Re: NANFA-L-- NANFA-L Stonefly survey

Bruce Stallsmith (fundulus-in-hotmail.com)
Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:08:32 -0500

Sounds like a fun day Bob. The steelhead part is, of course, weird,-in-least
to people likely to be on this list. Is there any chance they would just put
in something like native brook trout which were probably there originally?
Many state agencies are hell-bent on gimmicks like spreading exotics such as
steelhead around, I guess because they're larger and maybe sexier. I've
always wondered how many people likely to fish in such a stream REALLY want
to have steelhead there, as opposed to a decent brook trout population.

--Bruce Stallsmith
along the steelhead-free Tennessee
Huntsville, AL, US of A

>Bob Muller <michiganfish-in-wideopenwest.com> wrote:Just back from the
>sampling. The NANFA Michigan chapter has partnered with
>the Clinton River Watershed Council (CRWC). We are going to be doing fish
>surveys of all the small creeks and stream helping them gain data to
>convince the DNR to designate the Clinton a cold-water river. This
>designation in Michigan mean a Trout stream and the DNR pay a lot more
>attention to that type of river. The Clinton flows through the northern
>suburbs of Detroit with 1.5 million people living along it. One of the
>Clintons main tributaries, Paint creek has the cold water designation for
>the last few years. This is a double-edged sword though. Once a cold-water
>stream we will no longer be able to collect with nets and Steel head are
>stocked. A personal belief is the brown, rainbow trout and salmon are just
>as invasive as the round gobies, but a cold-water designation will help
>save
>the river. The CRWC had their annual stone fly survey today Philip Kukulski
>and myself were the NANFA members present. This is the first time we have
>taken part in this and a lot of time was spent explaining about the darters
>that were caught. There was lots of interest in those darters. Lots of
>stoneflies, caddis flies scuds, isopods and the first water penny I have
>ever seen were collected. We were working several locations of Stony creek
>and rainbow, fantail, Johnny, Iowa darters, common shiner, creek chub and
>rock bass were netted. The rainbows are in full color. It was in the
>twenties and we had t break shelf ice to get in the creeks. Boy your hand
>get cold working in that water.
>
>Bob Muller
>Red Run (the Ghost River of Royal Oak)
>A tributary of the Clinton River
>Michigan
>
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