Sorry for the late reply.
It is perfectly alright about the phone call, you were out when I called. It
was my fault for not calling you before I left Baltimore to confirm all the
good collecting locations.
All that I can tell you about the location I spent the most time at trying
to collect was an area just north of the location in the river where I was
instructed by you and John Brill to collect at. The location was right under
a bridge. Rt. 37 was going across the bridge above. It was only about 3/4 of
a mile to a mile from your recommended location.
Do you think the bladderwort will be thicker in late July when I will be
passing through central NJ again? If so, then I will have to stop by Toms
River and collect the real stuff then :) .
Thanks,
Henry Deford
Owings Mills, MD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Littlehale" <rdlittle3_at_home.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Toms River, NJ Collecting 5/12/01 (long)
> Henry, sorry I missed your call and the amount of time it's taken me to
> respond. To answer your question, yes and no. You can really collect
them
> at any time of the year; it is just harder at certain times. I'm not real
> familar with the areas you went to; I have been to Horicon Lake a couple
of
> times, but I can't recognize the specific area from your description.
>
> I've collected in the areas you visited in previous years during mid May
and
> have had fairly good success with both seines and dip nets. Before the
> vegetation,usually bladderwort, develops (more difficult time) you need to
> work around obstructions and the debris along the bottom; this should also
> produce swamp darters, pirate perch and eastern mudminnows. The
blackbanded
> sunfish and other members of the genus Enneacanthus are usually associated
> with some type of cover. When the bladderwort is thick (easier time), it
is
> usually the simple matter of scooping up as much as can be managed and
sort
> through it for the fish.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Good luck in the future
>
> Dave
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Henry Deford" <hdeford_at_home.com>
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 10:50 AM
> Subject: NANFA-- Toms River, NJ Collecting 5/12/01 (long)
>
>
>
> > So altogether I wouldn't say that the trip was much of a success because
I
> > was planning on getting a nice little group of adult Black Bandeds for
my
> 75
> > gallon. Maybe I got my hopes up too much. The reason I think that I
didn't
> > find any adults was because of the season. I think that this was the
wrong
> > season to be collecting for these fish. I know more than a few NANFA
> members
> > have gone to Toms River to collect, could anyone give me some feedback
as
> to
> > if it was the wrong season or not?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Henry Deford
> > Owings Mills, MD
> >
>
>
>
/---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- > /"Unless stated otherwise, comments made on this list do not necessarily > / reflect the beliefs or goals of the North American Native Fishes > / Association" > / This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes Association > / nanfa_at_aquaria.net. To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get help, send the word > / subscribe, unsubscribe, or help in the body (not subject) of an email to > / nanfa-request_at_aquaria.net. For a digest version, send the command to > / nanfa-digest-request_at_aquaria.net instead. > / For more information about NANFA, visit our web page, http://www.nanfa.org
/----------------------------------------------------------------------------- /"Unless stated otherwise, comments made on this list do not necessarily / reflect the beliefs or goals of the North American Native Fishes / Association" / This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes Association / nanfa_at_aquaria.net. To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get help, send the word / subscribe, unsubscribe, or help in the body (not subject) of an email to / nanfa-request_at_aquaria.net. For a digest version, send the command to / nanfa-digest-request_at_aquaria.net instead. / For more information about NANFA, visit our web page, http://www.nanfa.org