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Offline Captain1978

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Identify this fish
« on: Feb 06, 2015, 07:31 PM »
Found this little guy with my shiners and suckers I just got. Whenever I get little ones I feed them to my Oscar. So I put a small shiner and this in there. Then I noticed its mouth is higher up unlike a sucker and it has tiny spikes or barbels on its back. Am I crazy because I have never seen a sucker like this.



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Re: Identify this fish
« Reply #1 on: Feb 06, 2015, 07:32 PM »
Goby? Or Russian rufe?
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Offline wallydiven

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Re: Identify this fish
« Reply #2 on: Feb 06, 2015, 07:34 PM »
Looks to me like a stickleback. Not uncommon to get them mixed in with fatheads and such.
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Offline Polar_Joe

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Re: Identify this fish
« Reply #3 on: Feb 06, 2015, 07:36 PM »
it's a stickleback
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Re: Identify this fish
« Reply #4 on: Feb 06, 2015, 07:40 PM »
Stickleback, my dad said the best bait for perch ever.

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Offline Captain1978

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Re: Identify this fish
« Reply #5 on: Feb 06, 2015, 07:43 PM »
Thanks guys. I've never even heard of it in all my years of fishing. My Oscar wants to eat him badly. He is totally ignoring the small shiner. Thanks again.
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Re: Identify this fish
« Reply #6 on: Feb 06, 2015, 07:43 PM »
Stickleback..... for sure!
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Offline Cantgetenough

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Re: Identify this fish
« Reply #7 on: Feb 06, 2015, 07:45 PM »
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Re: Identify this fish
« Reply #8 on: Feb 06, 2015, 07:48 PM »
do not let it go.......
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Offline wallydiven

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Re: Identify this fish
« Reply #9 on: Feb 06, 2015, 07:55 PM »
Quote from: Captain1978 on Feb 06, 2015, 07:43 PM
Thanks guys. I've never even heard of it in all my years of fishing. My Oscar wants to eat him badly. He is totally ignoring the small shiner. Thanks again.
Get it on video and post it  ;D
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Offline trapper2000

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Re: Identify this fish
« Reply #10 on: Feb 06, 2015, 07:58 PM »
that  right there  is   a  long face Canadian red ear  spotted  creek  darter  and  the  rarest   fish on the face  of  the  earth!  you  should  call the  DEC  Immediately and  collect the  reward   :thumbsup:
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Offline Big Ice Hole

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Re: Identify this fish
« Reply #11 on: Feb 06, 2015, 09:02 PM »
Got them in with my fat heads from the Log Cabins on Black Lake, crappies wouldn't touch them.
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Offline ridgerunner

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Re: Identify this fish
« Reply #12 on: Feb 06, 2015, 09:04 PM »
I agree stickleback
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Re: Identify this fish
« Reply #13 on: Feb 06, 2015, 09:32 PM »
Quote from: trapper2000 on Feb 06, 2015, 07:58 PM
that  right there  is   a  long face Canadian red ear  spotted  creek  darter  and  the  rarest   fish on the face  of  the  earth!  you  should  call the  DEC  Immediately and  collect the  reward   :thumbsup:
Ditto!
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Offline Fishmongerlyndon

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Re: Identify this fish
« Reply #14 on: Feb 07, 2015, 06:45 AM »
It's a nine spine stickleback very cool
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Offline Captain1978

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Re: Identify this fish
« Reply #15 on: Feb 07, 2015, 03:01 PM »
Quote from: trapper2000 on Feb 06, 2015, 07:58 PM
that  right there  is   a  long face Canadian red ear  spotted  creek  darter  and  the  rarest   fish on the face  of  the  earth!  you  should  call the  DEC  Immediately and  collect the  reward   :thumbsup:

 He's still hiding in my tank. He escaped the Oscar so far...I called DEC they came to my house and identified it. My $500,000 check is in the mail....Thanks for the heads up Trap!!! LOL
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Offline Anomaly

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Re: Identify this fish
« Reply #16 on: Feb 07, 2015, 03:13 PM »
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Offline trapper2000

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Re: Identify this fish
« Reply #17 on: Feb 07, 2015, 04:31 PM »
Quote from: Captain1978 on Feb 07, 2015, 03:01 PM
He's still hiding in my tank. He escaped the Oscar so far...I called DEC they came to my house and identified it. My $500,000 check is in the mail....Thanks for the heads up Trap!!! LOL

I  TOLD YA :clap: :roflmao: you owe  me  coffee
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Offline kowboyup

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Re: Identify this fish
« Reply #18 on: Feb 07, 2015, 04:32 PM »
absolutely a stickleback, few yrs ago caught one in a minnow trap and had a cornell guy tell me what it was
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Offline Captain1978

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Re: Identify this fish
« Reply #19 on: Feb 07, 2015, 05:28 PM »
Definitely a Stickleback. NOT a Darter. Look at this picture of a Stickleback and look at mine. Same spikes. The Darter's fins are different.


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Offline trapper2000

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Re: Identify this fish
« Reply #20 on: Feb 07, 2015, 06:23 PM »
well your  going  to have  to  send  the  500,000  back  then   :roflmao:

and  yes it is a stickleback, you'll  get them a lot when you buy  bait I  even netted a  bunch in oswego
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Offline Captain1978

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Re: Identify this fish
« Reply #21 on: Feb 07, 2015, 07:36 PM »
Quote from: trapper2000 on Feb 07, 2015, 06:23 PM
well your  going  to have  to  send  the  500,000  back  then   :roflmao:

and  yes it is a stickleback, you'll  get them a lot when you buy  bait I  even netted a  bunch in oswego
Oh no, the check is mine. And if I ever see you on the ice....or open water I will buy you a coffee. Grande' because now I can afford it ;)
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