Steven A. Ellis
Kennesaw, GA
At 08:36 PM 7/3/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Tuesday
>Well ....do I know how to pick a vacation or not? NOT!
>After weeks of 90 degree days, this week promises much cooler temps.
>So cool in fact, that I waited till 10 AM...till the temp reached 65 to head
>out. When I got to the docks, the wind was gusting to 30 mph at least!
>I knew the first 1/4 mile would be rough till I got into lee from the long
>straight
>3 miles of open river that breeds three foot white capped waves. Getting the
>dogs onto the boat was a bit of a chore due to the rocking but soon we were
>away. As soon as we passed under the bridge, things started to settle down
>and as we cleared the eastern point it was pretty smooth sailing
>
>Still cool though but with bright sunshine, so all in all a good day. A
>work day. I pulled a bunch of big rocks to add to the shallows to provide
>cover
>for the young bass. Hopefully, it will also make the area less attractive
>to the folks
>who have been dumping their kids off near the island and said kids crawling
>over
>and knocking apart my reef.
>
>Today I saw the change.
>I feel increasingly ignorant here ...among people who can rattle off the
>names of six
>kinds of shiners and same of darter. To me, little fish are minnows til
>they grow into
>something recognizable. Today, some of them have grown to the point that I
>known
>they are chubs. For years, I have tried to figure out which fish were true
>minnies and
>which just fry but I never can tell till some of them reach the five or six
>inch range.
>Someone referred to white tipped shiners. I think I know that one....fiery
>hints of
>rainbow opalescence and white tipped fins? On the reef, these are the
>crevice layers.
>Can't wait till the Peterson's comes..maybe then I will make some sense.
>
>The reef has always had a good population of somesortof chub. They are
>so constant in behavior and so fast in their movement, that unless one
shows up
>with some egregious scar or wound, I can't tell them apart and refer to
>them as
>"the Guys". I think there are five in residence this year...one with a
>wound on it's back.
>Curly and crew arrived for clean up but as I had little to offer the
>regulars, there were
>few crumbs for the clean up crew. About three, the clouds rolled in, and
>I started to get cold.
>After an hour without the sun, I headed home as the sky opened for a face
>stinging half hour
>trip home.
>
>An early muster tomorrow AM. The fourth of July and if I want any peace at
>all, it will come
>in the AM. Water has cleared to three feet +.
>
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