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Ghazanfar Khan Ghori
Manager Web Services
Spacenet Inc
703.848.1363
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chip Rinehart
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 1:01 PM
> To: 'nanfa_at_aquaria.net'
> Subject: RE: NANFA-- Notropis welaka
>
>
> The main thing you need to be aware of is that welaka are protected in
> Florida.
>
> Chip
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ghazanfar Ghori - McLean
> [SMTP:Ghazanfar.Ghori_at_Spacenet.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:48 PM
> > To: 'nanfa_at_aquaria.net'
> > Subject: NANFA-- Notropis welaka
> >
> > I'm planning a short trip down to Florida July 4th weekend
> > and want to spend a day trying to find Notropis welaka.
> > Things I've got going against me....
> >
> > 1) Never collected before
> > 2) Trying to find a fish that others have had difficulty finding
> > 3) Giving myself only one day for it
> >
> >
> > So far, from what I've gathered online.
> > Good spots include areas where a smaller stream meets
> > a larger one in 2-4 ft of water.
> >
> > Use a seine - with the help of one more person. Dip nets
> > are helpful. In July, the juvis can be found at shoreline
> > vegetation. (Although I doubt I'll be able to ID them)
> >
> > Precautions, snakes, gators, bugs - so I'm going to be as
> > careful as I can - will probably get waders, or at minimum,
> > boots. Insect repellent? Is it safe for fish?
> >
> > Getting some Bag Buddies, have styros, bags. Do I need
> > O2 if I'm not crowding? Use CLOUT?
> >
> > Notropis welaka I know how to ID - atleast the adults.
> > Good ID book reccomendation for anything else I may encounter?
> > Not that I'm going to bring them back - just interested in
> > Notropis welaka but it'd be good for my notes if I knew what
> > I caught (if anything) and where.
> >
> > So any information that may help me succeed
> > would certainly be appreciated. Especially if you've
> > collected this species.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > -
> > Ghazanfar Khan Ghori
> > Manager Web Services
> > Spacenet Inc
> > 703.848.1363
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