On Aug 6, 11:34*pm, "jack" wrote:
I see there are fishermen here, so maybe someone can identify a fish for me.
This morning in Canandaigua Lake (Western NY) I saw a fish that was over 2
feet long and maybe 8 inches wide. *It was purple/gray in about 2 feet of
water. *It was swimming along the shore line, apparently digging something
out of the mud, because it stirred up a lot of mud.

Never seen anything like it before.

Did it look anything like this?

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=catfish&gbv=2

Was it's mouth like that, or in front of his face with more teeth..?
I would have to guess a catfish of some sort... Was it real slimey?