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Possibly a walleye fingerling?

Started by Guest_redfinpickerel_* , Jul 22 2008 05:39 PM

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#1 Guest_redfinpickerel_*

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Posted 22 July 2008 - 05:39 PM

this fish was caught in a little creek that flows out of a pond that has walleye and perch so i dont know what it is?

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#2 Guest_ashtonmj_*

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Posted 22 July 2008 - 05:39 PM

Close, but it's a yellow perch.

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#3 Guest_redfinpickerel_*

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Posted 22 July 2008 - 05:40 PM

but it does not have the black bars/stripes

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#4 Guest_Newt_*

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Posted 22 July 2008 - 05:50 PM

They are there, just faded. You can trust Matt, he knows his fish!

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#5 Guest_ashtonmj_*

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Posted 22 July 2008 - 06:01 PM

As Nathan said, you still can see some of the black pigment, plus several other common things, like shape and size of head, lack of white pigment on the base of the caudaul fin and black on the membranes of the dorsal fins.

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#6 Guest_midge_*

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Posted 23 July 2008 - 01:06 PM

that looks like a rouffe, they are an invasive perch in lake erie, i know very little about them past that. are you close to erie or better yet is there someone who has actually worked with them that can tell me if I am crazy for thinking that and its just a perch

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#7 Guest_Brooklamprey_*

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Posted 23 July 2008 - 01:37 PM

It is a perch... Eurasian Ruffe have also NOT been found in lake Erie and nowhere south of Thunder bay on the eastern side of the state.

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#8 Guest_redfinpickerel_*

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Posted 23 July 2008 - 03:42 PM

i caught in a small creek in a minnow trap and i thought ruffe are only found in lake superior???

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#9 Guest_butch_*

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Posted 23 July 2008 - 03:51 PM

Ruffe have scattered black spots on the dorsal fins and are joined with second dorsal fin while perch have two seperated clear dorsal fins. Again this fish in picture looks like a wash out yellow perch especially if they come from sandy areas.

So far I hasn't heard anyone caught ruffe in Lake Erie.

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#10 Guest_midge_*

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Posted 23 July 2008 - 05:37 PM

i think i read to much stuff put out by the odnr about them being an invasive that I assumed they were in erie already, thanks for that info i'll have to look into them more now