It's tough switching from bird mode to fish mode (and was tough changing during the fall too) , I have trouble handling two nature obsessions at once.
Usually when I sample here I dip my net under the overhanging trees and shrubs and end up with a mix of chubs and dace. Today I only got creek chub,
I went to a shallow weedy area on the other side of the road and got this. My first thought was a red belly (I thought i saw two stripes) but looking at this photo it could just be a blacknose. Then again they are good at hiding their pale stripe.
Then I got a blacknose. My first definate one from this stream. I suspected they were their before, but when the dace all go dark and featureless for fall it is tough to tell.
If my first dace is a blacknose and not a red belly this means that my first trip to Trask without camera trouble is also my first without a red belly.
I also got a couple small mussels.
The wet soggy fields from the recent rain made the area popular with waterfowl too,
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