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Posted By: Downrigger56304 Fish Id - 02/08/21 05:05 PM
Can someone tell me if this is one of the bad invasive carp? My brother in law snagged it yesterday through the ice.

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Posted By: esshup Re: Fish Id - 02/08/21 05:43 PM
No, it looks like a Buffalo fish to me.

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Google "Ictiobus" It could be a Bigmouth Buffalo or a Smallmouth Buffalo
Posted By: Bill Cody Re: Fish Id - 02/08/21 07:56 PM
Yes - I agree a buffalo fish, I think without a close look it is probably a black buffalo. The 3 buffalo fish bigmouth & smallmouth and black in MN are sort of hard to tell apart. There are also hybrids of buffalo fish.
Posted By: Steve_ Re: Fish Id - 02/08/21 08:17 PM
+1 for Smallmouth Buffalo
Posted By: Downrigger56304 Re: Fish Id - 02/08/21 10:26 PM
Thanks for the replies, you guys are the best!!
Posted By: Bill Cody Re: Fish Id - 02/09/21 01:05 AM
Here is a very good link for how to separate the 3 buffalo fish: smallmouth, bigmouth, and the black. Note the two pictures above are of different fish. The bottom picture has a summer open water background not a picture of the ice fishing snagged fish.
http://obscureadventures.com/2020/0...lack-buffalo-how-to-tell-the-difference/
Posted By: esshup Re: Fish Id - 02/10/21 12:12 AM
Originally Posted by Bill Cody
Here is a very good link for how to separate the 3 buffalo fish: smallmouth, bigmouth, and the black. Note the two pictures above are of different fish. The bottom picture has a summer open water background not a picture of the ice fishing snagged fish.
http://obscureadventures.com/2020/0...lack-buffalo-how-to-tell-the-difference/


Thanks for the link Bill, that's a good one!!

The fish in the OP's post looks like it has black eyes.......
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