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I was fishing last weekend with my dad in the nottley river in north ga and we kept seeing some big (20-30") fish that looked like grayling. Where they some sort,of,sucker? Got broken off my 2 so don't have any pics to look at but from standing on the rocks and,casting to them I thought they were grayling without the fin. Long skinny body not,like a carp with a forked tail that,looked reddish in the shore. Hope this helps. Any tips on catching them would be appreciated

 

Thanks,

Sam

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Did it look anything like this? Because it sounds almost like a whitefish. The above one is a med size whitefish I caught 2 years ago which looked very much like a grayling without a dorsal. There are around 50 different species of whitefish so if it was long, skinny, with a forked tail and looked somewhat like a grayling then it sounds like it might be some sort of the whitefish family perhaps.

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Steve

I've never seen a whitefish in Kentucky. What is the southern part of their range? I caught a few in Idaho. I thought they were neat. My guide said they were a trash fish but I thought they were kinda cool. I read an article on smoking them have you tried them this way?

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I'm not sure how far they range to be honest Dan. I had thought originally here in Michigan that they were only in the Great Lakes in our state, but that one I caught was actually in a section that is blocked from the lake by five dams, so I don't really know off hand what their range is.

 

Far as taste they are FAR from a trash fish. Whitefish is right up there with Perch and Walleye. Very clean and tender white meat.

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I don't think whitefish range this far south. The size is a giveaway, if they're 20" fish and not trout, they're some sort of sucker. If they're red, they're probably redhorse suckers. Which assumes they're not hybrid bass or stripers.

 

A few years back, they were (and may still be) thought to left GA waters and anglers were asked to report catching them. Maybe they've reintroduced them.

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My personal experience with redhorse is that they are good fighters...bulldoggers, not spectacular. But they pull...they are strong. I've caught all mine in MN and WI. Cheers, Ed

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Okay, then did it look like this one then? lol. This is a big 28-30" redhorse I just got last month.

Yep that what most looked like. I think there might also be black redhores suckers ( with the river redhorse. The hooch down here in ATL has a population of redhorse.

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