **Reply #23 on:** Jan 14, 2009, 09:05 PM »

Gizzard shad

icefishnfool · « **Reply #24 on:** Jan 14, 2009, 09:12 PM »

salmon bait

miket. · « **Reply #25 on:** Jan 14, 2009, 09:14 PM »

it looks like a white fish with messed up eyes.

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