Re: NANFA-- Black River

Jeff Fullerton (tcmajorr_at_westol.com)
Mon, 4 Oct 1999 09:19:11 -0400

Ray
This post makes me think of our trip last Fall. The species composition was
very diverse when we worked the lower Black River with RK. Did you start out
at the big pool near the railroad tressel?
We had a blast there , though we didn't encounter any dispar. Tons of
shiners - weed, river and I think some mimic? As well as those infamously
fragile silversides. But the really fun part was when Mike and I - for
whatever reason I have forgotten - decided to take the tracks back to the
parking area and had to get off in a hurry without spilling our buckets when
a train came along.
Then on the way out, RK stopped his vehicle ahead of us and came walking
back to us with what I thought was about the biggest wood turtle I had ever
seen. Turned out to be an old male Blandings turtle- our first ever
encountered!
Of course it was after dusk and not a good environment to photograph
anything so this had to be a verbal record!

Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: R.W.Wolff <choupiqu_at_wctc.net>
To: N.A.N.F.A. List <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 11:47 AM
Subject: NANFA-- Black River

> Ray Katula and I went collecting up the Black river. We stopped at
> serveral places from near the Mississippi in La Crosse to nealy Black
River
> falls. I hope i dont leave any species off this list, we caught many.
> Northern Pike, pugnose minnow, spotfins shiner, emerald shiner,
mississippi
> silvery shiner, river shiner, [various others not known] , spotted sucker,
> river redhorse, northern starhead topminnow, pirate perch, bluegill,
> pumkinseed, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, yellow perch, gilt darter,
> mud darter, rainbow darter, banded darter, fantail darter, blacksided
> darter, and sand darter. We released most of the fish, took some pictures
> of others. I took home some mud darters to add to some I had caught this
> spring that are in my garden pool.
>
> We collected for what seemed not very long , but turned out to be 5 hours.
> It was a nice day, and a successful trip,
> Ray Wolff
>
>
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