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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Fishing Forum Found this inside of a pike...help identify! |
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06/12/2012 09:41AM
quote Bonvicken: "Agreed, it looks like an eelpout, but I thought those only lived in deep water lakes."
One can run into Ellpout on most any depth lake. I have seen them in a lake which has a max depth of 30 feet. I find them in shallow bays all the time.
06/12/2012 08:43PM
Definitely a baby Loch Ness monster.
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06/12/2012 09:27PM
quote nofish: "I'd guess pout as well. Only other thought I had would be maybe a dogfish. But its hard to tell for sure with most of the skin removed.
Did it have teeth?"
Nah, too long and skinny for a dogfish (bowfin). Used to catch those all the time on trot line & jugs in the Illinois River backwaters...my Dad used to fry 'em up. Seen a lot of those, but never seen one of these!
Didn't check for teeth. Bowfin don't inhabit BWCA waters anyway, do they?
06/14/2012 08:22PM
Was there any barbs under the chin? Like one barb on the end of the lower chin. If there was it was a burbot(or eel bout). The head looks flat in front like a burbot and what tail is left looks like a burbot. What skin I see present has the pattern expected also.
They are a cool water fish and like colder water during the hot times. I would not be surprised to see a few in that area. If they are present in waters not suitable for them,they will actually lose weight in the summer.
They are a cool water fish and like colder water during the hot times. I would not be surprised to see a few in that area. If they are present in waters not suitable for them,they will actually lose weight in the summer.
06/15/2012 09:05AM
I doubt it is a lamprey. If that is an eye I'm seeing, it is in the wrong place for a lamprey. I vote for either burbot or alien larva.
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