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#1 brackishdude

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Posted 22 May 2018 - 11:02 PM

I keep a 180 gal brackish tank that I converted to native a couple of years ago as my kids got old enough to take an interest.  We've made many collecting trips to Lake Pontchartrain and along the Louisiana gulf coast
 
We keep baby Mullet, striped Killi, marsh Killi, least Killi, diamond killis, Blue fin Killi, Rainwater Killi, sheepshead Minnow, inland silversides, hermit crabs, code goby, sailfin molly, jade goby, and mosquito fish.
 
I keep the tank at about 1.005-7 specific gravity
 
My son and I went fishing for redfish and speckled trout (did very well) in the marshes at the mouth of the Mississippi, and had some time to do some collecting too.  I checked the water at several spots and the sg was around 1.005
 
Thanks to Kevin Wilson, aka Chasmodes, for the tip on scooping up shells to look for cling fish.  I caught three 1-1.5 inchers!
 
Cast netting in a shallow land-locked pond out at the last jetty that was very hot and filthy looking brought in loads of sheeps head minnows, baby mullet, and striped killie fish (all of which I already have)
 
But it also produced a single male Adinia xenica, the diamond killi ( I already had a single female).  I believe his tail will grow back

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#2 brackishdude

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Posted 22 May 2018 - 11:08 PM

We cast netted from the boat over an area of hard packed sand in 3-4 feet of water, bringing in 13-15 Bay Anchovies, which seem to fill the same tank-space role as the inland silversides: mid-tank docile schoolers.

http://txmarspecies....cinameID=Anchoamitchilli

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Only two survived, one less lucky shown above, but imagine my surprise on seeing the survivors in the tank

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#3 brackishdude

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Posted 22 May 2018 - 11:18 PM

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Many thanks to our host Tommy, who tolerated us graciously, even when we used time that could have been used for "Real Fishing"

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#4 Irate Mormon

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Posted 23 May 2018 - 05:51 PM

Sounds like a blast - It's been quite a while since I've been down that way.


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#5 Matt DeLaVega

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Posted 23 May 2018 - 06:55 PM

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#6 Michael Wolfe

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Posted 23 May 2018 - 07:52 PM

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#7 Chasmodes

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Posted 24 May 2018 - 10:58 AM

That's quite a collecting trip!  Those diamond killis look really cool.  Congrats on finding some skilletfish!!!  I bet if the salinity at those spots creeps up, you'll find blennies at that location.  They tend to like it a bit more salty, about an SG of 1.010 or more.

 

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#8 brackishdude

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Posted 24 May 2018 - 10:28 PM

I've never been one to prejudge a fish by it's religion

Last summer we went out to deep water and caught several 4-6ft king mackerel, so I think you'd be right about the adults. But for hundreds of miles around the Mississippi delta and even most of the rest of the marshy gulf coast where creeks and smaller rivers empty, there is an astounding mix of FW and SW fish. Very common in the marsh areas to catch a redfish on one cast, and a bass on the next. I scooped up a clump of water hyacinth on the gulf side of the outermost jetty this trip and it had a crawfish! I imagine many "purely salt water" fish spend much of their early lives there.


Here is the current salt water distribution on the east and west sides of the river.

The western/southern red circle is where the tide-locked pond was and where our collecting was most salty. We stopped at several places from there due north to the river where we were staying. The northern/eastern circle is where we caught redfish after redfish.

https://saveourlake....ydrocoast-maps/

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cling fish? where did that come from? yes, I meant skillet fish!

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#9 brackishdude

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Posted 24 May 2018 - 10:37 PM

this is a satellite view of the outer jetty with the tide-locked pond. circled in red.

We launched from empire and fished/collected from there to the jetty

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that's a boat for scale

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#10 Chasmodes

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Posted 25 May 2018 - 07:03 AM

cling fish? where did that come from? yes, I meant skillet fish!

 

Saul Goodman (It's all good man)!  A skilletfish is a clingfish, so by definition, you were correct :)


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#11 Michael Wolfe

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Posted 25 May 2018 - 12:36 PM

Cleaned this thread up a bit at the suggestion of several posters.


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