Differences Chub & Dace

denzinho · Jul 3, 2013

Hi all

I have been trying to catch Chub for the last 2-3 weeks from my local River but have had no success.

Well I think i may of had Chublet's! which is great news and I'm confusing them with Dace.

Any help on identification would be fantastic.

Steve

Fred Bonney · Jul 3, 2013

The dorsal and anal fins of chub are rounded, that is to say convex, the dace has concave fins, otherwise when small as you may have noted, they look very similar

barbelboi · Jul 3, 2013

Dace have a concave dorsal and anal fin (chub don't) , also their head and mouth are 'slighter; than chub.
Jerry

sam vimes · Jul 3, 2013

Convex anal and dorsal fins on a chub. Concave on a dace.

denzinho · Jul 3, 2013

Tyvm guys just looked at some pictures and think I can now tell the difference.

:thumbs:

nicepix · Jul 3, 2013

If you can hit the bites they are chub. If you can't they are dace.

terry m · Jul 3, 2013

Dace make a better livebait!

:wh

frothy · Jul 3, 2013

I've caught lots of record breaking dace with convex fins

mg:

barbelboi · Jul 3, 2013

Joking apart, I've had a couple of dace free lining a whole lobworm attached to a size 4 hook in the past.........not the way I would target them but it just shows you........
Jerry

Mark Wintle · Jul 3, 2013

terry m said:
Dace make a better livebait!

:wh

But pike breed the best maggots....

alan whittington · Jul 3, 2013

Mark Wintle said:
But pike breed the best maggots....

Touche....

russell_bush · Jul 4, 2013

As a lad I was told to remember the phrase 'dented dace' with regard to their concave anal fins to tell them apart from chub.

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