Fish Id

[reevesr1]

Friend of mine caught this in a BC lake. Anyone know what it is?

 

[trailhead]

Looks like a Dolly Varden, from Kootenay Lake.

[CF8]

Is that not a squawfish? Looks like one...

[ironfly]

Judging by the tail I'd say it's a laker, but the head makes me think bully. Maybe a hybrid?

[Taco]

northern pikeminnow

[kungfool]

Friend of mine caught this in a BC lake. Anyone know what it is?

 

 

I cant be sure Rick but Ill stick my neck out and say its a fish of some sort!

 

[reevesr1]

Is that not a squawfish? Looks like one...

 

That's what I thought. Do they get that big?

 

It ain't a trout!

[ÜberFly]

All the Northern Pike Minnows (Squaw Fish) that I've ever caught didn't have that strange pointy snout?!

 

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[Tungsten]

All the Northern Pike Minnows (Squaw Fish) that I've ever caught didn't have that strange pointy snout?!

 

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Agreed,maybe a pink Salmon.Just a guess.

[monger]

Squawfish.........northern pikeminnow

[Taco]

That's what I thought. Do they get that big?

 

It ain't a trout!

 

Ya they do, the record is 13 1/2 lbs

 

[ÜberFly]

Looks different then this:

[CDone]

Northern Pike Minnow, body shape will vary depending on type of water i.e. lake or river. Used to catch lots off the back of the house boat on the Shuswap.

 

I remember as a kid dragging a huge one (7+lbs) up on the shore on the Kootenay Lake north of Nelson

 

Colin

[seby]

northern pikeminnow

 

2x

[admin]

Cool! Never seen one of those before.

[SilverDoctor]

Caught lots of those when I was a kid out of Okanagan lake. by the way Sq***fish is no longer a politically correct word and should be avoided.

[CF8]

by the way Sq***fish is no longer a politically correct word and should be avoided.

 

 

My apologies... good to know...

[Taco]

How about Old Woman Fish? Like the coulee @ High River

[FraserN]

Unquestionably a squawfish. Pretty common in southeastern B.C. lakes.

[KnotLikely]

I've had the unfortunate luck to catch way to many pike minnow this year all over BC. If it hit hard, and then came in like a wet sock...it's a pike minnow. They almost look like a trout from a distance, the mouth and the heavily forked tail, and the total lack of fight usually give it away. The ones I've caught usually have a brownish-green-gold colour and more defined scales almost more like a walleye, though some of the smaller ones I've caught are more on the silver side.

 

Rick: If you want to catch one, let me know next time you're at your condo. If I'm up there I'll show you where to get some, but hopefully we get shut out of pike minnow in favour of some nice rainbows, and big bulls.