Mystery fish caught at Silverwood identification help needed.

[ToadsToadsOnly]

My buddy Danny and I caught these fish at Silverwood Lake today they were foaming in the AM like a school of boiling bass on bait balls. We ended up catching them on crappie jigs sight fishing mid water column. Looks like a Chub of some sort but the fins and mouth are different than Chub pictures I see online these fish were approx 3-5lbs.

I have no clue what these are and no-one at the wood did either. The worker swore it was a carp but the tail, eyes, mouth, fins, and scales are different than carp.







One of the major distinctive characteristics of the fish is the v shaped tail.

Similar to the Bonytail Chub

http://www.arkive.org/bonytail-chub/...ge-G59059.html

For now I am going to call the fish a BARP half bass half carp.

[Jig-Guy]

I have fished Silverwood for years and have never seen these fish. If they are carp their mouth should be on the bottom of their head. I will have to wait for someone else to let us know what these fish are.

[Ifishtoolittle]

It looks like a grass carp subspecies or something of that nature. In any case it's quite obvious that these guys were eating well!

[casting call]

It looks like a grass carp subspecies or something of that nature. In any case it's quite obvious that these guys were eating well!

Id say grass carp too.. but these scales are "oval" instead of a diamond pattern, and grass carp have shorter anal fins.

[DMS]

I think they are buffalo fish
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ictiobus

[cutbait]

Mohave tui chub?

[seal]

Mohave tui chub?

Ding ding ding! But I thought those were close to extinction? So say the environmentalists.

[bman90278]

So did u eat them not knowing what there were? Either way, looks like cook catches.

-b

[ToadsToadsOnly]

I gave them to some guy on the dock I should of brought one home to dissect it.

[misterBAITer]

I gave them to some guy on the dock I should of brought one home to dissect it.

Could it be this: Lavinia exilicauda?

http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/facts...?SpeciesID=553
It says there have been occurrences of this fish at Silverwood.