Author Topic: What is this fish? (Read 2121 times)

Looks kinda like a sucker- sometimes those ugly fish eat well though. Wolfish is the ugliest nastiest fish in the ocean and tastes like lobster. (not the sucker though

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thebigwiggle · « **Reply #11 on:** Feb 22, 2012, 10:40 AM »

I have seen allot of fish come out of lake Champlain but this is the first i have seen of one of these.. Like i said before .. you can never know what you might catch in lake Champlain..

adkgold · « **Reply #12 on:** Feb 22, 2012, 10:58 AM »

Nice Tench! How big was it? I caught one around 5lbs this spring while fishing for smallmouth. I could literally see dozens of them in the shallows one warm sunny day.

coldsteel · « **Reply #13 on:** Feb 22, 2012, 11:04 AM »

they look like a carp with skin instead of large scales, do they get as big?

vtbuckrulrss · « **Reply #14 on:** Feb 22, 2012, 05:18 PM »

If I remember right, they came down from Canada. Someone was raising them to sell, high water hit, and now we have them. I believe if you look back in the vtfg archives you will see a report there under news. I will try to find and post here.

tench · « **Reply #15 on:** Feb 22, 2012, 07:18 PM »

Quote from: coldsteel on Feb 22, 2012, 11:04 AM

they look like a carp with skin instead of large scales, do they get as big?

Well I'm 160lbs and depending on who you talk to I am even slimier than I look

I've done some research on them and they do have small scales with a thick skin giving them a slimy appearance, they're common across most of Europe and after soaking them in clean water for a day or two to cut down on mud tastes, they are reportedly good table fare.

Dead Head on ice · « **Reply #16 on:** Feb 23, 2012, 08:23 PM »

I've done some research on them and they do have small scales with a thick skin giving them a slimy appearance, they're common across most of Europe and after soaking them in clean water for a day or two to cut down on mud tastes, they are reportedly good table fare.
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I prefer not to eat anything I have to soak in water for 2 days to let the toxins out!

Canadianiceguy · « **Reply #17 on:** Feb 23, 2012, 08:39 PM »

Quote from: vtbuckrulrss on Feb 22, 2012, 05:18 PM

If I remember right, they came down from Canada. Someone was raising them to sell, high water hit, and now we have them. I believe if you look back in the vtfg archives you will see a report there under news. I will try to find and post here.

here is some of the only info i have found. i have never heard of or seen this fish before.
http://www.invasivestrackingsystem.ca/report.php?ListType=tlkpInvSpeciesGallery&ID=47

dgb · « **Reply #18 on:** Feb 23, 2012, 08:45 PM »

Looks like some other strain of a carp to me....all about the same.....These type of fish are a prize in Europe....hope that got more to fish for than that

jlaclair · « **Reply #19 on:** Feb 24, 2012, 06:34 AM »

Quote from: dgb on Feb 23, 2012, 08:45 PM

Looks like some other strain of a carp to me....all about the same.....These type of fish are a prize in Europe....hope that got more to fish for than that

most water ways in England have low oxygen levels, carps species are some of the few that can survive...

fishstalker · « **Reply #20 on:** Feb 24, 2012, 06:49 AM »

Yep its a tench. I got one at appletree boat launch last spring with my bow.

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