David Smith <idleweed_at_tusco.net> wrote:Hello Mark,
I would like to join you on the bowfin trip. I don't want to keep any
fish but would like to go along to learn more about identifying species and
photographing some if possible.
Dave Smith
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark"
To:
Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 5:35 PM
Subject: NANFA-- Mudminnows, Franklin Co OH 2-28-2004
> At 11:12 PM -0500 2/28/04, Todd Crail wrote:
> >Talk about specific habitat! I'm not sure where the heck they
> >(mudminnows) were hiding, but they were _only_ found over sand, at
> >the bank, with a _little_ bit of vegetation hanging over. They must
> >have been hanging in crayfish holes or something.
>
>
> I wonder if they come out into more open areas so they can see each
> other in preparation for spawning. Kind of sizing each other up,
> competing for territory? I wonder what proportion of males versus
> females you were catching. Was it mainly the males that were in the
> less sheltered areas along the bank? I'm also jealous of your
> pickerel finds. Mike, Lee, Silas and I met at Delaware reservoir
> Saturday, but no luck. The water was _way_ down, and all of the
> weedy shore areas where the pickerels were last summer were high and
> dry. Then we went to a place on Big Darby that was productive last
> year and struck out there. Maybe smaller water places where
> pickerels live are easier to work this time of year. Again, the
> marginal vegetation was rotted down to nubs, and even though there
> was plenty of water, there were no pickerels seen there. Did see:
>
> 2-28-2004 Big Darby Ck at Scioto Darby/Price Hilliards Rd
> rosefin shiner
> striped shiner
> fantail darter
> johnny darter
> rainbow darter
> orangethroat darter
> greenside darter
> bluntnose minnow
> hogsucker
> spotfin shiner
> rockbass
> leach
> crayfish
>
> Beautiful day. Really nice to be out for a little while. Also
> enjoyed meeting Mike, Lee and Silas. Put me in the mood for more
> fishin'. When's the next trip? Oh, yeah, bowfin angling sometime in
> the next few weeks (Wooster Ohio). Who's in?
> --
> Mark
> Ohio
> USA
> <))><
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