[mudfish]

Black buffalo aka Ictiobus niger

http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/ThumbnailsSummary.php?ID=2994

http://www.tnfish.org/SpeciesFishInformation_TWRA/BlackBuffaloTennessee_IctiobusNiger_TWRA.htm

 

[Midnight Sun]

PRETTY SURE I SHOT ONE OF THOSE ON PINES 4 YEARS AGO

 

[Hoopty]

I like the name...

 

[TCCIII]

Saw one at Bass Pro

 

[dustin]

heres one i shot last summer in the day

 

[jstewart_1981]

Shoot 6-12 every trip out. Theres a trick to finding them

 

[Bad Company]

hmmm...honestly i cant see how they could tell a smally from a black buff would someone care to elaborate?

 

[Watson]

Could that be something like this?

 

[Bad Company]

dude with that avatar pic i can't consentrate on the fish tisk tisk

 

[east tn bowman]

shot plenty of them here

 

[Sprig]

Which Buffalo would this fish be ID'd as? Doesn't look like a smallmouth?

Thanks,

 

[bowfisherman63]

It's a smally , small mouth!! thats what we call it around here.

 

[Team HBC]

That's a big azz buffalo... lol I'd say that's a black buff IMO. I've never seen a black that big, even though they can be up to 50 lbs. I've got a spot that I can shoot a lot of black buffs on the Wabash here in north central Indiana. Black buffs are like big mouth, but their mouth is more horizontal with thick lips. The mouth is below the eye and the body is shorter and stockier than a small mouth. The distance from mouth to eye is about double on the black. It's very hard to tell the difference, and I could be wrong, but your fish fits my description, so that's what I think... my .02 Nice fish!

 

[Sprig]

Thanks for the replies. I'm leaning toward black, myself, as my Fishes of the Great Lakes Region ID book, doesn't show anything but the Black has been found near where I live. The problem is with my ID book is the pictures look so different than the reference photos due to the size of the fish I shot.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,you should have seen the size of the one that got away

Anway, thanks for the input all.

 

[BACKSTABBER]

racist

 

[RightWing]