--- Al G Eaton <sege7_2000_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Two years ago Fritz Bazeley and I went collecting near
> Columbus, Ohio at the request of a visiting aquarist
> from Germany. The temperature that morning was 10
> degrees. Although there was ice around the banks the
> riffles were free. It was a bright and sunshiney day
> and not a breath of wind, so it was reasonably
> comfortable in waders. We caught the most beautiful
> darters that day, but almost no minnows. I searched
> for the minnows and saw them in quiet water underneath
> ice. Breaking the ice I managed to capture two.
>
> If you collect when its well below freezing, make sure
> you have your collecting bucket with you (that is at
> hand) We injured a few fish at first because they
> frooze against the netting of the seine and dipnets.
>
> If I didn't have a tube coming out of the side of my
> abdomen I would be out there with you. Perhaps next
> year.
>
> Klaus
> --- Jeremy Tiemann <jtiemann_at_inhs.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> > I would prefer shorts, but Bernadette makes me wear
> > my waders. On
> > Sun, it is supposed to reach a warm 37 by afternoon,
> > but there is a
> > 30% chance for morning snow flakes. ETA for going
> > out is ~1:00.
> >
> >
> > >Jeremy, a bit curious, what the heck do you guys
> > wear in the
> > >water? >Urbana-Champagne is a tad frigid nowadays,
> > yes?
> >
> > --
> > Jeremy Tiemann
>
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