Went fishing today at the tomhannock reservoir for first time since ice out. There is still some ice in parts away from sun but 90% melted. Didnt get one bite or even see a sign of fish except this one dead in the water. Water so high its hard to find spots you can even cast from. What kind is this fish? It was about 2-3 inches long. 

 

 

That’s a small crappie

1 hour ago, VolFan said:

That’s a small crappie

And BINGO was his name-o 

To be more specific a small White crappie.

Looks like a lot of my swim jigs. ?

Thanks I see it now. I ever knew they got that small. 

21 minutes ago, Fred Allen said:

Thanks I see it now. I ever knew they got that small. 

They all start some where

To be more specific I believe it's a black crappie. If you can post a pic with the dorsal spines showing I'll tell you for sure. 

10 hours ago, Fallser said:

To be more specific a small White crappie.

Im gonna vote black crappie . The whites have some vertical barring 

We call them strawberry bass, but Black crappie works too. 

The fish you caught is a crappie.

16 hours ago, Fred Allen said:

Thanks I see it now. I ever knew they got that small. 

 

He's doing his best!

Black crappie.  They're starting to get active here.

My vote is white crappie.

 

 

Black crappie

to me that looks more like a black crappie than a white, and he is also probably kind of discolored because of his untimely demise

On 3/23/2021 at 11:36 PM, Fred Allen said:

Thanks I see it now. I ever knew they got that small. 

 

Now that's funny!