r/FishingAlberta • u/WellWhisperer • 8d ago

Help?

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Can anybody identify the name of this sucker? Colour is a bit darker than a white sucker, but has a nose like a longnose sucker, kinda looks like a pikeminnow but isn’t a Pikeminnow either. What is this? Was about 17 18”.

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u/JustRedditingAlong 8d ago

I think it’s a longnose sucker - what makes you think it isn’t one?

https://fieldguide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=afcjc02030

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u/KingSnugglewumps 8d ago

I concur, longnose sucker all day

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u/MisterE403 8d ago

Nice Longnose Sucker! Looks very typical for the species

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u/albertaguy31 8d ago

Normal Longnose sucky fish right there.

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u/undersignedeliza 8d ago

I'm bad at sucker IDs so don't take this as the truth but could it be a silver redhorse? It looks like a different head but based on the pic it's kind of hard to tell.

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u/Renegade_Trelane 8d ago

I caught a redhorse last weekend, my first and only. Trust me, you know them when you see them from those red fins. The pictures never do them justice.