r/whatfishisthis

I grew up in these waters, caught it all, anything from bluegill to largemouth. Just recently taken a bit of time to pay attention to the smaller things. Just curious as to what it is, I apologize for the photo not being the best this was late at night and it did what fish do right after this. I think maybe a shiner of some sort?

I saw this fish yesterday at a pet store and I’ve been thinking about getting him and I completely forgot the name! Any help???

I’m leaning more towards gator, there’s no pattern on the nose or spots on tail

Caught this off a dock on a lake in the Lake Minnetonka area of Minnesota and can’t figure out if it’s a Northern Pike or a Tiger Muskie. It’s got that classic elongated esox body and duck-bill mouth with sharp teeth, but we’re stumped on the markings — they look like lighter spots on a darker green background, which makes me lean toward Northern Pike, but the pattern had us second guessing. Tiger muskies are usually stocked so I know they’re less common, but wanted to get some expert opinions. Anyone able to ID this with confidence?

I thought they were stocked rainbow trout, but I remember stocked rainbows being more colorful. I’m wondering if they could be native Kern River rainbow trout? Either that or I’ve seen steelheads look similar to this. Ty!

never seen something like this one, anyone recognize it?

Found while scuba diving in the Gulf of Mexico, about 5 feet long! Can’t identify it anywhere!

Caught this little guy in the Chattoga river in SC trout fishing. Don’t recognize what he is. There seemed to be lots of smaller ones like him swimming around me.

Found in a man-made pond that floods into a not man-made creek in south texas. Pond was never stocked with anything but evidently fish got in in the flooding. Inaturalist Identified as a green sunfish but I am not sure because it looks like even babies have way fewer stripes. Sorry it's dead, I was trying to catch minnows in a trap and all the minnows are gone but this guy was left, dead. Maybe he ate the minnows. Thanks!

I catch lots of white suckers, but this guy seemed much larger than usual. Is it a white sucker? The size and coloration seem way off.
Sugar Creek, south WI.

Does anyone know how to catch freshwater Drum on lures? Or which techniques? I know they bottom feed so I’ve caught them with night crawlers and one with a jig+curly tailed grub. Are they primarily only caught on live/dead bait? Ultimately I want to catch a huge one!

Was sold from petsmart as a Molly. Loves my snake female mollies I think they will breed soon

SIL snagged this tiny fish in lake Sam Rayburn Texas. When she described it, I thought pickerel. When I saw it, I started to wonder if she was right about catching a gar fry. What is it?