I'll definately be down to Tennesee sometime this summer. I look forward to
see you guys and exploring some new habitats.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roselawn Museum" <roselawn_at_mindspring.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Some mid-winter seining
> Hi Mark
>
> I'm surprised that you found ANY open water up there in January! Are you
> gonna' be able to come down and snorkel with us this year?
>
> Steven A. Ellis
> Kennesaw, GA
>
> At 09:44 AM 1/27/02 -0600, you wrote:
> >I got out on Friday and tried some mid-winter seining in the upper
Ottertail
> >River in Minnesota. There were a few Iowa Darters out and about and I
saw a
> >couple of chubs that I think were hornyheads. I took my 4X4 seine
through a
> >shallow mucky area kept open by springs and I came up with a nice sized
> >Central Mudminnow. In the same area I got a some small cyprinids that I
> >believe were Blacknosed Shiners. I also got one small Horneyhead chub.
> >Other than that, there wasn't much activity in the river yet.
> >
> >Most years in February, perch and northern pike start coming into the
river
> >apparently from Height of Land Lake which is just a half mile or so
> >upstream, but there was no sign of them now. Height of Land Lake is also
> >very susceptible to winter kills as it is weedy and shallow and I've seen
> >huge numbers of fish driven from the lake into the river during winters
with
> >a lot of snow cover. There isn't much snow this year though, so
apparently
> >they're all doing well in the lake.
> >
> >That's about all of the fish new hear this time of the year. Take care,
> >
> >Mark Otnes
> >Fargo ND
>
>
>
>
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