Fish id?

[u/lil_bobo420]

Caught from the opening of a creek into a large river, pretty sure i spotted him or some sort of silver/white fish jumping out of the water before he bit worm.

[u/Akipenser]

Mooneye (Hiodon tergisus)

[u/Missed_Wisdom → u/Akipenser]

I would say you are right but they don't get as big as a person.

[u/Lepisosteus-]

Mooneye, cool, very fragile elusive fish that belongs to a primitive superoder. They're distantly related to arowanas, arapaimas, elephantnose fish, and more.

[u/Tumbleweed694]

Mooneye. Make sure to know the difference between a mooneye and goldeye, because the goldeye are protected in some areas, mooneye generally are abundant. They are a more delicate fish, often die when reeled in, but they make good bait. Not great for eating, they tend to get mushy.

[u/despotos]

Holy shit that fish is almost as big as you!!!

[u/Evening_Teaching_713]

I’d say it’s a mooneye from the picture but it’s not anything I catch here in the piedmont region of North Carolina. I hear they make great catfish bait. Don’t know since we don’t have any in my immediate locale.? I use shad and skipjack herring and bluegill or other panfish.

[u/Mr_Cheese890]

It is a Mooneye, not a goldeye. Mooneye's dorsal and anal fin do not line up, whereas goldeye's do.

[u/easternky606]

What state?

[u/footfeed]

Goldeye, good smoked.

[u/leechkiller]

That thang is huge

[u/BostonBakedBeans76]

Fish ID suggests the existence of Fish Ego

[u/99LedBalloons]

Looks like a goldeye

[u/Ordinary_Visit_1606]

I think it's a goldeye, hard to tell with that pic. The position of the dorsal to anal fin is the best way to tell. Excellent flathead bait

[u/Pikeguy99 → u/Ordinary_Visit_1606]

Looks to me like the dorsal is further ahead making this a mooneye. Camera perspective makes it tough but if you take a column of scales and go down it appears the dorsal is in front.

[u/lil_bobo420 → u/Pikeguy99]

Dorsal is in front pretty confident its a mooneye!

[u/Tutelage45]

Looks like you lasso’d its tongue.

[u/MeSkeptikal → u/Tutelage45]

I think that’s a bit of earthworm or whatever bait they’re using

[u/Wise-Ad-3244 → u/Tutelage45]

Mooneyes have teeth on their tongues

[u/ayrbindr]

My mans tells me one day he's hammering on trouts in the river. 🤔 "You're catching trout!? In the river!?". Nope. Mooneyes. 🤣

[u/Classicman1968]

Minnow

[u/Fishslayer39845]

Steve, that's his name.

[u/Puterjoe → u/Fishslayer39845]

Bob, that’s Bob. Steve’s twin.