Mystery Fish

[Mickey Finn]

My granddaughter & I were fishing in my pond today & caught this.
Can anyone identify this fish?

 

[Mickey Finn]

This may be a better picture...

 

[Crestliner16]

Pike bait looks like a creek chub.

***disclaimer: make sure it's a legal baitfish if going that route.

 

[FisherPrice]

My granddaughter & I were fishing in my pond today & caught this.
Can anyone identify this fish?

I'd say its a large creek Chub... I'm interested to see other perspectives.

 

[Josh Roelofsen]

Chub

 

[Mickey Finn]

Thanks for the responses....
I thought it seemed fat for a creek chub, but the consensus seems to be a chub.
I also thought creek chub have a black lateral line or is that a different strain of creek chub.

 

[Wildfire]

I thought it seemed fat for a chub

 

[Noth n yet]

Think its a hornday

 

[Puddle Jumper]

Horned chub
Got them in our creek ...some are in parents coi pond eating fish food ...get some 6 " +

 

[maytagman]

I call them horned chub, used to catch in the grand years ago. Where there bumps on top of its nose?

 

[Josh Roelofsen]

Thanks for the responses....
I thought it seemed fat for a creek chub, but the consensus seems to be a chub.
I also thought creek chub have a black lateral line or is that a different strain of creek chub.

Your pic is a Creek Chub. River Chub and Lake Chub do have a darker lateral line, as do many other species including Daces, Cutlip and Fatheads which can look somewhat similar to a Chub.

And FYI for some of the other guys, Horned Chub are another seperate species as well

Josh

 

[Bonetown6]

We had a great aft catching chub a couple weeks ago on kettle creek!

 

[Mickey Finn]

Thanks for all the great info & pictures guys....

 

[DaveJ]

FYI..cut them in chunks, vac seal...great channel cat bait!!

 

[Wildfire]

Chub attracts the kitty cats?

 

[Pennyworth]

This may be a better picture...

Creek Chub for sure. 60 years ago it was my target species in the Maitland River.

 

[Derkd9]

I used to catch creek chub for fun in walkers creek in St. Catharines when I was a young boy. One after the other with worms..
I remember going along the creek to this tunnel under the road.
would cast down into the tunnel which would scare about a hundred rats go scurrying
Glad I never caught one of those!

 

[Extra Virgin]

It's a creek chub. There will be a black dot on the front of the dorsal fin of creek chubs.

 

[Jello]

As said, it's a Creek Chub. Great hardy bait fish. Stay lively for a long time on the hook and they stay hooked.