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Semotilus atromaculatus, known as the creek chub or the common creek chub, is a small minnow, a freshwater fish found in the eastern US and Canada. Differing in size and color depending on origin of development, the creek chub can usually be defined by a dark brown body with a black lateral line spanning horizontally across the body.
If you’ve never used a creek chub for fishing, you’re missing out. There’s something about them that makes fish SNAP almost every time. They’re a large, feisty bait that creates a lot of attention in the water. And when properly rigged, the mixture just means FISH!
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The creek chub (Semotilus atromaculatus) is a small minnow that is commonly encountered by anglers in the United States. Creek chubs are among the most common fish found across a wide swath of the US. They are often caught incidentally or accidentally on live bait, flies and sometimes even lures.
Semotilus is the genus of creek chubs, ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. The term "creek chub" is sometimes used for individual species, particularly the common creek chub, S. atromaculatus. The creek chub species of minnows can grow from 6 to 10 inches (15 to 25 cm).
Creek Chubs are one of the largest and most dominant fish in Iowa creeks and streams. Male Creek Chubs prepare a nest in the gravel-bottomed run by mounding up gravel about 3 inches high and several feet long using their snout and mouth.
Fish Facts. The creek chub is a slender, fine-scaled minnow with a black blotch at front of the dorsal fin and a black spot at the base of the tail fin. It is found nearly statewide and is most abundant in small headwater creeks.
The creek chub is a freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae family, commonly referred to as the carp or minnow family, and is native to North America. The genus Semotilus consists of other creek-dwelling chubs including fallfish, Sandhills chub, and Dixie chub.
Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill, 1818) Common name: Creek Chub. Taxonomy: available through. Identification: Becker (1983); Page and Burr (1991); Etnier and Starnes (1993); Jenkins and Burkhead (1994). Size: 30 cm. Native Range: Most of eastern United States and southeastern Canada in Atlantic, Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, Mississippi, and Gulf ...
Semotilus atromaculatus, known as the creek chub or the common creek chub, is a small minnow, a freshwater fish found in the eastern US and Canada. Differing in size and color depending on origin of development, the creek chub can usually be defined by a dark brown body with a black lateral line spanning horizontally across the body.