Fish ID please: Can anyone tell me what kind of fish this might be, it was caught on the south end of table rock lake in Arkansas. It's only about 4" long, no visible teeth, super...

maxman400 Loc: Harrison Arkansas

Can anyone tell me what kind of fish this might be, it was caught on the south end of table rock lake in Arkansas. It's only about 4" long, no visible teeth, super active. I have been fishing this lake for 5 years and have never seen one of these before, it hit a worm on a bobber. It reminds me of a pike or something, can't find it listed on any searches for fish species in Arkansas.

Slimshady Loc: Central Pennsylvania

Sort of looks like a tiger musky

Moresand Loc: Manhatten Kansas

I agree I would say baby musky.

Templeja

Looks like some type of darter. What we call riffle pike.

Katriniagirl Loc: Jensen Beach Florida

maxman400 wrote:

Can anyone tell me what kind of fish this might be, it was caught on the south end of table rock lake in Arkansas. It's only about 4" long, no visible teeth, super active. I have been fishing this lake for 5 years and have never seen one of these before, it hit a worm on a bobber. It reminds me of a pike or something, can't find it listed on any searches for fish species in Arkansas.

Way cool looking

Ben Bragg Loc: Dayton Ohio

I’m not sure but it looks a whole lot like a lure pattern I paint that I call juvenile pike

charlykilo Loc: Garden Valley Ca

VERY INTERESTING!

http://tablerock.uslakes.info/FishingChart.asp

lorafa93 Loc: North Venice, Florida

Maybe a common logperch. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_logperch

bottomcoon Loc: Tahlequah, oklahoma

maxman400 wrote:

Can anyone tell me what kind of fish this might be, it was caught on the south end of table rock lake in Arkansas. It's only about 4" long, no visible teeth, super active. I have been fishing this lake for 5 years and have never seen one of these before, it hit a worm on a bobber. It reminds me of a pike or something, can't find it listed on any searches for fish species in Arkansas.

Hello Maxman. I'm no help naming your mystery fish but I have seen the same minnow here in our waters. I use a cast net in the creek across the road from my home to catch creek chubs for bait & it's common to find those minnows in the net. I've never seen one much longer than 4 inches. We do not have Pike or Musky natural or stocked so those species are out. I have also caught them in the Illinois River which comes into Oklahoma from NW Arkansas & empties into Lake Tenkiller. I'd also be interested in the name if you can find one. Tight lines.

Big A Loc: Mesa, Arizona

bottomcoon wrote:

Hello Maxman. I'm no help naming your mystery fish... (show quote)

As bottomcoon stated, there are
no pike or musky listed for that
lake - the nearest photo I could
find to ID it looked like a walleye
fingerling, since there ARE walleye
in that lake !

Regarding teeth - walleyes start growing teeth in their adolescent stage (1 to 2 yrs.); males mature at
three years and can reach 15 to 20 years, while females reach maturity
at five years, but grow faster and live longer than males !

maxman400 Loc: Harrison Arkansas

Thanks everyone for the great input, after reading your responses I took a really good look at all the suggested fish and I believe it is a walleye fingerling, in my photos you can't see the front dorsal fin because my thumb is holding it down, but there's two on it's back. Also the nose is rounded over, and the lower jaw is shorter than the upper. Other than the strip pattern this photo of a walleye fingerling looks just like the one I caught. And there are walleye in table rock lake, even though I have never caught one.. until now... lol

OJdidit Loc: Oak Creek Wisconsin

lorafa93 wrote:

Maybe a common logperch. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_logperch

I think you have a winner!

Grizzly 17 Loc: South central Pa

maxman400 wrote:

Can anyone tell me what kind of fish this might be, it was caught on the south end of table rock lake in Arkansas. It's only about 4" long, no visible teeth, super active. I have been fishing this lake for 5 years and have never seen one of these before, it hit a worm on a bobber. It reminds me of a pike or something, can't find it listed on any searches for fish species in Arkansas.

Maxman looks like a young tiger muskie. Pic of one my grandson got

Big dog Loc: Bayshore, Long Island, New York

maxman400 wrote:

Can anyone tell me what kind of fish this might be, it was caught on the south end of table rock lake in Arkansas. It's only about 4" long, no visible teeth, super active. I have been fishing this lake for 5 years and have never seen one of these before, it hit a worm on a bobber. It reminds me of a pike or something, can't find it listed on any searches for fish species in Arkansas.

Or maybe grass pickerel?

Grizzly 17 Loc: South central Pa

Y'all be the judge. Top pickerel botton baby tiger muskie. Then we have the guy that appears to have caught an electric muskie.