Luke McClurg
On Sun, 13 May 2001, Mark Otnes wrote:
> Tom,
>
> were you in the Flint Hills? I drove through that area over 20 years ago
> and thought that they were very beautiful. I read somewhere that the hills
> are a stronghold for Topeka Shiners.
>
> Mark Otnes
> Fargo ND
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom and Lanita Watson <tom_at_forworldschildren.org>
> To: Nanfa_at_Aquaria. Net <nanfa at aquaria.net>
> Date: Friday, May 11, 2001 6:23 PM
> Subject: NANFA-- Collecting around Topeka Kansas
>
>
> >I was scheduled for a business trip to Wichita this week. I flew in early
> >and drove up to Topeka, where I met Luke McClurg. He took me first to
> >Mission Creek where we seined a lot of Red Shiners, Redfin Shiners and a
> few
> >female Orangethroat Darters. It had rained the night before and the creek
> >was a little on the high side. We weren't getting any variety so we moved
> >on to Mill Creek stopping on the way to toss a minnow trap into a small
> >clear spring fed creek, in hopes of getting some Southern Redbelly Dace.
> >
> >At Mill Creek Luke placed a trap and used an umbrella net from the bridge,
> >while I waded with a dip net. We hit pay dirt right away. Picking up
> >Slender Madtoms, crayfish, and more female Orangethroats. Finally scored
> on
> >some male Orangethroats In a riffle. We also got a couple Southern
> Redbelly
> >Dace and one Rosyface Shiner.
> >
> >Wading in the river under the May sun I went from bald head to red head and
> >my pale Washingtonian skin turned a light shade of pink. Suffering from
> >exposure and laden with fish, packed up and went back to that little spring
> >fed stream where we had left the minnow trap. No luck, the trap was empty,
> >although Redbelly Dace were all around it. Luke switched to his magnum
> >minnow trap and tried again. The dace continued to circle without
> entering.
> >We finally called it quits and Luke drove me back to my car. He is
> >quarantining the fish and treating them for parasites. He will mail them
> to
> >me, their arrival planned to coincide with my return from to Portland next
> >week.
> >
> >Back on the turnpike I encounter about a dozen thunder storms in my two
> hour
> >drive to Wichita. You'd be going 80 - 85 MPH when a storm would bring
> >visibility down to 10 feet.
> >
> >Despite it's thunder storms and tornados I have always found Kansans to be
> a
> >hospitable lot - Thanks Luke!
> >
> >Speaking of Portland, are there any collecting opportunities there?
> >Tom
> >'for the children of the world' is a non-profit organization in the state
> >of Washington that aids the child victims of the Chernobyl nuclear
> disaster.
> >Visit our web site at:
> >
> >http://www.forworldschildren.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
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