Re: NANFA-- fish behavior at dams, trip report,

Bruce Stallsmith (fundulus_at_hotmail.com)
Thu, 03 May 2001 13:33:32 -0400

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A lot of stream fish do small (or large) migrations for spawning. Sturgeons
migrate for spawning, which leads to some of their problems with dams (like
the Alabama sturgeon). Even some darters move upstream for spawning, like
the Slackwater darter (as much as 5 km apparently). Creek chubs would seem
to be an ideal candidate for some spawning migration because of their
relatively elaborate spawning rituals, and because they're one of our
ultimate stream fishes.

--Bruce Stallsmith
Huntsville, AL, US of A

>There were lots of ~1" minnows swimming in with the much larger fish as
>well as the large catfish that could have easily taken the Creek Chubs.
>Under what circumstance do prey and predator to swim this close together?
>Could there have been an insect hatch of some sort that was washing over
>the
>dam that they were eating? I know little of migrating behavior of
>freshwater
>fish. Is this typical for Creek Chubs and perhaps the other fish to try
>and
>get over the dam and migrate up stream? Or is this generally true of most
>fish in the spring?
>
>Chuck Church
>Indianapolis, Indiana USA

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