IDENTIFY this mutated fish!! I think its a mutant!!

[FishinFireFighter]

Ok guys this thing is WEIRD!! Ive asked tons of people and NOONE has a clue. It was caught in silverwood but Ive never seen anything like it. It has the body structure of a largemouth bass, the head of a catfish, mouth of a carp, gill structure of a LMB and the color is a mix between bass and catfish.....WEIRD!!

I also caught this guy funny too, I was using a deep crank and felt a thud so I tried to set the hook and it went slack so I let it sit for a minute to give it another shot at it and a second later another bump, I reeled in the slack and set the hook really hard this time. FISH ON! And BOY did this thing put up a good fight! He was pulling line off my basspro nitro reel and if you dont know, those reels are capable of 17lbs of drag I was thinking it may be a DD bass. Well I finally got him in and realized I had hooked him through the tail.

Heres some pics, I wish I would have shot a video of him.






WHAT THE HECK IS IT???

[Vies]

it looks like a Carp!

[FishinFireFighter]

it looks like a Carp!

Not any carp Ive ever seen in this lake! The carp in silverwood have the regular golden large scales...

[ghost2uu]

It is a squaw fish.

[Vies]

Id have to agree.... they would normally be colored different but it looks like this fish has been in the lake for a long while... im surprised it doesnt have wiskers... and the funny thing is.... the color mimics the Bass! lol.... what a copy cat! lol.

[FishinFireFighter]

It is a squaw fish.

Dont squawfish have a long slender body though? Also they dont have carp mouths either, lol.

[pigdestroyer]

It almost looks like a silver carp.

[VangFisherman]

I've also caught a few of those up in Clifton Court Forebay (near TRACY, CA)...this species of fish is more of like a asian carp family....if you didnt know CCF is also a part of the Aquaducts...Clifton Court forebay,O'Neil forebay,Lake Pyramid,Castaic,Silverwood,DVL are all connected through the Aquaduct....

[FishinFireFighter]

I've also caught a few of those up in Clifton Court Forebay (near TRACY, CA)...this species of fish is more of like a asian carp family....if you didnt know CCF is also a part of the Aquaducts...Clifton Court forebay,O'Neil forebay,Lake Pyramid,Castaic,Silverwood,DVL are all connected through the Aquaduct....

Nice to know someone else has caught one, that makes me feel better lol.

[Vies]

hey since VangFisherman mentions its all part of the aquaducts, you guys must have caught the same one......honestly, id put it in my koi pond and see what happens. hahaha.....now i want to catch one!

Thanks for the great post with pics by the way!