What kind of fish is this?

• Jun 14, 2017

• #1

duckone

Senior Member

A friend of mine caught this tiny fish while fly fishing on the Linville River in North Carolina last weekend. I've never seen one like it. Can anyone identify it?

Many thanks.

 

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• Jun 14, 2017

• #2

Ben

Senior Member

Warpaint shiner

 

• Jun 14, 2017

• #3

duckone

Senior Member

Ben said:

Warpaint shiner

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Thank you Ben! I just looked up Warpaint shiner on Wikipedia and sure enough you nailed it.

 

• Jun 15, 2017

• #4

BROWNIE

Member

Bait fish

 

• Jun 15, 2017

• #5

NCHillbilly

Administrator

Staff member

Yep. They are extremely common here in the mountains, and hit flies readily.

 

• Jun 15, 2017

• #6

Nicodemus

The Recluse

Staff member

I used to catch one of those ever once in a while, back when I fished the Linville River. I had no idea what they were.

 

• Jun 15, 2017

• #7

Coenen

Senior Member

Ben said:

Warpaint shiner

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Yup!

Pretty sure I hold the river record for largest Warpaint on the Toccoa Tailwater.

 

• Jun 15, 2017

• #8

little rascal

Senior Member

Wow

that's cool, never seen one. That looks better than a packaged Rapala!

 

• Jun 15, 2017

• #9

Buckman18

Senior Member

I bet that war paint shiner, properly hooked and drifted through a deep hole in a bend of the Toccoa, Tuck or Oconaluftee rivers during or just after a sizable rain, might be just the right ticket for a 2 foot long, hook jawed brownie.

 

• Jun 16, 2017

• #10

C

Cmp1

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Buckman18 said:

I bet that war paint shiner, properly hooked and drifted through a deep hole in a bend of the Toccoa, Tuck or Oconaluftee rivers during or just after a sizable rain, might be just the right ticket for a 2 foot long, hook jawed brownie.

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Yep,,,, sure wish we could get them here,,,, would be great on the river,,,,

 

• Jun 16, 2017

• #11

dawg2

AWOL ADMINISTRATOR

I see them school in shallow rapids. Pretty fish.

 

• Jun 19, 2017

• #12

Browniez

Senior Member

Buckman18 said:

I bet that war paint shiner, properly hooked and drifted through a deep hole in a bend of the Toccoa, Tuck or Oconaluftee rivers during or just after a sizable rain, might be just the right ticket for a 2 foot long, hook jawed brownie.

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Hehehe you may be right.

Wish we had more sculpin down here. Thems murder.

 

• Jun 21, 2017

• #13

LTZ25

Senior Member

Beautiful fish ,I would like to have a jerk bait that looked that good .