I don't have a picture I can upload. How ever I can tell you this. It was caught in a pond about a quarter of a acre in size. No more than 10 feet deep probably. It was about 9 or 10 inches in length, thin and only about 3 inches in hieght "distance from belly to top". It was all gray with hints of red on the fins, the red being most prominent on the rear bottom fins. It was caught on a live worm on a small, panfish type hook,at around 6:45 pm. The hook was only sitting about a foot and half under the water. It's mouth was only a bit larger than that of a bluegill regarding how wide it could open.it put up a great fight and broke water three times. The water tempature was probably sitting around 55-60 degrees at most. It wasn't quite dark yet, more dusk. That is it for details. Please work with me. I think it might have been in the carp or barbell family. Kinda looks like a roach but without red eyes.

I might suggest looking on your state's fish and wildlife site, many of them have pictures of fish caught in their waters.

I tried, no luck. Thanks anyway.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_roach

 

yay or nay?

Rudd?

Nay ,1. It lacks the roaches red eyes 2.the roach isn't native to North America. The Rudd isn't native here either, plus it likes clear water. This pond was extremely murky. No way it's been introduced to this pond either, it's in the middle if the woods, in the middle of nowhere, band it's tiny.

I would guess either a golden shiner, fallfish, or some kind of chub. 

I would guess either a turtle or a wombat.

I'm with the fallfish or even common shiner camp, but if the pond doesn't have running water feeding it, then it's not likely that either of those would be able to breed. Google up some different pics of both and you should find some with red trimming on their fins.  From what you've described it's most assuredly something in the minnow family.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_perch#mediaviewer/File:White_perch_GLERL.jpg

 

?  Do I win anything ?

First, why would a Eurasian roach be in a Massachusetts pond?  Was the pond stocked with some exotic or foreign species?  If so, all bets are off ID'ing the fish. Could be anything....

 

Answer these questions, if you can:

 

Soft or spiny fins?

Did the lips extend beyond the eye when the mouth was closed?

What percentage of the height of the head did the eye take up?

Adipose fin present?

Caudal fin forked, square or round?

Was the mouth terminal, or under the snout?

 

These answers can be plugged into a key to figure out what you have.