Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Mystery Fish answer!

Okay, the guy from the DNR tells me that this is a skipjack herring. This is nothing like the fish I was told was a skipjack when I was growing up.  Apparently this is a protected species and is rarely seen since the installation of the lock and dam system on the Mississippi. 

1 comment:

Julie Aldrich said...

It is a Skipjack Hering! There is a photo and some info, but I can't copy/paste the pic in here so go here to see it!
http://www.geocities.com/yosemite/rapids/9007/skpjk.html