Re: NANFA-- Kokosing collecting of 8/25/00

Robert Carillio (darterman_at_hotmail.com)
Sun, 27 Aug 2000 18:21:04 EDT

Catherine, ask Roger Troutman, or check the field guide.... I will comment
more later... Rob

>From: schmidtcarney_at_ecr.net
>Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>Subject: NANFA-- Kokosing collecting of 8/25/00
>Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 15:00:20 -0500
>
>Hi all--
>
>Went back to the Kokosing River on 8/25/00 with my daughter, a friend,
>and her two girls (ages 6 and 4). Conditions were similar to when NANFA
>did the collecting trip earlier in August except that water levels were
>lower and warmer (mid 70's).
>
>Equipment included 2 small dipnets, so we limited our catches to shallow
>riffles along the shore. Most of what we found were smaller, juvenile
>fish.
>
>We caught:
>rainbow darters (mostly juveniles, 2 adults that look like females)
>banded darters (adults)
>greenside darters (none larger than 3")
>several crayfish--mostly "eating size"
>assorted mayfly, caddis fly and other insect larvae
>
>We released most of the darters and all of the inverts. I kept both of
>the adult rainbows, most of the juveniles, and a few of each of the
>other species. The juveniles seem to be acclimating to tank life more
>rapidly than the adults have in the past.
>
>We also checked the small pool of water located under the bridge along
>the river (trapped as the river levels receded. It is still full of
>small fish, but we also scared a large (8" or so) fish out from under
>the tree limbs. Looked like a sunfish of some sort, but it was too quick
>at getting back under cover and we could not catch it for positive ID.
>
>We also spotted larger darters and large schools of small fish in deeper
>water, but could not catch them because of equipment limitations (not
>too mention 3 excited kids splashing around).
>
>BTW, a female variegate darter was found on the last outing (8/12) at
>this site. If someone can describe what juveniles of this species look
>like I will sample along the edges in hopes of finding whether she was
>aberrant or if there is actually a breeding population of this species
>in the river.
>
>Catherine
>
>
>
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