NANFA-- South Carolina Sailfins

Bob Bock (bockhouse_at_earthlink.net)
Wed, 6 Feb 2002 20:30:07 -0500

Hi, Guys. I've probably asked this question before, but, what the heck,
maybe there's someone new on the list who might have more information.

As the Scharpfmeister mention, I'm really into sailfin mollies. Any of you
know of any good brackish water locals for collecting them? Like maybe a
salt marsh inside a State Park?

Would anyone know how Soutch Carolina sailfins might compare in color and
size to the Florida variety? Would it be worth an eight hour drive to get
some to cross with my domestic stock?

Sailfin Bob
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From: <Ipchay61_at_aol.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 9:48 PM
Subject: NANFA-- Collecting in SC

> This past Saturday Dustin, Cal, Dick Norwood, his daughter Emily, my
daughter
> Stephanie and I went out to do some collecting. We started out with plans
to
> visit three sites in Camden, SC. The first two were located less than a
> mile apart. First stop was a place called Big Pine Tree Creek. At this
> location the water was very dark with hardly any movement. The depth
quickly
> dropped off so most collecting was done right around the edges. OK, here
are
> the fish that we caught:
>
> Bluegill
> Warmouth
> Carolina pygmy sunfish
> Bluespotted sunfish
> Banded sunfish
> Black banded sunfish
> Lined topminnow
> Pirate perch
> Mosquito fish
>
> On a previous trip to this spot, Dustin and I caught the above fish and
also
> several Swampfish and a Flier. While at this spot we walked to a small
pool
> back in the woods and as Dustin was about to dip his net into a patch of
> weeds I noticed him suddenly start backstroking. In the water where he
was
> about to dip was a Water Moccasin of about 4 feet in length. We watched
it
> for a bit, showed it to the girls so they would know what one looked like
and
> moved on. This was a good time to move on to the next spot.
>
>
> The next place was an unnamed stream (as far as we know) that runs into
Big
> Pine Tree Creek. Most of the year it is a swampy pond but occasionally it
is
> drawn down, as it was this day. The current was fairly strong and had cut
a
> pretty good channel but we jumped right in anyway. Almost immediately we
> started hauling fish out. This is what we found here:
>
> Brook silverside
> Creek chubsucker
> Juv. pickerel
> Mosquitofish
> Swamp darter
> Bluespotted sunfish
> Black banded sunfish
> Banded sunfish
> Carolina pygmy sunfish
> Bluegill
> Spotted sunfish
> Tadpole madtom
> Lined topminnow
> Pirate perch
>
> We found a good bit of really nice driftwood at this spot. The girls
caught
> Blackbanded sunfish, swamp darters and lots of FW shrimp here and it was
> exciting watching them have such a good time.
>
>
> We headed on down the road to our next stop, Hwy. 521 _at_ Swift Creek. This
> spot looked nice but was heavily silted making collection very difficult.
> All we were able to get here was:
>
> Lined topminnow
> Mosquito fish
>
>
> For our last stop of the day we headed back up I-20 to Lexington County.
> Here we stopped on Corley Mill Rd. _at_ Twelve-Mile Creek. Almost
immediately
> we caught some beautiful darters. We are still undecided about what type
> they are. The list for this spot is:
>
> Seagreen darter or Turquoise darter
> Tesselated darter
> Creek chubsucker
> Creek chub
>
> I have previously caught what I think were Yellowfin shiners in this
> location. It was now starting to get late in the day so we all decided to
> call it a day.
>
> Chip Rinehart
> West Columbia, SC
>
>
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