Mukwanago River - 10/9/2011
#1 Guest_NVCichlids_*
Posted 11 October 2011 - 06:57 PM
Anyways, the species caught were:
Rusty Crayfish
Stonecats
Pumpkinseeds
Black Crappie
Perch
Logperch
Longear Sunfish
Bluegill
Rockbass
Warmouth
Largemouth bass
smallmouth bass
rainbow darters
fantail darters
blackstriped topminnows
starhead topminnows
yellow bullhead
stone cats
grass pickerel (if I remember the key to ID'ing them again..)
snapping turtles (yes with my dip net lol..)
Here are a few pictures of the trip
Location upstream
and down stream
Rockbass
Starhead topminnow
Pickerel
Yellow bullhead
Longear Sunfish
#4 Guest_Yeahson421_*
Posted 11 October 2011 - 09:00 PM
Edited by Yeahson421, 11 October 2011 - 09:01 PM.
#5 Guest_NVCichlids_*
Posted 11 October 2011 - 09:14 PM
The pickerel cannot be kept in WI. Any game fish (panfish included) cannot be taken away from their water alive. Only Minnows and catfish mainly. It really confuses me reading soem of the laws as they say fish from the "perch" family can be kept, so would that mean I can keep perch that I collect.. I don't know, I just let them all be happy back in the river.
And yea, the long ears are AWESOME!! I was questioning my ID at first, as their mouths were bigger than I was expecting and I couldn't confirm with my eye that the ear spot was at a slight raise, but then I caught a longear and greenie together and BOY was there a difference!
I was a bit disappointed that I have YET to find any orangespotted sunfish there. They are supposed to be common, but I just want to see one in person before I order from zimmerman (plus I want to make sure my tank is set up for the correct biotope/eco system.)
I would love to hook up next spring for collecting. my wife and I just bought our first house so time is going to be limited the rest of this year with making sure everything is how we want it. I would love to go sculpin collecting/sampling/photographing or blue rusty crayfish which are located in the la cross area, so that might be an easy trip for you?
#6 Guest_Yeahson421_*
Posted 11 October 2011 - 10:09 PM
#7 Guest_frogwhacker_*
Posted 11 October 2011 - 10:42 PM
Steve.
#8 Guest_NVCichlids_*
Posted 12 October 2011 - 07:59 AM
Nice report, and some good pictures too. What a great variety for just 2 hours. How much area did you cover to get that much variety? Love those little longears. For the past 3 weeks or so, I've been seeing what appears to be longears about the size of my finger nail on my little finger. Are the crays going to your cray tank? Looks like one of them has some blue or green on the claws. Pretty cool looking. Thanks for posting.
Steve.
What is seen in the pictures as far as where I was was where they were all caught, so maybe a 1/4 mile, an 1/8th mile more likely.
And the crays are not going into my tank. I am set on finding prairie/devil crayfish for my tank. I just need to get to those locals to find them.
And to respond to the variety, there are still 10 or so more species in the area (bowfin, fathead, spotfin, tailspot, emerald, golden, white crappie, lake chubsucker, musky, and orangespotts ) that I didn't get to see. I hope to find all fish from that stream eventually!
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