Darter ID

Caught down in SW Virginia in the Clinch River systems. i know people were talking about this fish in the trip report....it doesnt look like the red lines in my tank...its very yellowy.

caught here...

Edited by bumpylemon, 16 September 2009 - 09:37 PM.

Looks like a female redline to me...

Looks like a female redline to me...

I completely agree.

And allow me to third in agreement.

thats what i had and we orginally thought when we caught it....but whats all the talk in the trip report about it being something different...or was this the wrong fish. lol

thats what i had and we orginally thought when we caught it....but whats all the talk in the trip report about it being something different...or was this the wrong fish. lol

The question was regarding a male redline some mistakenly thought might be a Wounded darter. The female redlines are nicely marked though not as colorful as the males. I've got a couple that get thin dark bars along their sides but they come and go. Oh and my longnose gar is so cool I gave him two dozen feeder guppies Monday there's one left tonight. He feeds so differently then my redfin pickerel who as you will recall immediately rushes and attacks feeder fish with rapid lunges until his prey is captured. The gar barely moves his fins and in a kind of controlled drift in all kinds of angles and orientations eventually gets close enough to make a quick slash attack. I suppose this could change as he gets bigger or gets used to me feeding him.