Is this an emerald shiner?

JerryC · Post by **JerryC** » Wed Dec 03, 2014 10:59 pm

So i went blade baiting for freshwater stripers 2 weeks ago and speared this guy.. I must have gotten under a school of these, is this an emerald shiner? Looks like it to me but not really sure.

Thanks,

Garfisher · Post by **Garfisher** » Wed Dec 03, 2014 11:01 pm

It's most likey a shad of some sort (or maybe an alewife)

KlingerNOK · Post by **KlingerNOK** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 12:33 am

I'd say it's an American Shad. They're definitely a different fish than the gizzard and threadfins I'm used to.

fishballer06 · Post by **fishballer06** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 1:28 am

Hard to tell from your photo's. How long was it? How wide was it? Alewife's are usually a little skinnier.

JerryC · Post by **JerryC** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 2:02 am

It wasn't fat, just long and skinny.. Maybe 3" or so..

Drewgill · Post by **Drewgill** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 2:36 am

Pretty sure it’s an alewife. It could also be a blueback herring, but I don’t see much of a blue tint on its back, although their colors can vary.

JerryC · Post by **JerryC** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 2:57 am

The tint on the back was more brown and a little greenish.

Big-Bass · Post by **Big-Bass** » Sun Dec 07, 2014 7:36 am

It is an Alewife based on size, coloration, jaw structure, and location of catch. Now you know you can match the forage species.

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