r/whatsthisfish • u/ElmoTheSupreme • 22d ago

Loch Raven Reservoir, MD USA

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u/tablabarba 22d ago

That's a gizzard shad.

Similar observation from same area: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74675664

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

This is the correct answer

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u/NumberOneFisher 20d ago

FINALLY, someone who uses inat, and doesn't just go off what they feel

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u/Magicalfirelizard 22d ago

I love in Maryland. And don’t know all the fish. So ashamed.

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u/FatherSky 20d ago

It's one thing to love in MD and another to actually live there. 

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u/electrojesus9000 20d ago

I think they love in Maryland and then hop across the border to Virginia and DC to do all their other emotions. That was my take at least.

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u/Interesting_Ad_2328 20d ago

I thought Virginia was for lovers.

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u/Ok-Audience-9743 21d ago

I genuinely cannot believe the other attempts (not yours) to ID. This is sad.

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u/Happy_Cream_4567 20d ago

Loch Raven…THE Chain Pickerel fishery.

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u/tiburon_atlantica 22d ago

this is disturbingly local to me haha

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u/DarkMatterSoup 20d ago

Oh man I used to love LR’s trails in my MD years. Super great spots for biking, and plenty of bike-free zones for hikes. Thanks for sparking my memories, OP and Mr fish.

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u/b4aLt1m0re 20d ago

That's a shad and you're at the lower dam. There's usually a school of them in the corner

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u/Boknows034 20d ago

Maryland is for crabs

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u/ConstipatedOrangutan 20d ago

That's my reservoir! Stay outta my spot 🤣

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u/82Jmorg 20d ago

Its a trout

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u/Limp_Cheek_4035 22d ago

Hard to say but looks like a trout, possibly a sick trout

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u/durn1969 22d ago

Allegedly

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u/octocoral 22d ago

I'm thinking fallfish

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u/Emergency_Sector1476 22d ago

That or a carp and we just cant see the sides so its almost impossible to tell

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u/PhillipAlanSheoh 22d ago

Thought it might be a blueback but they come into fresh water until spring.

Yeah I’d say some kind of trout but the size of the pectoral fin is throwing me a little.

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u/Emergency_Sector1476 22d ago

Thisnis loch raven, its a reservoir that is filled from upstream freshwater

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u/Dark-Math 22d ago

I'm going with Bowfin or carp. Not a trout.

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u/RickandTracey 22d ago

I'm guessing grass carp, Long and skinny with that sucker mouth. Don't think it's a redhorse or a trout.

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u/Ok-Audience-9743 21d ago

Ah yes, the sub-terminal to terminal mouthed grass carp, what a specimen

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u/Sweaty_Process_3794 20d ago

God for a second I thought this was in the sky and I was looking at Falcor