Fish Id - Lake eildon
-
- Rank: Premium Member
- Posts: 271
- Joined: Sat Oct 20, 2012 10:48 am
Fish Id - Lake eildon
Didn't ever think I'd get something from Lake Eildon and not know what it is.... First thought was a Roach, but eye and fins threw me. I've caught <10cm carp before, didn't look like this either. Quick google search and best guess I can put out is a Chub...? If so, never heard of them before.
Cheers, Chris
Cheers, Chris
- Broomstick
- Rank: Premium Member
- Posts: 777
- Joined: Mon May 26, 2014 10:43 am
Re: Fish Id - Lake eildon
You were right with your first thought, it's a roach.
-
- Rank: Premium Member
- Posts: 271
- Joined: Sat Oct 20, 2012 10:48 am
Re: Fish Id - Lake eildon
Cheers pat - I was thrown when googling pictures, the majority of roach pics were red eyed, and it was described as a distinctive tell-tale sign for ID. Do you know the go, with this? Male/female, juvenile etc?
http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1857 has images of both.
http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1857 has images of both.
Re: Fish Id - Lake eildon
Definately a roachBroomstick wrote:You were right with your first thought, it's a roach.
Water is the most essential element of life, because without water you can’t go fishing. 

Re: Fish Id - Lake eildon
Lol freshwater mullet
Re: Fish Id - Lake eildon
I'd be putting it on a two hook rig and floating it back out for a big brown or a cod, but maybe thats just me 

- FlynnFisherman
- Rank: Garfish
- Posts: 63
- Joined: Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:59 am
Re: Fish Id - Lake eildon
The poms would say otherwiseRedhunter wrote:Roach...carp...scum of the waterways...

Re: Fish Id - Lake eildon
Juvenile roach
-
- Rank: Baitfish
- Posts: 12
- Joined: Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:32 pm
Re: Fish Id - Lake eildon
As one of the glorious pommes referred to earlier my initial though was roach but casting my mind back to my teenage Fishing year I now think it looks like a Dace. These are like lightweight pale roach. J have not heard of any in this country by that’s what it looks like to me.
- Attachments
-
- 6060EBD4-B563-4153-90DE-1F12F5415636.png (77.4 KiB) Viewed 1772 times