What kind of fish is this?

stonegrody · Post by **stonegrody** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 8:16 pm

Anyone know what kind of fish this is? My daughter caught it on the Delta and we have no clue what it is

<img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_RMu8nr3bqQM/Sv-Nd ... 0fish1.jpg" /></img>

<img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_RMu8nr3bqQM/Sv-Nd ... 0fish1.jpg" /></img>

Thanks!

DanO · Post by **DanO** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 8:26 pm

I don't know, but what did you do with it?

DanO

Keith R · Post by **Keith R** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 8:32 pm

Looks like some sort of a Goby / Sculpin cross breed. what in the heck is that big bulge in the stomach area? Looks like another head trying to grow.

TomAtkeson · Post by **TomAtkeson** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:17 pm

http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_q ... +0604+0621

Thats about as close as I can find to what you have in the photos. It does appear to be some sort of Goby species.

StrictlyBiznuss · Post by **StrictlyBiznuss** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:21 pm

Yeah, that's a goby. Not sure on the specific species though. When I was a kid I used to catch those all the time on the Delta around rocks with just a small piece of night crawler. Then I'd rig it up as bait for stripers. They sell them live at a lot of tackle shops for the striper fisherman. A lot of the party boats use them too...pretty popular bait out there.

jimmy87 · Post by **jimmy87** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 5:17 am

how big is that thing? Looks like a foot or more in the picture.

never seen a goby more than about 3 inches

fishinfool74 · Post by **fishinfool74** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:11 am

Mudsucker!! That there is one of the best baits for Striper other that the Bullhead. Yes, I guess the correct name would be a goby.

Jeff Jewell · Post by **Jeff Jewell** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:07 am

Now that is a "Bait" Fish..............it's a goby.....pay over a buck a piece at the bait store for it

bigbass111 · Post by **bigbass111** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:51 am

Its called a logperch (percina logperch, to be exact).....Not a goby, sorry..

http://fwie.fw.vt.edu:8080/ekey/species ... gperch.jpg[/url]

and some Cali info..

http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/datastore/datas ... number=241

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:14 am

bigbass111 wrote:Its called a logperch (percina logperch, to be exact).....Not a goby, sorry..

http://fwie.fw.vt.edu:8080/ekey/species ... gperch.jpg[/url]

and some Cali info..

http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/datastore/datas ... number=241

Thats not a logperch, its a goby and I believe its a yellowfin goby. Heres a picture of a bigscale logperch http://www.westernbass.com/forum/album_ ... pic_id=943

Kwin · Post by **Kwin** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:55 am

Yellowfin Goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus). They can get as big as 300 mm (1 ft).[/i]

TomAtkeson · Post by **TomAtkeson** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 7:12 am

Defiantly not a log perch fins and body shape are much different between the two.

stonegrody · Post by **stonegrody** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:40 am

It was about 6-8 inches long, you could see clear through it's body and it had bulging eyes.

Could it be a slimy sculpin?

<img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_RMu8nr3bqQM/SwGdO ... culpin.jpg" /></img>

We got it off the hook and threw it the hell back. This thing gave me the hee bee gee bees.

Next time it's getting used as bait!

Thanks for the replies

tunaman · Post by **tunaman** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:46 am

Kwin wrote:Yellowfin Goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus). They can get as big as 300 mm (1 ft).[/i]

Uhm, don't think there's any further question - this is a DFG Biologist folks, so I'd believe him to be an authoratative source...

Thanks for responding Quinn - hope things are going well for you down there?

Roger

TomAtkeson · Post by **TomAtkeson** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:56 am

http://www.delta.dfg.ca.gov/baydelta/monitoring/yf.asp

I'd agree with the yellow fin goby idea.

macinckirk · Post by **macinckirk** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:04 am

tunaman wrote:
Kwin wrote:Yellowfin Goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus). They can get as big as 300 mm (1 ft).[/i]
Uhm, don't think there's any further question - this is a DFG Biologist folks, so I'd believe him to be an authoratative source...

Thanks for responding Quinn - hope things are going well for you down there?

Roger

+1

Quinn is the MAN or should I say man jr.

sence his boss Mike is the Man

some guy · Post by **some guy** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:06 am

Amen.. Kwin is on top of his game.

Johnny C · Post by **Johnny C** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:14 am

They taste like chicken?

Tin Can · Post by **Tin Can** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:37 am

I believe the scientific name for this creature is "Bait"

Glad I could help.

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