Do you happen to know what a non-resident permit costs in AL? Many of the
streams we use in NW GA cross into AL, and it's hard to stop at the line
sometimes.
Steven,
Kennesaw, GA
At 10:51 PM 1/8/00 EST, you wrote:
>I have my first true community aquarium since I moved here last summer. In a
>10 gal. tank I have 2 speckled chub (_Macrhybopsis aestivalis_, at least for
>now), a channel shiner (_Notropis wickliffi_) and what I think is a mimic
>shiner, _Notropis volucellus_. The latter I initially thought was a sawfin
>shiner but now that it's color has stabilized and I've gotten a better look
>at it, I realize my mistake. It differs from the channel shiner primarily by
>a noticeable predorsal stripe (a.k.a. dorsal nape), not really present in
>the channel shiner.
>
>All of these fish came from a small nameless creek in Scottsboro, AL.
>They're all extremely active, and all immediately took flake food with great
>gusto, as have my _Fundulus_ species killifish. The speckled chubs are
>actually handsome fish, with orange-red tails and bronze sides speckled with
>black (hence the name). It makes me realize, once again, that Americans are
>foolish to be so fixated on exotic tropicals.
>
>My trips to Jackson County, AL, have also lead me & my wife to another
>interesting thing, snake handling for religious reasons. There's a great
>book out on this that's set in north-east Alabama called "Salvation on Sand
>Mountain - Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia" by Dennis
>Covington. These are people who think nothing of keeping 4 copperheads in an
>aquarium on their kitchen counter next to the coffee pot, or routinely
>travelling with a rattlesnake in your truck. These people tend to live in
>interesting areas for fish collecting, such as Jackson and Marshall Counties
>in Alabama, back up in the hills around high gradient streams. Personally I
>try to avoid poisonous snakes, but my travels are bringing me to the snake
>handlin' people.
>
>--Bruce Stallsmith
>Huntsville, AL
>"safe in Madison County"
>
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