clear lake minnows gone wild

Smokie · Post by **Smokie** » Thu Aug 12, 2021 8:55 pm

any you guys ever seen a bigger hitch?

Captain Morgan · Post by **Captain Morgan** » Fri Aug 13, 2021 8:58 am

Dang!

fishwithwill · Post by **fishwithwill** » Fri Aug 13, 2021 9:26 am

Very impressive...I wanna catch the fish that eats that minnow...cheers

Kwin · Post by **Kwin** » Fri Aug 13, 2021 4:41 pm

It looks more like a Sacramento Blackfish

Mark-C · Post by **Mark-C** » Fri Aug 13, 2021 7:31 pm

Kwin wrote:It looks more like a Sacramento Blackfish

I think you nailed it

coyote268 · Post by **coyote268** » Fri Aug 13, 2021 9:14 pm

That is not a hitch

Keith Rakoncza · Post by **Keith Rakoncza** » Sat Aug 14, 2021 9:58 am

I hate to say it since the government usually screws things up, but really should think about confirming with FG to make sure it’s not invasive. Doesn’t look like hitch to me, but never seen one that big before either. We don’t need some type of invasive carp that some F’ing idiot turned loose…

fishwithwill · Post by **fishwithwill** » Sat Aug 14, 2021 2:54 pm

It is a native minnow to Clear Lake. My question, what lure or bait did it eat? The link below discusses history of blackfish on Clear Lake.

https://www.record-bee.com/sports/20180 ... clear-lake

johnny g · Post by **johnny g** » Sat Aug 14, 2021 4:46 pm

i have snagged one looked exactly like that

fishwithwill · Post by **fishwithwill** » Mon Aug 16, 2021 4:45 am

I showed the image to a US Fish and Wildlife Service fish identification specialist and he said "Sacramento blackfish" and "man, that thing is huge"...cool fish, thanks for sharing.

Smokie · Post by **Smokie** » Mon Aug 16, 2021 9:12 pm

right on guys, sac black fish it is... fishwithwill thanks for the article out of the record bee, it was worth the read... i see its an acient minner like ze ol hitch but differnt and now I know. my bud, rip PJ, saw a few big bass chasing stuff near a rocky point and we fired at it, he had a glide bait and stuck this thing in the side foul, the ensuing fight made us think he had a decent bass and he said "net" and i netted this this thing to our suprise. he was a guide on clear lake and told me it was a hitch but biggest hitch he ever seen, i used to live down there years ago and saw hitch before but never bigger than regular minners i seen before and I was curious if any of the clear lake goons on here had ever encountered minnowzilla... We did catch a couple trout eaters that trip, he got a almost 7 to beat my hi fiver, we had a solid 20 plus bag... he thinks all the threes and fours are rats on clear lake and wasnt happy with our sack i was stoked on, ol ten pound slayer he was... but yeah boys never came across no minnerziller till i netted that one there