Name That (weird-ass) Fish!
July 28, 2008 by JD
Filed under Name that Fish!
Our latest round of the Name That Fish So, this one even threw me a cureball…actually, it was more like a filthy slider on the black at the knees. Our pal MJP sent in this one from a recent trip to the Alagnak River in Alaska.
This bizarre little dude obviously has eyes bigger than his stomach because he tried to eat a K15 Kwikfish…or was he trying to date it??
For a full-body look at this thing click here:
Any guesses??? I’ve got a pack of DOA lures for the first one to identify this guy…
(By the way, former winners Jim Ponsford and Scott Heartline need to send me a private email with your addresses so I can send you out your schawg from previous rounds of Name That Fish)
Ryan Sabalow on Mon, 28th Jul 2008 8:11 am
It’s an eastern Swahili mule walleye.
JD on Mon, 28th Jul 2008 1:13 pm
You can always count on Sabs for an excellent guess…but…Survey Said….. X
troy molennor on Mon, 28th Jul 2008 6:09 pm
how bout a Least Cisco?
Wes J. on Tue, 29th Jul 2008 2:12 am
Is it a Sheefish?
Jim Del Bono on Tue, 29th Jul 2008 3:45 am
Its a Sauger
Jeff Gould on Tue, 29th Jul 2008 7:15 am
My guess is Pond Smelt.
Jeremiah W. on Tue, 29th Jul 2008 2:18 pm
Looks like a Quickfish or a Flatfish to me!!!
Jim Del Bono on Fri, 1st Aug 2008 4:04 pm
Is it a large Pike Minnow?
Minh Hoang on Fri, 1st Aug 2008 4:53 pm
Its a Dolly Varden Char
Minh Hoang on Fri, 1st Aug 2008 5:25 pm
Its a chum salmon
Minh Hoang on Fri, 1st Aug 2008 5:27 pm
it might be a silver salmon or red salmon or rainbow trout or char or grayling, or northern pike, or Aleutian sculpin, or slimy sculpin, or Alaska blackfish, t or hree spine stickleback, or Japanese lamprey, or round whitefish, or nine spine stickleback.
JD on Sat, 2nd Aug 2008 7:18 am
Uh, okay…didn’t you miss black marlin, bluefish, striped bass, halibut, tarpon, blue whale, T-Rex???
Actually, this tough one was nailed by only the second guesser…Troy Molennor. Yes, a Least Cisco is the correct answer!
Troy, send me an email with your address and I’ll ship out a pack of DOA jerk baits.