It was caught in Chicagoland suburbs.

Pic didn’t come thru

I’m dying to see this picture as I’m in the Chicago land suburbs?. Send picture to your gallery then hit add files when you reply to choose the picture which I found posts best on large or medium size when asked just not actual size?

That's the invisible hybrid, an invasive species rarely seen.

It’s a shy town bass! ?

Fish probably got shot before he could get a good picture 

Looks like an albino species...kind camouflages into the background.  

I've got a friend that catches those all of the time.  He calls them 9 lb. bass.  Somehow, he always has his scales with him, but never his camera phone.  

On 5/16/2022 at 9:14 AM, BrianMDTX said:

It’s a shy town bass! ?

Excuse me while I wipe the coffee off my screen.

 

Piscis Invisibilis?  Agnatha laitio?

 

 

 

Omg, so sorry everyone. I totally forgot to send the pic! I gotta find it now, then I’ll send.

Dang it! I can’t freakin find it now. Which tics me off. It was an odd looking fish caught in a local pond. It looked like it was a cross between a carp and a shiner. Was 13” long. Lacked the barbells of a carp, but had the golden scales of one. And it was far too big to be a shiner. 
 

I know pretty much all freshwater fish in the area really well. But I have never seen this one. It looks like something that should have been in the river.
 

 

 

 

I did the same thing once. Wierdest fish ive ever seen floating in the river. Went back later on my pictures and couldnt find it.

7 hours ago, Otter17 said:

Omg, so sorry everyone. I totally forgot to send the pic! I gotta find it now, then I’ll send.

Dang it! I can’t freakin find it now. Which tics me off. It was an odd looking fish caught in a local pond. It looked like it was a cross between a carp and a shiner. Was 13” long. Lacked the barbells of a carp, but had the golden scales of one. And it was far too big to be a shiner. 
 

I know pretty much all freshwater fish in the area really well. But I have never seen this one. It looks like something that should have been in the river.
 

 

 

 

Sounds like perhaps a Sucker.

 

 

 

Here it is, I finally found the photo! It’s actually not 13” like I originally said. I hadn’t seen the photo in a while. I guess it’s a “Striped” Shiner. 

@Otter17,

 

Interesting fish, thanks for sharing.

 

I found this:

https://dnr2.illinois.gov/Biodiversity/SearchBD

You can search for fish, reptiles, plants, etc. for Illinois.

 

 

This came across my feed today, and I remembered this thread. Maybe not a perfect match, but getting darn close (that is, I’m guessing a related type shiner).

 

On 6/22/2022 at 1:51 PM, Otter17 said:

Here it is, I finally found the photo! It’s actually not 13” like I originally said. I hadn’t seen the photo in a while. I guess it’s a “Striped” Shiner. 

Correct! 

On 6/24/2022 at 8:53 AM, TnRiver46 said:

Correct! 

Thankyou TnRiver46!

On 6/24/2022 at 8:13 AM, Team9nine said:

This came across my feed today, and I remembered this thread. Maybe not a perfect match, but getting darn close (that is, I’m guessing a related type shiner).

 

Whoa, it looks pretty darn close. Like you said, it’s definitely in the family. I sure wish I knew where I could consistently locate them, cause I’d be using them for bait for sure. 

On 6/23/2022 at 1:09 AM, BASS302 said:

@Otter17,

 

Interesting fish, thanks for sharing.

 

I found this:

https://dnr2.illinois.gov/Biodiversity/SearchBD

You can search for fish, reptiles, plants, etc. for Illinois.

 

 

And thank YOU Bass302 for sharing that link!