Excuse the bad pun by connecting fish to fruit but I had to. So instead of collecting today I headed out with another TN Tech student to snorkel in tributaries of the Emory River, specifically Clear Creek, in search of Spotfin Chubs. Calling Clear Creek clear is really an understatement, they could call it Gin Creek if they wanted to. For the most part the river width averaged 40 to 50 ft and was comprised of boulder bedrock pools and runs and boulder cobble riffles. At our first stop the second I was in the water there were fish all around and very active and curious. We snorkeled upstream about a half a mile threw a couple small riffles and long runs and one very large pool. In nearly every area of habitat there were schools of Whitetail shiners, Warpaint shiners, and Telescope shiners. Everynow and then in a eddy we came across a large school of Stonerollers and River chubs. I also saw some of the largest Greenside darters ever today along the margins of the swifter water.
Tangerine darters were probably the third or fourth most visible fish, over the whole length of the site, moving in small schools of 3-12 fish. Most were not in full color but usually every 1 in 20 was. It doesnt sound like a great number but for the day I saw well over several hundred.
Our second site was more of the same shiner species in high abundance and Tangerine darters also in very high numbers. Spotfins had been found there in the past but unfortunately we did not see any. The best part of this site was how we entered the water. At the base of the hill where we parked there were some very large stones slopping down about 50 ft, and hanging over the water close to 10 feet, to the water which was a big circular pool that was-in-least 20 ft deep. About halfway down the rock we got running starts downhill and jumped right on in.
Todd this is definately some place you might be interested in seeing Tangerines in the Emory watershed. The access was beyond great, the water was gin clear, and the fish are everywhere.
Species list - Clear Creek - 7/9/05
Tangerine Darter
Greenside Darter
Redline Darter
Stoneroller
River Chub
Warpaint Shiner
Whitetail Shiner
Telescope Shiner
Smallmouth Bass
Spotted Bass
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<DIV><BR>Excuse the bad pun by connecting fish to fruit but I had to. So instead of collecting today I headed out with another TN Tech student to snorkel in tributaries of the Emory River, specifically Clear Creek, in search of Spotfin Chubs. Calling Clear Creek clear is really an understatement, they could call it Gin Creek if they wanted to. For the most part the river width averaged 40 to 50 ft and was comprised of boulder bedrock pools and runs and boulder cobble riffles. At our first stop the second I was in the water there were fish all around and very active and curious. We snorkeled upstream about a half a mile threw a couple small riffles and long runs and one very large pool. In nearly every area of habitat there were schools of Whitetail shiners, Warpaint shiners, and Telescope shiners. Everynow and then in a eddy we came across a large school of Stonerollers and River chubs. I also saw some of the largest Greenside
darters ever today along the margins of the swifter water. Tangerine darters were probably the third or fourth most visible fish, over the whole length of the site, moving in small schools of 3-12 fish. Most were not in full color but usually every 1 in 20 was. It doesnt sound like a great number but for the day I saw well over several hundred.</DIV>
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<DIV>Our second site was more of the same shiner species in high abundance and Tangerine darters also in very high numbers. Spotfins had been found there in the past but unfortunately we did not see any. The best part of this site was how we entered the water. At the base of the hill where we parked there were some very large stones slopping down about 50 ft, and hanging over the water close to 10 feet, to the water which was a big circular pool that was-in-least 20 ft deep. About halfway down the rock we got running starts downhill and jumped right on in.</DIV>
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<DIV>Todd this is definately some place you might be interested in seeing Tangerines in the Emory watershed. The access was beyond great, the water was gin clear, and the fish are everywhere.</DIV>
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<DIV>Species list - Clear Creek - 7/9/05</DIV>
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<DIV>Tangerine Darter</DIV>
<DIV>Greenside Darter</DIV>
<DIV>Redline Darter</DIV>
<DIV>Stoneroller</DIV>
<DIV>River Chub</DIV>
<DIV>Warpaint Shiner</DIV>
<DIV>Whitetail Shiner</DIV>
<DIV>Telescope Shiner</DIV>
<DIV>Smallmouth Bass</DIV>
<DIV>Spotted Bass</DIV>
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