Steffen
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From: <Prizma_at_aol.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 12:42 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Re: nanfa V1 #1599: TN Collecting
> hi pat...
> thinks for sharing your knowledge.
>
> so let me see...
> taking a redline darter.
> in a couple local sites all i seem to collect are 2" max individuals. tho
> very beautiful and healthy are both the males and females i dont see any
> larger ones. these 2 or 3 sites are small urban streams. shallow, clean.
> however at other larger, deeper, more flowing sites ( rivers ) i can
collect
> 3 even 3.5" males.
> perhaps i am just not lucky or maybe the big individuals in these urban
> streams have moved to a different site downstream... seeking larger flows.
>
> i sure would like to take a class with you folks of knowledge. :)
> such as do redlines migrate? do they stay in a established range?
>
> ive learned a good deal in these last years but mostly that knowledge
points
> to what i dont know... which keeps me amazed dazed and motivated!
>
> i will retain your comments and ponder on it during my seine hauls this
> season.
>
> as a bit of humor...
> a 1 year old YOY redline seems to be about 1" long. these that im catching
in
> the small urban streams must be 2 years old as they are 2" long. when im
in
> the french broad, sequatchie or tellico and i often come up w/ a 3 incher
> thus he may be accordingly 3 years old. and that 3.5" fella is a
granddaddy
> to all those other dainty redlines. ive never seen one bigger but there
must
> be some monster redlines deep down that are 6 or 7 years old. lumbering
> beasts. :)
> now if all this fits just how old is that 18" tangerine darter that is
> getting finished supposedly in time for this year's convention? ( hint
hint
> hint motivate motivate motivate leo )
> i want my picture in the paper w/ that one on thursday's fisherman's catch
of
> the week. ( w/ a disclaimer in small print :)
> casper
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