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Need Help Identifying Fish #497375 10/10/18 09:28 PM
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 6 MO P Pond Seeker OP
OP Pond Seeker P Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 6 MO	Hoping someone can help identify the fish in the attached file. I found at least a hundred dead at the bottom of my spillway and along the stream below. Any ideas why they would have went over the spillway? Attached Images

Re: Need Help Identifying Fish Pond Seeker #497376 10/10/18 09:34 PM
Joined: May 2014 Posts: 3,864 Likes: 298 East Texas, USA A anthropic
anthropic A Joined: May 2014 Posts: 3,864 Likes: 298 East Texas, USA	No expert, but looks like either a shiner or shad. 7ac 2015 CNBG RES FHM 2016 TP FLMB 2017 NLMB GSH L 2018 TP & 70 HSB PK 2019 TP RBT 2020 TFS TP 25 HSB 250 F1,L,RBT -206 2021 TFS TP GSH L,-312 2022 GSH TP CR TFS RBT -234, 2023 BG TP TFS NLMB, -160

Re: Need Help Identifying Fish Pond Seeker #497378 10/11/18 05:48 AM
Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 6,080 Likes: 1 Boone County Illinois Bill D.
Bill D. Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 6,080 Likes: 1 Boone County Illinois	IMO Not a shiner Be Brave Enough to Suck at Something New!

Re: Need Help Identifying Fish Pond Seeker #497380 10/11/18 06:17 AM
Joined: Apr 2018 Posts: 1,220 Louisiana Mike Whatley
Mike Whatley Joined: Apr 2018 Posts: 1,220 Louisiana	I want to say thread fin shad, but I don't see a black spot on the tail. Could be a gizzard shad. .10 surface acre pond, 10.5 foot deep. SW LA. The epitome of a mutt pond. BG, LMB, GSF, RES, BH, Warmouth, Longear Sunfish, Gambusia,Mud Minnows, Crappie, and now shiners!!...I subscribe!!

Re: Need Help Identifying Fish Pond Seeker #497388 10/11/18 11:06 AM
Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 2,344 Likes: 101 West Central Missouri Quarter Acre
Quarter Acre Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 2,344 Likes: 101 West Central Missouri	It's a little dead and out of focus, but it resembles one from the shiner family...Red or Golden Shiner. I'm not one to bet against Bill D. So, I'm gonna lean towards Mike's suggestion of the gizzard shad. No dead fish found in the pond? Found just past the spillway and ensuing stream? Are you sure they came from the pond? Do you have a minnow population in the pond? My guess is that you had some of the rain that we here in Missouri have received and caused an exodus of fish/minnows from your pond and the overflow "atmosphere" was a bit too violent or inhabitable for the little fishes. Just a guess really! Fish on!, Noel

Re: Need Help Identifying Fish Quarter Acre #497392 10/11/18 12:25 PM
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 3,952 Likes: 184 Oakwood,Texas P Pat Williamson
Pat Williamson P Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 3,952 Likes: 184 Oakwood,Texas	Shad

Re: Need Help Identifying Fish Pond Seeker #497395 10/11/18 01:10 PM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 21,489 Likes: 265 Miss. E ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 21,489 Likes: 265 Miss.	Looks like TFS.

Re: Need Help Identifying Fish Pond Seeker #497408 10/12/18 06:10 AM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16,046 Likes: 276 Hurst & Bowie, Texas D Dave Davidson1 Moderator Lunker
Dave Davidson1 Moderator Lunker D Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16,046 Likes: 276 Hurst & Bowie, Texas	Yep It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color. Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done. Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP

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