Don't know this type of fish?

[smittin]

Me and a buddy have both caught a couple of silver(like it came from the sea), skinny, oval shaped fish in the delaware? Never seen this before any idea's anyone.

 

[Montauklax]

Perhaps it was a shad? Try the link
American Shad, Fish Identification

 

[smittin]

Thats what I thought it was

but they were all silver, mabey the juvenilles are all silver?

 

[Future Fanatic]

Me and a buddy have both caught a couple of silver(like it came from the sea), skinny, oval shaped fish in the delaware? Never seen this before any idea's anyone.

I'll throw out "fallfish". They are silvery(and up to like 16-20")... But I'm not sure where you were fishing or how far down the Delaware they live.

Here's an illustration from Cornell :
Fishes of New York - fish.dnr.cornell.edu
Not photos, but it might help.

Another that has a photo of a fallfish:
The Virtual Aquarium of Virginia Tech--Minnows

 

[jholland]

Fish?

Looks to me like a White Perch.

 

[smittin]

yeah

I think your correct about the fall fish there golden shiner looks just like what we have been catching. the area Titusville NJ.

 

[Johnw]

I vote for white perch also - there are tons of them in the Delaware.

 

[sandfly]

white perch...great striper bait..put a circle hook through the nose and hang on..

 

[Fly Ty R]

So, which one is it? Personally, it sounds like you are catching baby herring or shad. They are all silver.


White Perch:

American Shad:

Baby Herring (these are actually peanut bunker, but they look similar):

Fallfish:

 

[smittin]

white perch

thats a good pic of one. Thats the answer for sure.