What kind of fish was it?
 

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.

What kind of fish was it?
 

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?

What kind of fish was it?
 

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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?

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Between the water and not having my glasses I am not sure about the mouth,
but it has the right shape. Kind of a lump, rather than streamlined.

What kind of fish was it?
 

On Aug 6, 11:56*pm, "jack" wrote:
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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?

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Between the water and not having my glasses I am not sure about the mouth,
but it has the right shape. *Kind of a lump, rather than streamlined.

If it was that fat, it was probably some sort of catfish.. I don't
know what other bottom feeders you have up there, but suckers are
usually not that fat..

I built a boat for a guy on that lake about a decade ago and drove it
out to him.. Real nice lake, lots of berries at the south end if it's
the same place.. or was it grapes.. I forget now.. I think it might
have been grapes...

What kind of fish was it?
 

On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 23:34:05 -0400, "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.

Burbot. Possibly a bullhead, but that's unlikely at that length.

What kind of fish was it?
 

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.

Sounds like a catfish. Canandaigua is a beautiful lake........
I used to go to Roseland Park, as a matter of fact, my first roller
coaster ride was there. Shame it's gone now.
Later, I had a friend that worked at the Sheraton Inn right on the
lake, back in the days when they had floating cottages near by.

What kind of fish was it?
 

On Aug 7, 12:03*am, wrote:
On Aug 6, 11:56*pm, "jack" wrote:





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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?

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Between the water and not having my glasses I am not sure about the mouth,
but it has the right shape. *Kind of a lump, rather than streamlined.

If it was that fat, it was probably some sort of catfish.. I don't
know what other bottom feeders you have up there, but suckers are
usually not that fat..

I built a boat for a guy on that lake about a decade ago and drove it
out to him.. Real nice lake, lots of berries at the south end if it's
the same place.. or was it grapes.. I forget now.. I think it might
have been grapes...- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Grapes most probably. Used to be a real cool amusement park there,
long gone, and another unique thing was there was an area of floating
cottages.