A fish story

[raychang]

I was walking my dogs Saturday morning when I spotted this blue heron trying to carry off a fish. I

quickly turned on my Canon DRebel (300D) and took a picture of it. Before I could take another

shot, the bird got startled and flew a few yards before it dropped the fish back into the river. It took

me the next10 minutes in the mud to retrieve the wounded fish, turned out the fish (about a foot

and a half long) was rather tasty.

 

Does anyone know what kind of fish this is? It all happened in Exeter, NH. I have had my DRebel

for 4.5 years, I just wish it could be a little speedier in operation�<div></div>

[dan_fromm2]

Possibly a White Sucker.

[anov]

Shame on you stealing from a bird ;)

[de_isaacs]

something here points to the updated saying about "a Fish in the hand worth more than . . ." but as it is a shame (and a good laugh) to slide that by the bird - I guess I will abandon that tail (tale?) for another time!

[dag_gogue]

Isn't that a Blue Marlin!? >:D

[markci]

I'm pretty sure it's a New England mudsnapper. Unless it's prepared by an expert it's deadly poison, but takes exactly seven days to kill.

[william_downer]

head looks like that of a piscivore, not a bottom feeder. I thought it might be a pickerel, but the dorsal fin may be too far foreward. Guess we need a fisherman from nh to help us out.

[dan_fromm2]

Sucker, William, not a piscivore. Look again.

[william_downer]

you are right Dan. i thought a very dark leaf was part of the head contour. the head is actually blunted and the low lying pectoral fins are c/w a sucker.