A bit embarassing this but for once I'm a bit stumped...

[Peter Waller]

I did warn you!

[Ken L]

I did warn you!

 

Yeh but that's why Lauren killed the cat.

[Peter Waller]

Mind you, that bit of stuff on page 198 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

[Chris Plumb]

Would like to see the mouth a be more clearly - but I have no problem with it being a chub - all be it a fat one!

 

 

C.

[DavyR]

If IDE have caught that fish in my local commercial, I'd bet on one of these:

 

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=h...en%26safe%3Doff

 

Any chance it could have been washed in by last year's floods?

[Anderoo]

My first thought was young chub, but like Chris I'd need to see the mouth to be sure.

 

EDIT: oh dear, just did the Google thing

Edited June 27, 2008 by Anderoo

[rarepleasures]

An Ide. ?

 

Like this one I caught in a gravel pit near York:

 

Edited June 29, 2008 by rarepleasures

[tiddlertamer]

Would like to see the mouth a be more clearly - but I have no problem with it being a chub - all be it a fat one!

 

 

C.

 

 

Thanks to everybody who has put their head on the block and offered an opinion. The range of views - chub, roach, hybrid, orfe and ide - cheered me up as, unlike when we normally catch a fish, it isn't immediately clear cut as to what it is, which is a bit unusual and unsettling if truth be told. More opinions please! And does anyone else have a similar experience of fish identification problems which they'd like to share?

 

Not sure if this helps but this photo, although a bit further away, shows the fish with its mouth open...

[jerry weijers]

Or meaby it's a orfe/ide

 

gr jerry

Edited June 29, 2008 by jerry weijers

[kleinboet]

May I be so bold as to suggest you try an Ide!