The unknown fish is slender which pretty much rules out goldeneye. That's about all I can say for sure about those fish. Do you still have the fish? A photo in your hand may be clearer? I think it is a little early in the year in your area for them to be that big and sturgeon which spawn at about 53-55F. Then for sturgeon, we have to consider time for egg laying, hatching time, and growth to that size or length. Pike will be the earlest spawners and could noe be about that size in your area. At that size the fish should have looked like an miniature adult. Which features of the adult did it mostly have? Snout, fin arrangement, tail shape?.
Your water cleared due to the plankton bloom crashing and probably rooted weeds and or FA starting a surge in growth.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 06/13/09 09:42 AM.
