fish i.d.

ya'll know of any good web-sites for fish identification, particularly when
you don't know the name. i'm trying to figure out what i caught today.
thought it was a catfish because it had whiskers, but i don't see the fish
on the chart i have in my tackle box.
thanks in advance-
snake

"snakefiddler" wrote in message
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ya'll know of any good web-sites for fish identification, particularly
when
you don't know the name. i'm trying to figure out what i caught today.
thought it was a catfish because it had whiskers, but i don't see the fish
on the chart i have in my tackle box.
thanks in advance-
snake

Did a Google search on north american freshwater fish identification. Got
the following:

http://www.fishpondinfo.com/misc2.htm#cat (has links to several other
sites)
http://www.epa.gov/bioindicators/html/fish_id.html (links to various state
fish identification guides)


There are numerous others that I didn't bother to look through.

Some time ago I discovered (quite by accident) a wonderful resource that
takes a bit of mining but pays of handsomely. Check out:

http://www.firstgov.gov/

This is the U.S government's official web portal. It's an incredible
resource. A few months ago I spent a lot of time looking at thousands of
photos of fish archived by NOAA (if memory serves). Click on the "graphics
and photos" link on the home page and take it from there.

Good luck.

Wolfgang

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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"snakefiddler" wrote in message
...
ya'll know of any good web-sites for fish identification, particularly
when
you don't know the name. i'm trying to figure out what i caught today.
thought it was a catfish because it had whiskers, but i don't see the
fish
on the chart i have in my tackle box.
thanks in advance-
snake

Did a Google search on north american freshwater fish identification. Got
the following:

http://www.fishpondinfo.com/misc2.htm#cat (has links to several other
sites)
http://www.epa.gov/bioindicators/html/fish_id.html (links to various
state
fish identification guides)


There are numerous others that I didn't bother to look through.

Some time ago I discovered (quite by accident) a wonderful resource that
takes a bit of mining but pays of handsomely. Check out:

http://www.firstgov.gov/

This is the U.S government's official web portal. It's an incredible
resource. A few months ago I spent a lot of time looking at thousands of
photos of fish archived by NOAA (if memory serves). Click on the
"graphics
and photos" link on the home page and take it from there.

Good luck.

Wolfgang

thanks wolfgang. i'm there.
snake

Websites are pretty much useless unless you know the name of what you got.
When you start catching catching those unidentifible daces, darters, chubs
etc, You need the Audubon Society field Guide to North American Fishes,
Whales and Dolphins. A great book and well worth $ 10.00 or better yet at
$1.85
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/off...?condition=all


"snakefiddler" wrote in message
...
ya'll know of any good web-sites for fish identification, particularly
when
you don't know the name. i'm trying to figure out what i caught today.
thought it was a catfish because it had whiskers, but i don't see the fish
on the chart i have in my tackle box.
thanks in advance-
snake

"B J Conner" wrote in message
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Websites are pretty much useless unless you know the name of what you got.
When you start catching catching those unidentifible daces, darters, chubs
etc, You need the Audubon Society field Guide to North American Fishes,
Whales and Dolphins. A great book and well worth $ 10.00 or better yet
at
$1.85

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/off...?condition=all

Hm.......

If you don't know the name of what you got, the Audubon field guides
(excellent books, all) require that you page through the pictures until you
find the one that matches.

Why is that better than a website that requires you to search through the
pictures until you find one that matches what you got?

Wolfgang
whose own field guide to the idiots, dolts, fools, pez-heads, nitwits,
poltroons, and maroons of north america is due for release in the near
future......check you local bookstores!

"B J Conner" wrote in message
...
Websites are pretty much useless unless you know the name of what you got.
When you start catching catching those unidentifible daces, darters, chubs
etc, You need the Audubon Society field Guide to North American Fishes,
Whales and Dolphins. A great book and well worth $ 10.00 or better yet
at
$1.85

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/off...?condition=all


"snakefiddler" wrote in message
...
ya'll know of any good web-sites for fish identification, particularly
when
you don't know the name. i'm trying to figure out what i caught today.
thought it was a catfish because it had whiskers, but i don't see the
fish
on the chart i have in my tackle box.
thanks in advance-
snake



hey, i think the fish on the cover is the one that i caught today. is
that possible?
looks like a great book- i'll have to get it and add to my audobon bird
guide, and audobon guide to trees of the eastern region.
thanks :-)

snakefiddler

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
...

"B J Conner" wrote in message
...
Websites are pretty much useless unless you know the name of what you
got.
When you start catching catching those unidentifible daces, darters,
chubs
etc, You need the Audubon Society field Guide to North American Fishes,
Whales and Dolphins. A great book and well worth $ 10.00 or better yet
at
$1.85


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/off...?condition=all

Hm.......

If you don't know the name of what you got, the Audubon field guides
(excellent books, all) require that you page through the pictures until
you
find the one that matches.

Why is that better than a website that requires you to search through the
pictures until you find one that matches what you got?

Wolfgang
whose own field guide to the idiots, dolts, fools, pez-heads, nitwits,
poltroons, and maroons of north america is due for release in the near
future......check you local bookstores!


Try searchign the web for things like "elongated fishe with long snouts" or
"disc shaped fishes" or a "brown sucker with yellowinsh fins" With the book
there easy and fast. After you get the general ideal of what fish you
looking at you can look up a Red Sided Dace on the web and find out every
thing there is to know about them. The Audubon book has good drawings that
help your zero in on the fish. Remember- a picture is worth a thousand
words and one girl is worth a thousand pictures.

Don't think your book will do that well. That group is probably localized
right around you, you all know each other and you guys wouldn't need a
book if you could read.

Thanks Wolfgang

Awesome Gov website I never knew about it

Steve
Sebring, FL

Someone wrote" ya'll know of any good web-sites for fish identification,
particularly when you don't know the name. i'm trying to figure out what i
caught today. thought it was a catfish because it had whiskers, but i don't
see the fish on the chart i have in my tackle box."

Try this one. If you submit a picture they will help you ID it. Look at
the column on teh left side of teh page and you will see strange fish ID
link.

Sarge

"snakefiddler" wrote in message
...
ya'll know of any good web-sites for fish identification, particularly
when
you don't know the name. i'm trying to figure out what i caught today.
thought it was a catfish because it had whiskers, but i don't see the fish
on the chart i have in my tackle box.
thanks in advance-
snake



Nobody mentioned this one: http://www.fishbase.org/search.cfm
One of my favorites.

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Stan Gula
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