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Caught this in my bream trap today. Never seen anything like this. It was caught in a small pool of stream water. It also has teeth and fine scales and is extremely slimy.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...2f50391ea1.jpg
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That is a Chain pickerel I think.
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This is a first for me, so I had no idea what it was....
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Chain Pickeral......they don't get real big.
Right hand, left shoe, and a small chain pickeral...cool catch in Alabama!
I don't think it's a Chain Pickerel ... the side markings are all wrong.
Here's something that may help identify it :
https://boatingonthehudson.files.wor...e-pickerel.jpg
Looks more like a Grass Pickerel, according to the markings. :dono
Grass pickerel use to catch them up in ky at peabody
Now you have piqued my interest. Upon a closer look, it may actually be a redfin. I have searched the Internet, including Outdoor Alabama. While OA lists grass pickerel in Alabama there is no associated information suggesting grass pickerel in Alabama. While the picture is inconclusive there does appear to be a red tint on the fins. Bottomline: I am no expert, but thanks for turning the thinking cap.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrappiePappy
It does resemble the markings to that of a bass, It's just weird catching this. I have fished the choctawhatchee river in dale and geneva county since I was 14 and have never ran across one of these till today. I had set my trap in a small branch that ran under the road just down from my house to hopefully catch a few bream to feed some Flatty's tomorrow. But then again never caught a hybrid til this February while fishing the river in geneva. I guess you just never know what you will come across.
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I actually have the fish in an aquarium so tomorrow I can get a better shot of the fins. That way if they are indeed red it will narrow it down a bit. I plan to return it back to where it was caught I just had to get it to the house for a little closer look.
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Given Crappypappy's picture...where the base of the mouth extends to/beyond the eye, and the black line under the eye are another clue. Thanks for sharing. At least I got the right hand and left shoe correct. :scratchhead
The mouth was slightly skinned where it was trying to get out of the trap.. he/she will be released tomorrow after more pictures are taken of fins.
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Crappiepappy my be right I'm no expert on this group of fish. I can tell you they love crappie jigs. I catch them a west point a lot. I do know the chain pickrel get to 3lbs because I've caught one that size myself.
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What ever it is next time lip it like a bass, lol. Got my buddy years ago one night bass fishing, he got a 5 pound walleye to the boat and never seen one and I told him to lip it like a bass, needless to say the trip was over to attend to his tore to pieces thumb, lol.
Never seeing this type of fish before that was the first thing I did was check the mouth and yeah I know what you mean by lipping it. For its size it definitely did have some very sharp teeth.
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Im going to go with this being a grass pickerel being that I do not see any red on the fins. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...1ca449b62e.jpg
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Chain or grass pickerel...I have actually caught 3 chain pickerel on 3 consecutive casts a couple of years ago. I had to post on here also to find out what they were.
Doesn't appear that you are actually much of a buddy at all if you would do that to someone. Just saying....Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowboy215
There were some in Lake Lady Ann (now Sun Lake) in Madison years ago. I caught one in Orange Lake in Florida that was 6 pounds!!!!! At the time the WR was over 9#.Quote:
Originally Posted by "G"
Always called them a "jack". Creeks in NW Florida are full of them. Never caught one in Alabama