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[Josh Blaylock]

So I was driving through the Red River Gorge area today, I took my lunch break and hopped in the Middle Fork for a couple minutes.  This location is right in Slade KY, directly off the Mountain Parkway.

 

 

The fish I caught were about what I expected for this location at this time of the year.

 

Stoneroller: ready to fight

 

Greenside Darters:

 

 

Speckled Darter sp.

 

Rainbow Darters were looking good:

 

 

 

Lamprey sneaking in:

 

 

[Josh Blaylock]

And, of course, the cream of the crop here, the Variegate Darter.:

 

Loads and loads of willing females:

 

Not as many ready males, but I did find a few:

 

 

 

 

All in all, it was a fun little quick dip.  I was only here for a few minutes, then it was back on the road.  I also caught a few Striped Shiners and a bunch of Fantail Darters, no photo'd

[Isaac Szabo]

Awesome. Those variegates look great, and the rainbows are very nice too. Not bad at all for a quick lunch break.

[mattknepley]

Nice! And either KY darters are extra-beefy, or you've got some tiny hands. Half those fish look like they'd fill a supper plate! Way too pretty for that, though.

[Josh Blaylock]

Nice! And either KY darters are extra-beefy, or you've got some tiny hands. Half those fish look like they'd fill a supper plate! Way too pretty for that, though.

 

 

I'm fairly sure I have 'man-hands'.  Really though, those Variegate Darters were big'ens

[smbass]

Did the lamprey have 1 or 2 dorsals. We have museum records for both Northern Brook and Least Brook from that area. Hard to tell from your photos.

[Josh Blaylock]

Did the lamprey have 1 or 2 dorsals. We have museum records for both Northern Brook and Least Brook from that area. Hard to tell from your photos.

 

I thought it was a Least Brook, but didn't look at it too hard.

 

[smbass]

Yep that photo shows what you need, two dorsal = least brook in that area. I also should have thought about the timing, Northerns spawn later probably at least mid to late April there, in northern Ohio it is Mid May for I. fossor (northern brook).

[FishGuyJosh]

Great pics Josh, especially those darters! If only I could easily do that on my lunch break here in CA.