I can usually spot a fish...but I can't figure out what this is? Anyone?

We call them Sheephead around here, they are a freshwater drum

looks like a sheepshead to me

Yep, looks like a gasper goo

Thanks guys

If it has teeth it is a Sheepshead.

If it does not have teeth it is a Drum.

The coloring is off for either a Sheepshead or a Drum.

Honestly, I have no idea what it is.

How about sending the pic to your state's game & fishing department and ask them.

drum

Looks nothing like any sheepshead I've ever seen. They're more round in shape with black and white bars.

http://en.wikipedia....eepshead_(fish)

We call them Sheephead around here, they are a freshwater drum

I agree.

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fish/freshwaterdrum.html

Looks nothing like any sheepshead I've ever seen. They're more round in shape with black and white bars.

http://en.wikipedia....eepshead_(fish)

What you have seen are saltwater sheepshead.

Freshwater drum, I could go pro catching those things if there was tournaments for them. They have all kinds of names for them, sheepshead being one of the more popular one. They look kind of similar to the saltwater sheepshead, don't know if they're in any way related though.

Around here they are called Alabama smallmouths.

I believe the proper name is fresh water drum, down here we call them gaspergoo. I catch them on artificials when bass fishing and night crawlers when catfishing. Everyone I know says they are trash fish (they have never personally ate one), but I think they are great. They are easy to clean, have a firm meat texture like redfish, and have clean white fillets.

I like to grill them "on the halfshell" with butter, lemon, and tony's chachere's. The smaller ones are good deep fried as well. Might be my favorite freshwater fish behind sacalait.

I don't know how a fish becomes classified as a trash fish. I don't know how a speckled trout isn't trash and a goo is trash. Speckled trout is by far the worst tasting fish I have eaten, and gaspergoo are one of my favorite.

I believe the proper name is fresh water drum, down here we call them gaspergoo. I catch them on artificials when bass fishing and night crawlers when catfishing. Everyone I know says they are trash fish (they have never personally ate one), but I think they are great. They are easy to clean, have a firm meat texture like redfish, and have clean white fillets.

I like to grill them "on the halfshell" with butter, lemon, and tony's chachere's. The smaller ones are good deep fried as well. Might be my favorite freshwater fish behind sacalait.

I don't know how a fish becomes classified as a trash fish. I don't know how a speckled trout isn't trash and a goo is trash. Speckled trout is by far the worst tasting fish I have eaten, and gaspergoo are one of my favorite.

I once considered them trash fish also till my buddy fed me some of them. They taste great!!!!

@ Guest..........I agree with everything you said, especially about trash fish. IMO "elitists" think that if a fish isn't a recognized as gamefish it's trash. Let's look at this way, I catch and release bass as I do with other species that are not considered game or sport fish. Do I think bass are fun to catch, I sure do, but pound for pound they are far from the most formidable fish I target and seldom do I get skunked. Trash or treasure is in the eyes of the beholder.

BTW, I'm sure not related but a redfish is a saltwater red drum, there are black drums too.