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    Default Fish identification???

    Caught this strange little fish in a crawfish trap in a tiny ditch beside my house. This ditch drains into a larger creek that eventually ends up in the edisto river. Its not a baby bass, warmouth or bowfin. Its body is shaped more like a sucker fish or a walleye than anything else. It has a large mouth like a warmouth but is way too long and slender. Maybe its just a really malnourished warmouth??? Its got me scratchin my head???

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    Juvenile purple murkin in its freshwater stage.
    Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal? I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy but they're definitely dirty. But, a dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.


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    Manbearpigfish

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    Are you downstream from the SafetyKleen facility?
    "Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements are for wise men to contemplate and for fools to pass by without consideration" -Izaak Walton

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saltydog235 View Post
    Juvenile purple murkin in its freshwater stage.
    Winner!

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    Looks like a pirate perch dark from tannic water. I caught one and kept it in an aquarium for a while a few yeas back. Didn't know what it was until the SCDucks braintrust ID'ed it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WNM View Post
    Looks like a pirate perch dark from tannic water. I caught one and kept it in an aquarium for a while a few yeas back. Didn't know what it was until the SCDucks braintrust ID'ed it.
    you nailed it man! thats exactly what it is. THANKS!

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    pirate perch, look underneath for the anus to be far forward of the anal fins, almost at its 'throat'

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    Quote Originally Posted by Beauregard View Post
    pirate perch, look underneath for the anus to be far forward of the anal fins, almost at its 'throat'
    You just turned Labluvr on.

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    Does the creek have a name?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tater View Post
    Does the creek have a name?
    Murray Branch, which runs into Cattle Creek

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    dang...a pirate perch!
    At least I'm housebroken.

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