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