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not too sure (minnows)?

Started by Guest_robinadair84_* , May 20 2011 08:33 PM

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#1 Guest_robinadair84_*

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Posted 20 May 2011 - 08:33 PM

i seine every once in a while for bait or feeder minnows for a largemouth bass. i have 3 black bullheads and 1 bass, they all really enjoy fresh food and i enjoy seining more then 10 bucks for a handfull of sick bait fish. anyways i recently caught about 5-6, 1"-1.5" minnows dark rainbow colored kinda red fin'd, body like a salmon? weirder then that a day later their heads are turning a pinkisk color and the rest of their body is still the same.????? I live in kansas so ..... salmon cant be right. right? i like these fish and don't really want to feed them to my other fish. oh and are ghost shrimp normal for streams in kansas?

#2 Guest_NVCichlids_*

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Posted 20 May 2011 - 09:03 PM

http://gallery.nanfa...hiner .jpg.html

I am guessing it will be a species of shiner. The common shiners here in WI have been reddish finned with a reddish color through the head, but definately NOT the pink lemonaide that the striped shiners get.

http://gallery.nanfa...e 2136.jpg.html

do either of those look similar?

#3 Guest_Newt_*

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Posted 20 May 2011 - 10:05 PM

Hard to say without photos. Red shiners (Lythrurus umbratilis) are another possibility. A species of grass/ghost shrimp does occur in Iowa, but it's usually in slack weedy water, not flowing streams. You may be seeing scuds (amphipods) instead. If they're kind of C-shaped, often in copulating pairs, and swim erratically (often flopping over sideways or even upside down as they swim), then they're scuds.

#4 Guest_FirstChAoS_*

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Posted 20 May 2011 - 10:05 PM

I don't know much about Kansas fish. The name of the water body they were found in and a photo of the fish could help alot in IDing.

#5 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 20 May 2011 - 10:39 PM

Green Sunfish. Hey, just playing the percentages!

#6 Guest_wargreen_*

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Posted 22 May 2011 - 01:53 PM

In Southeastern Kansas near the Missouri border you have Cardinal Shiner (Luxilus Cardinalis) which has the Salmon to red coloring on their bellies.

#7 Guest_keepnatives_*

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Posted 23 May 2011 - 02:37 PM

Hard to say without photos. Red shiners (Lythrurus umbratilis) are another possibility. A species of grass/ghost shrimp does occur in Iowa, but it's usually in slack weedy water, not flowing streams. You may be seeing scuds (amphipods) instead. If they're kind of C-shaped, often in copulating pairs, and swim erratically (often flopping over sideways or even upside down as they swim), then they're scuds.

I agree with Newt sounds like red shiners (Cyprinella lutrensis) but Red fin (Lythrurus umbratilis) shiners are possible too