Big Darby Creek
#1 Guest_Skipjack_*
Posted 06 September 2010 - 09:32 PM
Water level was very low, and very clear.
Viewed many mussels, some were very fantastic.
Queen snake, and Northern water snake.
Cedar waxwings! super cool birds, one actually landed 10 feet from us and checked us out.
Okay, fish list
Grass pickerel E. americanus
Streamline chub E. dissimilis
Suckermouth minnow P. mirabilus
Silver shiner N. photogenis
rosyface shiner N. rubellus
Striped shiner N. chrysocephalus
Steelcolor shiner C. whipplei
Spotfin shiner C spiloptera
Sand shiner N. stramineus
Bluntnose minnow. P. notatus
Central stoneroller C. anomalum
Golden redhorse M. erythrurum
Shorthead redhorse M. breviceps?
Northern hogsucker H. nigricans
Spotted sucker M. melanops
Channel catfish I. punctatus
Stonecat N. flavus
Brook silverside L. sicculus
White crappie P. annularis
Rockbass A. rupestris
Smallmouth bass M. dolomieu
Spotted bass M. puctulatus
Largemouth bass M. salmoides
Green sunfish L. cyanellus
Bluegill L. macrochirus
Central longear sunfish L. megalotis
Logperch darter P. caprodes
Greenside darter. E. blennioides
Banded darter E. zonale.
Variegate darter. E. variatum
Spotted darter E. maculatum
Bluebreast darter E. camurum
Tippecanoe darter E. tippecanoe
Rainbow darter E. caeruleum
Orangethroat darter E. spectabile tributary to Darby
Great day out, and some great fish to see.
#2 Guest_exasperatus2002_*
Posted 07 September 2010 - 08:05 AM
Sorry, no pics, but figured a few of you guys would at least appreciate a quick species list
Water level was very low, and very clear.
Viewed many mussels, some were very fantastic.
Queen snake, and Northern water snake.
Cedar waxwings! super cool birds, one actually landed 10 feet from us and checked us out.
Okay, fish list
Grass pickerel E. americanus
Streamline chub E. dissimilis
Suckermouth minnow P. mirabilus
Silver shiner N. photogenis
rosyface shiner N. rubellus
Striped shiner N. chrysocephalus
Steelcolor shiner C. whipplei
Spotfin shiner C spiloptera
Sand shiner N. stramineus
Bluntnose minnow. P. notatus
Central stoneroller C. anomalum
Golden redhorse M. erythrurum
Shorthead redhorse M. breviceps?
Northern hogsucker H. nigricans
Spotted sucker M. melanops
Channel catfish I. punctatus
Stonecat N. flavus
Brook silverside L. sicculus
White crappie P. annularis
Rockbass A. rupestris
Smallmouth bass M. dolomieu
Spotted bass M. puctulatus
Largemouth bass M. salmoides
Green sunfish L. cyanellus
Bluegill L. macrochirus
Central longear sunfish L. megalotis
Logperch darter P. caprodes
Greenside darter. E. blennioides
Banded darter E. zonale.
Variegate darter. E. variatum
Spotted darter E. maculatum
Bluebreast darter E. camurum
Tippecanoe darter E. tippecanoe
Rainbow darter E. caeruleum
Orangethroat darter E. spectabile tributary to Darby
Great day out, and some great fish to see.
A list of fish like that and no camera?? Tisk tisk
#4 Guest_Skipjack_*
Posted 07 September 2010 - 02:56 PM
Man, a list like that from one creek? I've gotta get myself onto the west side of the Appalachians here soon...
Ha. Better than that, one spot one creek, and only a 6 foot seine. This is a particularly diverse creek. 98 species of fish if I recall correctly. This fish list is not at all difficult to achieve in this stream.
Yeah, no camera, I leave the fish pictures up to the pros nowadays. I will have to get Uland into this stream, next time he is nearby.
I am really going to have to take some time soon, and start to learn mussels. My boys were very interested in them, of course my younger son, mostly just wants to eat one. If it moves, he wants to eat it.
#5 Guest_andyavram_*
Posted 08 September 2010 - 01:15 PM
Grass Pickerel
Central Stoneroller
Silver Shiner
Striped (Common?) Shiner
Hornyhead Chub
Redhorse (sp ?)
Northern Hog Sucker
Brook Silverside
Rock Bass
Longear Sunfish
Bluegill
Green Sunfish
Longperch
Johnny Darter
Greenside Darter
Tippecanoe Darter
Bluebreast Darter
Probably forgetting a few others.
It is an awesome stream. I need to get back to it.
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