Fish Identification Help

[poldervaart]

Sorry for the lack of face/mouth presentation.

Is this a Whitefish? Something Else?

Caught in Chatfield yesterday.

[NeWcS]

I dont see the pic im willing to bet its a shad.


[me=Jay_In_Parker] [/me]

[pappy]

I think Jay is right...

Check out this link...

http://www.woofish.com/shad.html

[poldervaart]

Originally Posted by pappy

I think Jay is right...

Check out this link...

http://www.woofish.com/shad.html

I forgot to add that the fish has a tiny little mouth (no sucker). I thought shad...and looking at the shad pics i see black dots in a horizontal pattern on the side, but this caught fish does not have those.

Hard to be certain with that picture but based on the tail and dorsal fin I'd say gizzard shad.* Here's a picture of a large gizzard shad:

[pappy]

Here is another link with better pics..

http://www.woofish.com/SHADID.html

(Well they were better until I noticed Don's pic... but they do show the other species)

Gizzard shad

Originally Posted by laker taker

Gizzard shad

Yeah, I shouldn't have said "hard to tell". Should have said "Can't be 100% certain, only 99 % certain...".

Cherry Creek has some shad this size as well. Would be nice if more predators were stocked to help control them.

[mista tuan]

put in ye old pike or musky and in a couple seasons ... poof 13"+ shad no more!!