Trichopsis vittata

Caught these beautiful Indian rice fish at a nearby lake. Got a few (small school~7) for my tank as well ( currently exploring options for my planted tank)

120cm Rakutsuri rod with owner float rig and egg yolk/flour bait

My second and third ever fish on this rig, it was bottom end of the tide and a north wind made it very cold and lower low than usual. Hooked at the mouth of a cove on the Patuxent River in Maryland.

Didn’t bring the viewer box along, which I regret, but holding a set of calipers to my hand it appears the first fish is about 3.75cm and the second about 4cm. The pic of the rig is in between pics of each of the fish for distinction between the two.

I tuned the rig so the weight was an inch or so off the bottom, about 2’ deep above mud.

This is very exciting! I really want to catch a killifish or mummichog, but I’ll take whatever I can find!

I am not 100% sure on species ID, I just did a search with Google Image so if anyone has a different opinion please let me know