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#1 Assault0137

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Posted 13 July 2016 - 08:42 AM

About 3 years ago, I caught some Yellowfin Shiners(thanks for the ID Michael) and then school started and I lost interest. Yesterday, I set the trap again and when I pulled it up no more than two hours later, I had 13 fish and 2 crawfish in there! However, they weren't Yellowfins(that I could tell) and all 13 fish were of this mystery species. What makes me think they aren't is because of their slightly larger average size, around 3 inches, and the dark spot at the beginning of their top fin. So if y'all could help me out a bit it would be greatly appreciated :)
(All fish were released within 10 minutes of me pulling the trap up, no harm done)

Edited by Assault0137, 13 July 2016 - 08:45 AM.


#2 Assault0137

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Posted 13 July 2016 - 08:46 AM

Having a little trouble attaching the picture... Hm. I'll try and fix that when I get home to my computer.

#3 Michael Wolfe

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Posted 13 July 2016 - 09:39 AM

Dark spot at the front of the dorsal fin (maybe with some orange) is an indicator of creek chub. You can search on the Gallery Archive to see simulates.

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#4 Assault0137

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Posted 13 July 2016 - 11:09 AM

Creek chub pictures match my photos perfectly, thank you!
When I checked the trap I set overnight, I found 9 Yellowfins. But from what I see in the creek, there may be two strains present. The ones I caught have lighter reddish fins, presumably bits of color left from breeding season. However, I also see a very small number of Yellowfins that have vivid white colored fins, about one for every twenty reddish finned fish. I have never seen these in the creek before this year.
Do you think it's possible they swam up the stream? You've spoken about white finned varieties before(I did a forum search of 'Michael Yellowfin' and read every thread XD)

#5 Dustin

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Posted 13 July 2016 - 12:46 PM

They are all the same fish, just in varying stages of coloration.  


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#6 Michael Wolfe

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Posted 13 July 2016 - 01:09 PM

yep, what Dustin said... and his avatar.

 

It would be fun to do what you are doing like once a week for every week of the year and photograph the individuals in a phototank... you would see some very different colorations throughout the year.


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#7 Assault0137

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Posted 13 July 2016 - 09:12 PM

https://youtu.be/uDGui4hZpUE

I dunked my GoPro in the creek :D

It's a little blurry, but other than that there's a few sections of the video that actually look kinda cool.

Around 1:30 a big wave of Yellowfin's move in, if you don't have time to watch the full video definitely watch 1:30-3:00



#8 Michael Wolfe

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Posted 14 July 2016 - 08:36 PM

cool video and cool little stream


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