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Wiggy
05-29-2015, 04:17 PM
I went fishing the other day here in north western Tennessee on a small (180 acre) lake. The first fish I caught I thought was a skipjack shad, but now I'm not so sure. The more I think about it, it might be a Golden Shiner. I may have misidentified it in the video. It was silvery-gold in color but darker almost gray near the top. The tail was more deeply forked and the head more elongated than most golden shiners I've seen, but it wasn't as lightly colored as most skipjacks I've seen either. Plus, I think skipjack shad are more of a river fish, and not a lake fish... So which do you think it is?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLxDmDwn31A

I may have to redo the video with the correct identification on it.

hunter63
05-29-2015, 04:31 PM
My WiFi doesn't do vids well in the boonnies....Pic would be helpful.

Wiggy
05-29-2015, 05:24 PM
I wish I could, but unfortunately no matter what I try, it tells me my picture is an invalid file and won't let me post it. I checked a thread on how to do it, and I did that, but it will not post.

hunter63
05-29-2015, 05:43 PM
You need 10 posts for a pic, I guess.....Hummm. but aging I thought that applied to vids as well....

Wiggy
05-30-2015, 07:41 AM
I was able to confirm that it was a Golden Shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas). I went back in and added an annotation over my mistake in the video so no one gets confused.

hunter63
05-30-2015, 10:43 AM
Cool....Thanks...

Batch
05-30-2015, 11:31 AM
That's what we use for largemouth bass bait down here.

Wiggy
05-30-2015, 03:31 PM
It would take a heck of a largemouth to eat that one whole, lol. I've caught a few bass in that lake before, but nothing large. There are some great catfish in there though!

Wiggy
05-30-2015, 10:36 PM
http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j478/Pattypeppermint1/Snapshot%202%205-29-2015%204-09%20PM_zpsfypnst0n.png

Let's see if this works. If the picture posts, then this is the fish I was talking about.