Just wondering if anyone has ever collected or even come across Brindled Madtoms?
Brindled Madtoms
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Posted 28 June 2010 - 01:18 PM
Just wondering if anyone has ever collected or even come across Brindled Madtoms?
I caught one once, in the Pocatalico river in West Virginia when I was 15. A gass well had flooded the river with saltwater and fish were dying, i saw this little striped catfish drifting along and took him home but he died soon after.
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Posted 28 June 2010 - 01:29 PM
Bummer.I caught one once, in the Pocatalico river in West Virginia when I was 15. A gass well had flooded the river with saltwater and fish were dying, i saw this little striped catfish drifting along and took him home but he died soon after.
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Posted 28 June 2010 - 02:17 PM
I caught one once, in the Pocatalico river in West Virginia when I was 15. A gass well had flooded the river with saltwater and fish were dying, i saw this little striped catfish drifting along and took him home but he died soon after.
I've only ever come across one as well, also on it's way out. It was drifting around a rocky lake shore and I scooped it up to take home, it died shortly after.
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Posted 29 June 2010 - 10:30 PM
"Tank O' Death" Ha, what else did you have in there?I caught one once - he resided in a SOBE bottle. He lived for a number of years in Irate's Tank O' Death. I quite liked him.
I sure would like to get my hands on a Brindled!
Did you see him much? Most of my Madtoms- speckled and tadpole hide all of the time.
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Posted 30 June 2010 - 09:16 PM
Well, at first he stayed in this tiny hole in a piece of driftwood and I never saw him much. Then he outgrew the hole and was out all the time. He lived for a few years until I had one of my inevitable fish kills (also lost a 10-year old Botia lohacata).
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Posted 30 June 2010 - 09:43 PM
Brindled madtoms are high on my list of wanted fishes for sure. Are they fairly common where they live? I have often wondered why I only saw one brindled madtom there. i must have seined minnows and in the river hundreds of times when I was a kid but I never saw one there untill the fish kill. Do they live in places most people wouldn't think?
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Posted 01 July 2010 - 07:10 AM
Brindled madtoms are high on my list of wanted fishes for sure. Are they fairly common where they live? I have often wondered why I only saw one brindled madtom there. i must have seined minnows and in the river hundreds of times when I was a kid but I never saw one there untill the fish kill. Do they live in places most people wouldn't think?
I can't speak for their entire range but in the Wabash tribs in Illinois and Indiana I've sampled, they were pretty abundant.
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Posted 12 July 2010 - 09:10 PM
Used to see Brindled in the upper Detroit River regularly. They are now quite rare with only a handful of them being found in the past several years. Presumed (as I have no good data) that the Zebra Mussel and Round Goby where likely the cause for decline for a variety of reasons.
Ironically however now we have an explosion of Northern Madtom, which are a state Endangered species. Seems they have swapped places in the new ecologic system of today.
Ironically however now we have an explosion of Northern Madtom, which are a state Endangered species. Seems they have swapped places in the new ecologic system of today.
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Posted 18 July 2010 - 06:53 PM
How Monstrous.....we have them near where I live but ive only seen small ones. When I make a biotype tank it would be nice to know how big yours has gotten (Ive never seen them over 3 inches before).
Ozark is my fav... since monsterous one lives in my 75...
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Posted 18 July 2010 - 07:35 PM
Are there any madtoms prettier than the brindled?
I think the speckled is nice...
i think your state has a nice colored madtom the Noturus furiosus.
here in ohio i find most of the madtoms in my area live near sand and rocks
in late fall we can find them under leaf beds in calm water sometimes.
here is a site with some info on our little friends.
this site has the best info.
have a look at the N flaater Checkered Madtom VERY COOL LITTLE FISH!!!
http://tolweb.org/Noturus/68930
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Posted 19 July 2010 - 08:40 AM
Easily 5 inches... I would have said 6, but that is probably just me being excited... I only see him a once or twice a week at most... Search the forum and you might find a few of my past posts about him.How Monstrous.....we have them near where I live but ive only seen small ones. When I make a biotype tank it would be nice to know how big yours has gotten (Ive never seen them over 3 inches before).
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Posted 20 July 2010 - 10:19 AM
Easily 5 inches... I would have said 6, but that is probably just me being excited... I only see him a once or twice a week at most... Search the forum and you might find a few of my past posts about him.
I'll second the 5" measurement, having eyeballed him once ever. Huge madtom.
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Posted 23 July 2010 - 07:26 AM
I spent hours yesterday at each of 3 locations where there should have been Brindled and Stonecats and didn't find a single one. I tried different parts of the river. Riffles deep and shallow, backwater areas, under large slabs of slate, over gravel, over sand, in places with plants and fallen leaves, soft bottom areas, undercut banks etc. I don't think I missed any place except for possibly some really deep holes. I have come to the conclusion that the 2 rivers (the Chagrin and the Grand) just do not have very large populations of them. Earlier in the week I also sampled a small branch of the Chagrin and found none.
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