When is a roach not an ide or chub

[jimmy crackedcorn]

Obviously once they get to a decentish size its easier to tell the difference but, and this really applies to roach or ide and chub or ide (if you get me), up to about a 12 ounces I'm not sure on the differences - certainly as my local stocks all 3. Had I just caught a pound roach (yeh !) or an ide of about a pound (boo !). No pics as yet but can anyone give me a rough guide.

 

[Lord Paul of Sheffield]

canal - 1st section KJS?

 

[peter crabtree]

Chublets are longer and thinnner and have a wide mouth with white lips. Ide look similar to roach but a roach has orange eyes and ide have dark eyes. The mouth of all three gives it away to the experienced eye.

 

[gentle]

Check its parents passports.....

 

[ide]

Look at the fin a hollow fin is roach / orfe , a round fin is chub


gr jerry

 

[Mark Wintle]

The biggest difference between roach and orfe is the scale count along the lateral line. Roach are usually about 42 or 43, orfe (ide) are somewhere in the mid fifties. Put together roach have bigger scales.

 

[jimmy crackedcorn]

canal - 1st section KJS?

Close - westend. I caught what i though was a pound plus roach (which I'm positive I've had up there before), now I'm not so sure - it didnt look that deep in the shoulders either. I think I took a piccy - if I did I'll post it.

 

[Lord Paul of Sheffield]

Soem nice ide in the bit I menyioned - caught about 20lb of them last Saturday