Reddish Fish

[Hannah Marie]

Saw a school of reddish colored fish on Seneca. Anyone know what they were?

 

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[lakebound88]

They are a Rudd. Or something like that. Invasive and they seem to thrive on the waters of seneca. They get fairly large. Fun for kids to catch on light tackle tho.

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[Hannah Marie]

Thanks for the reply


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[Lucky13]

 

Rudd (from Wikipedia)

 

If they are all red looking, they may be goldfish, which grow quite large when released to the wild.

[Sk8man]

Yes the rudd look kinda like a cross between a golden shiner and a carp and only the fins are reddish/orange colored. As lucky mentioned people release common goldfish (member of the carp family) and Coy as well  into these lakes and they are invasives. There is a whole school of coy in Canandaigua Lake and often seen at the north end near Inn on the Lake so they could be present in Seneca for just such a reason too.

Edited July 5, 2018 by Sk8man