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#1 taldridge0321

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Posted 10 February 2017 - 01:14 PM

Fletcher, NC. I went back to go after Whitetail Shiners and a few others. Fletcher+_1__001.JPG



#2 taldridge0321

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Posted 10 February 2017 - 01:15 PM

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#3 taldridge0321

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Posted 10 February 2017 - 01:15 PM

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#4 taldridge0321

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Posted 10 February 2017 - 01:15 PM

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#5 taldridge0321

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Posted 10 February 2017 - 01:16 PM

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#6 taldridge0321

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Posted 10 February 2017 - 01:17 PM

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#7 taldridge0321

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Posted 10 February 2017 - 01:17 PM

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#8 taldridge0321

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Posted 10 February 2017 - 01:18 PM

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#9 taldridge0321

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Posted 10 February 2017 - 01:18 PM

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#10 taldridge0321

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Posted 10 February 2017 - 01:18 PM

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#11 taldridge0321

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Posted 10 February 2017 - 01:19 PM

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#12 taldridge0321

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Posted 10 February 2017 - 01:20 PM

Last try and last fish of the day, Whitetail Shiner I believe?Fletcher+_12_.JPG



#13 Chasmodes

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Posted 10 February 2017 - 01:36 PM

That's a nice catch!!!!


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#14 UncleWillie

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Posted 10 February 2017 - 01:46 PM

Correct on the whitetail shiner.  Also looks like you got a young warpaint shiner (#4).  Also, do I see Tennessee shiners in here too?  The sucker is a northern hogsucker.


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#15 taldridge0321

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Posted 10 February 2017 - 02:11 PM

Correct on the whitetail shiner.  Also looks like you got a young warpaint shiner (#4).  Also, do I see Tennessee shiners in here too?  The sucker is a northern hogsucker.

Thanks! Yeah I did catch some adult Warpaints, so #4 makes sense. I usually get Tennessee Shiners there as well.



#16 mattknepley

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Posted 10 February 2017 - 04:02 PM

Nice! That would have to be a Mountain Brook Lamprey based on range, wouldn't it?
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#17 taldridge0321

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Posted 10 February 2017 - 04:59 PM

Nice! That would have to be a Mountain Brook Lamprey based on range, wouldn't it?

On fishmap for Fletcher there are Ohio and Chestnut Lamprey's, I don't know which is more common though.



#18 gerald

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Posted 10 February 2017 - 05:40 PM

Lampreys:  American brook, Mountain brook, Ohio and Chestnut all occur in French Broad, but Menhinick's book shows three of those (American, Ohio, Chestnut) only occurring farther downstream near the TN-NC border.  Mountain brook is the most likely one farther upstream near Fletcher and Asheville; it extends all the way up to the head of the French Broad near Rosman NC.

 

#1, 10, 11 = Tennessee shiner

#2, 3 = Saffron

#4 = Warpaint

#12 = Whitetail


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#19 taldridge0321

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Posted 10 February 2017 - 06:29 PM

Sounds good, thanks for the id's. I only came across that one Whitetail, underneath a bank with veg.



#20 Matt DeLaVega

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Posted 11 February 2017 - 05:24 PM

First lamprey. I will never forget mine. Have seen many since, but the first one was just awesome!


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