Never really bothered to learn all the different chubs and other fish that I wasn't targeting, but I caught a couple of these on Gem Lake today and this one was pretty good sized. I think its either a Chislemouth, Utah Chub, or some type of white fish. Depending on what species it is, it may be a record[shocked]. I also caught a 19" brown down there today, only fished for 2 hours.
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looks like a chiselbill to me but.......the ones i have caught were in veterens pond in boise and the weren't scaley the were slick and slimey. not sure what you caught there. might be a record !
it does have the look of a mountain whitefish as well
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No, I don't believe it is a chisel mouth. I'm going to guess it is some kind of whitefish. The mouth doesn't look quite like the mountain whitefish we have around here. But a chiselmouth has a hard boney thing in is mouth, that one looks very soft, almost sucker like. I'm pretty sure that is a Lake Whitefish.
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There isn't any hard boney thing in its mouth, so its probably a white fish. I don't know if I've ever caught a chisel mouth before, but this fish has a fairly soft mouth.
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I would say chub. This is a photo of a utah chub (drawing).
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Looks like the Utah Chubs you catch below the dam at Jackson Lake. If you fish with bait in the summer below Jackson Lake, the first little bit where you can, you can't keep them away. Never have caught one on a fly or lure but I am sure they will take those. Looks just like them, size and everything. I got into them on Pali
es last fall also on the main lake. A bit smaller there than the ones I caught upstream.
Doesn't look like any whitefish I have caught. The lips on this fish seem a bit meaty for whitefish lips and it looks a bit pug faced to me.
If it is a whitefish smoke them up.
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Looks like a white fish to me. You can catch a boat load of them below the Gem Lake Dam drifting a crawler.
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Looks like a whitefish to me. Appears to be beat up a bit and maybe starved, but the mouth is right and the body is right, for a whitefish.
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Come you guys, I'm surprised. [shocked] Rocky Mountain whitefish found a lots of rivers. lakes etc. in many states around us. Very common in some major rivers.
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I have to agree whitefish.
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Well Leaky sure got a good picture of a pug faced whitefish to compare it to.
They aren't laying the same way and one is on leaves. [
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A pug faced whitefish?????? A new strain? [laugh][laugh]
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White fish it is. I've never caught one that big before so I thought maybe it was something different. From the descriptions and pictures there isn't a whole lot of difference between it and a Utah chub tho.
I hear white fish are good smoked, any body have any experience smoking them?
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Lots of meat, I remember that.
Someone here should have a good brine and all that.
I know if you like how they turn out, you can get into them pretty good at times and catch lots. I have heard they are trout egg thieves.
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Whitefish for sure and one of the best smokers around. Nothing like a bucket of these guys. One of the few fish I still brine to smoke. Simple salt brine, enough salt to float an egg. Soak 4 -8 hrs depending on temp, fish size and preference. Smoke em up with your favorite chips and enjoy.
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for sure a white fish....I've caught hundreds. I'm almost positive that Eddiefish has caught a few close to the state record on fall river.[
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