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Fish Identification #7255514
04/30/21 11:09 PM
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Does anyone know what kind of fish this is? Found it and a few suckers and creek chubs in our creek. They were hanging around in groups inside holes in the bank that looked like where old underground streams were.
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Re: Fish Identification [Re: NorthenTrapper] #7255515
04/30/21 11:12 PM
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Idk, I've never seen a smallmouth fry...maybe? Hope you get your answer, I'm stumped!


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Re: Fish Identification [Re: NorthenTrapper] #7255519
04/30/21 11:16 PM
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Mudminnow.


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Re: Fish Identification [Re: NorthenTrapper] #7255520
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I don't think it's anything bigger than a sucker due to the creek only being like a foot and a half wide and around a foot or so deep where they were.


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Re: Fish Identification [Re: NorthenTrapper] #7255522
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JP that may be it.


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Re: Fish Identification [Re: NorthenTrapper] #7255523
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Yup it is. I catch millions of them each year.


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Re: Fish Identification [Re: Jurassic Park] #7255525
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Originally Posted by Jurassic Park
Mudminnow.


Jurrasic Park is correct. It's a Mudminnow and probably a Central Mudminnow. At one point, I kept 56 species of fish and I used to go on trips to collect different species of native fish.

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Re: Fish Identification [Re: NorthenTrapper] #7255538
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How big do they get? Also is their primary source of food insect larvae and eggs?


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Re: Fish Identification [Re: NorthenTrapper] #7255542
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They get up to about 9” I’ve seen and kinda that same size as a trout. They survive very well in low oxygen waters. They’ll last longer out of water than other minnows. Very hardy!

Not sure what they eat.


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Re: Fish Identification [Re: NorthenTrapper] #7255543
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Re: Fish Identification [Re: NorthenTrapper] #7255596
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JP nailed it.


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Re: Fish Identification [Re: NorthenTrapper] #7255600
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In my experience they make terrible bait compared to an emerald shiner or even a golden shiner. Definetly a very tough fish that can survive in conditions most others can't though.


Re: Fish Identification [Re: NorthenTrapper] #7255604
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They make a good bait if you can keep them suspended from the bottom with a bobber. We sold minnows when I was young and we kept the mudminnows in a wooden barrel buried within a couple of inches from the top. Filled with water it stays cool and a lid on top keeps it dark inside. No need to add air or running water. They are very hardy, but I agree with Michigander that other minnows are a better bait.


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Re: Fish Identification [Re: NorthenTrapper] #7255614
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Not the best walleye bait but smallmouth slam them here.

Re: Fish Identification [Re: NorthenTrapper] #7255626
05/01/21 08:34 AM
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I get several of them while scooping willow cats. Walleye love them like willow cats.

Re: Fish Identification [Re: NorthenTrapper] #7255675
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I have a pile of them in my marsh. They sure are a tough little fish.


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