How did you get on?

[mikench]

Ik zal u op uw woord geloven

 

[wetthrough]

Very small mouth for an Ide

 

[Mark Wintle]

Very small mouth for an Ide

Check the lateral line scale count; it's around 58 to 60 which is way too high for a roach but corresponds correctly for an ide.

 

[Alan Whitty]

Scales(roach's scales are larger and more distinct), no red eye and colouration of the scales and fins are wrong for a roach....lovely fish to catch mind.

 

[mikench]

I hadn’t considered an ide as we were not aware of their presence in this lake. It was a nice fish and fought well.

 

[Alan Whitty]

Yes, they are beautiful fish and grow to quite a size, they can make things difficult for anglers netting a fish and returning it quickly identification wise, when I first encountered them I wondered what they were, the owner stocked loads of them, plus roach, rudd and chub, I asked him if he was trying to confuse us yokels...

 

[jon atkinson]

If that's a roach I'm a Dutchman; it's an ide.

That was my first thought