Re: NANFA-L-- America's national fish


Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- America's national fish
ichthos at comcast.net
Date: Fri Sep 17 2004 - 10:06:35 CDT


I stand corrected in my case for making pumpkinseed the national fish -- they are NOT found in every state; many southeastern states (e.g., FL, AL) are pumpkinseed-free. This just points to the difficulty of finding a non-bass, non-carp species that's distributed nationwide.

Chris Scharpf
Herring Run --> Back River --> Chesapeake Bay --> Atlantic Ocean

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: Fri Dec 31 2004 - 11:27:19 CST