What Kind of Fish is This???

[madeforpron]

Can`t callem idiots, just don`t know!!

[sorrelllarry1]

It is called a River Chub, Creek Chub, or just plain Chub We have those here in Virginia we have a local area name for them and It is (fall fish) the population has gotten so out of control In the North Fork Of the Shenandoah river that the Virginia Department Of Game And Inland Fishery's have stocked 15,000 musky in about a 35 mile section of our river. These fish eat just about anything and will regularly hit any lure small enough to fit in there mouth.

[InformativeFisherman]

It's a Golden Shiner,,, trust me look it up...

[lopger21]

brown sucker

like you

[gohomenowjose]

you guys are idiots....its a creek chub, i catch those all the time here in Connecticut....you can catch them with small minnows too and they are good live bait for stripers in the Connecticut River and good for catfish too if you fish with it all cut up.

[cozcat42]

grass carp

[mreldoctore]

grass carp

i've seen 40 pounders swiming in my lake

[mreldoctore]

grass carp

[2010jetsrock]

brown sucker 

[frankenstrat25]

looks like a huge chub or shiner to me

[assistman44]

lizard fish

[baldplate31]

creek chub ... haha

[FisherDudeGuy]

lol its a grass carp

[num9908]

Big ass yellow perch i think

[s4il]

creek chub.

[fisherfanatic1]

It's some sort of chub, that's for certain. It may possibly be a Fallfish, but other species of chub are a big possibility, too.

[EVILPIMP765]

its a carp

[blake2009]

Its called a cock fish, it comes from the big penile sucker located in other areas of New York.

[hockingdeerhunter200]

thats a huge creek chub its a male he is in spawning colors

[hertzer2000]

Fallfish or sucker.

[optician01]

carp, bass LOVE to eat the smaller ones cause as you can see its top fin is not hard or ptickly like a bream and they dont get caught in the bass' mouth, they just slide right down! also same thing with the shad and /or shinners

[bigfish4life]

kinda looks like a monster shiner

[Gar6367]

chub...or carp

[bigdickbassfishing]

its called a chub

[redbridgeroad]

Rainbow SMELT !!!! nice fish, I've never caught one bigger than a foot long

[iteck132]

its a chub mostly what smallmouth bass eat but they mostly live in creeks you got lucky cause im gonna say thats close to a world record chub hardly get big and thats close to 4 to 5 lbs it looks like you might want to check that cause im 100% sure thats a chub and congrats

[motormaniac50]

I believe its a white quillback sucker ive shot them bow fishin before

[hataCONTROL187]

looks like a chub to me

[piepie1000]

Chub =)

[guitarpuppet]

its a gold carp

[SuperDarylg]

it's a brown sucker, related to carp, common in canada and northren usa, what did you catch it on?

[DrShadowSML]

@SuperDarylg a worm on a hook

[SuperPensfan8771]

@SuperDarylg you deffently know your fish cause your absolutely right . it is a brown sucker. i catch them in the grand river alot

[7346616]

looks like a huge shiner

[fishinDude0901]

That is not a creek chub. To big. It looks like a type of carp but a juvinile

[kinglandon100]

its a creek chub

[bowhunter14870]

its a tyoe of chub, technically called a fallfish

[donkeyd22]

yea we call those things creek chubs here in ky

[fishingcrazy436]

did it have small white bumps on its head

??? if so me and my brother catch them in our pond all the time

[DrShadowSML]

@fishingcrazy436 no it didn't.

[Noslvation]

mayve a creek cubb thats what we call them nice biat too!

[awesomekidx]

that my friend is the biggest shiner i have ever seen in my whole life

[midgett85]

that is a redbellied dace they are common in mass and new york wiki it im guaranteed. i use em for pike bait they work awesome

[Ximezm0rizeix]

thats a big chub

[TheBasskid13]

Tiny CAAAARP

[shamwowisamazing]

thats a massive shiner/ creek chub

[finger11yo]

@shamwowisamazing no its a blood hound da

[1337h3xx]

I call that a 60 LB muskie bait LOL!

And yea its a shiner.

[DrShadowSML]

Haha definetely! I have tried to use chunks of little shiners for pike but that day I had no success.

[marleyboy23]

carp

[neeneeyo]

carp

[fishingkid11]

thats a once in a life time shinner my friend

[DrShadowSML]

yeah you're telling me. I have never seen a shiner that big, nor have I seen one larger than 9 inches since then. my friends have told me they catch them that big all the time, but I'm skeptical.

[jlaxattack]

Carp?

[polerigger]

thats a thread fin shade also known as a golden shiner

[hidudes123456]

its a rudd they are kinda a chub but smaller and faster and eat sweet stuff

[YoungAngler676]

Ya that is some fish in the minnow species... i have caught a 3 pound creek chub before! They can get that big because they are a sucker fish. Nice catch!

[fishman10988]

its a southeren shiner, i used them for bass when i was in florida

[kamilfishes]

its a rudd ive caught one before

[DrShadowSML]

it does look a lot like a rudd, however it'd be a large one lol

[matt234pm]

oh thats an ornamental goldfish

[DrShadowSML]

wtf um no. it's a real fish caught outside my house, in a river known as the Salmon River in New York. It leads to Lake Saint Francis in Quebec.

[bass1299]

damn looks like a huge golden shiner or a very small carp.. i think its a golden shina thouh

[torpeedo01]

its some weird - ass photoshopped carp/catfish

[DrShadowSML]

I wish it was photoshopped. but it's not.

[silverkingmc]

it's a grass carpo

[amazingdisster]

idk but i could be a over sized minnow

[jefftandjenc]

Man alive its 1 thing and 1 thing only

Redhorse Sucker

has a sucker-type mouth

Red fins

Coarse scales

Not a carp (carp has large square dorsal)

Wrong fin-type for a shiner too

And not a whitefish either lol

[chinstrapXXX]

ether israle or karp

[IJUGGLE4BASEBALL]

Notropis heterolepis. That is the Blacknose shiners name. That may be a golden shiner i will try to find the name of it.

[IJUGGLE4BASEBALL]

we caught one 3 times the size of that one

[IJUGGLE4BASEBALL]

shiner

[UAfootball10]

shiner

[newmanjon90]

its a baby grass carp

[FjJustin]

a shiner we catch em all the time

[DrShadowSML]

as shown in the description: Me and my friends call it a shiner." But, "what is this fish better known as or what is it's scientific name?" Oh and thanks for your help everyone. I think it most resembles the Golden Redhorse sucker.

[Largemouthbassguy123]

it is a white amur in other countires but in america its called a grass carp

[tubbion2]

eats a creek chub

[DrShadowSML]

Ok thanks for the help.

[monstermonkey5]

its either a young carp or a record shattering golden shiner

[dylan35542]

my dad says it's somekind of carp or a grass carp ok

[drawdys]

thats a pond sucker

[DrShadowSML]

Most fish of this kind that I have caught, which is a bunch, do not have a sucker mouth.

[DrShadowSML]

I don't think it's a carp because it is a white color. Which is why my friends and I call it a Shiner. Also, I don't think the type of mouth on this fish is the same as a carp.

[DrShadowSML]

Also, most of the fish of this kind in this water are small. They never reach the size of carp and this is the biggest one I've caught there and it's only 20 inches and not very heavy at all.

[hungrylizard193]

That, my friend, is a type of sucker called a Goldon Redhorse

(just looked it up)

[DrShadowSML]

I am not sure if it has that sucker mouth, I'd have to catch another one. But it does look a lot like a Golden Redhorse. Thanks.

[hungrylizard193]

It may also be a fallfish

[airsoftdude20644]

redhorse are suckers