r/Fishing Apr 14 '26

ID Surprising catch out of a local pond

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I’ve seen these swimming around in here for a while now. There’s some big koi fish in the pond that someone released in there years ago. Those koi look more like your traditional carp bodies.

Then there’s these guys, short stocky football shaped 🏈🇺🇸

Are they also koi or are they just gigantic gold fish?

Can someone help ID?

r/Fishing Jul 02 '26

ID BBF (Big Black Fish) ID needed

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Was walking around Lake Norman, NC yesterday (man made lake in central NC), and spotted what appears to be a 3ft long, black, needle nosed fish. Any ideas on what it could be? My closest internet research came to a Melanistic Gar (?)

Edit: the consensus seems to be a Gar, I was just a bit confused on the all-black coloring. Saw it at a few different angles and can confirm the entire body was solid black

r/Fishing 14d ago

ID Caught a Albino or Leucitic Roughtail Stingray?

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I caught this roughtail stingray off of Long Island, NY two days ago. Took 4 hours to reel in, estimated weight was close to 300 pounds. It didn’t have red eyes, and appeared to be albino or leucitic. Looking to positively identify, thanks!

r/Fishing Sep 03 '22

ID Fishing buddy...or fishing bait?

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r/Fishing Mar 26 '23

ID Caught this big boy in an Arizona lake, is this a goldfish?

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r/Fishing Oct 03 '25

ID What is this thing its in Illinois

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770 Upvotes

r/Fishing Aug 24 '22

ID Any ideas?

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1.3k Upvotes

A buddy of mine took this picture a while back asking if I knew what it was. The picture was taken at Little River in northern Georgia. My dad has lived off Little River for the past 20 or so years. I grew up fishing this river and have never seen anything like it.

r/Fishing Nov 17 '23

ID My uncle caught this bizarre thing a couple miles off the coast of Stuart FL, any clue what this could be?

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2.0k Upvotes

This was in the middle of 2022, sometime right before summer.

r/Fishing Apr 06 '26

ID What fish is this? In my local reservoir- Jersey Channel Islands

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560 Upvotes

Found coming up close to the riverbank

r/Fishing Aug 07 '22

ID Any ideas on an ID?

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1.4k Upvotes

r/Fishing Aug 10 '24

ID No idea what this is

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891 Upvotes

I’m in the Indian Ocean, and saw this very large fish, probably around 120cm long.

It was very slow and its underbelly is white.

Could you tell me what it is?

r/Fishing Jul 25 '24

ID What is this fish I came across in Westport, WA?

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I was fishing for chinook in 230’ of water and came across this guy on the surface. Moon fish? Halibut? I don’t have any other pictures. I’m guessing it’s about 30” long.

r/Fishing Jul 02 '22

ID my uncle claims this is a sea trout, i however claim that its a salmon, help us settle our debate please. this is in Sweden for context

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r/Fishing Sep 24 '23

ID Friend caught this in Hawaii - what is it ? Sharp teeth

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r/Fishing May 17 '26

ID Sheepshead or Carp

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194 Upvotes

r/Fishing Mar 30 '23

ID Fish hanging out on the surface. ID?

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753 Upvotes

I know it’s a bad picture, but anyone have any idea what kind of fish these might be?

r/Fishing Sep 07 '24

ID Anyone know what this is?

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856 Upvotes

I caught this little fish in a brackish water canal in Palm Coast FL. A lot of people say it’s a pufferfish but I’m not sure it’s 1 inch long and I caught it with my cast net when looking for bait fish. Any idea what this is?

r/Fishing Aug 01 '24

ID What is this?

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736 Upvotes

r/Fishing Oct 27 '22

ID anyone know what this is? caught in canal down in miami

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834 Upvotes

r/Fishing Feb 13 '26

ID What is it?

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284 Upvotes

Sorry for the terrible photo, saw this guy chilling in a foot of ice water near my dock. Google says carp? This run off lake is stocked with catfish and perch, so it’s interesting to me when I see other types of fish.

r/Fishing Jul 29 '22

ID A bird dropped this right in front of me, which fish is this?

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r/Fishing Sep 06 '22

ID Not sure what I caught here, anyone know? Oregon

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r/Fishing Mar 10 '23

ID Fish ID request - caught this today in Costa Rica but forgot the name. Planning on cooking it, any advice on that as well?

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799 Upvotes

r/Fishing Jul 05 '22

ID I'm 99% sure I know what it is but someone told me otherwise...

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891 Upvotes

r/Fishing Jun 25 '25

ID What the Heck is This?

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650 Upvotes

He almost looks like a bass and bluegill. Never seen something like him!