So, There is this stream called Lower Creek 2 minutes from my home. It is located in the Upper Catawba River Drainage. I was there for a few hours with a dipnet and got several species. Will post pics later. The species:
Tessellated Darter (Some absolutely stunning males)
Carolina Fantail Darter
Rosyside Dace
Eastern Mosquitofish
Greenfin Shiner
Supposedly there are also Greenhead and White Suckers in the creek, but I didn't find any. In a tributary of Lower Creek though, I did find many Greenheads. I also didn't find any creek or bluehead chubs, which is extremely unusual.
It's a largely sandy and slow creek. However, underneath a bridge there was an artificial riffle made up of rubble. Every single darter shuffle in that riffle save 2 brought with it a darter or two. I let most go, but did bring a couple tesselated darters, carolina fantails, and a greenfin home.
Lower Creek NC Trip Report
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AquaHobbyist123
, May 04 2023 01:51 PM
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AquaHobbyist123
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Posted 16 June 2023 - 02:58 PM
Returned to the creek!
Caught:
Central Stoneroller
Bluehead Chub
Creek Chub
White Sucker
Sunfish spp.
Spottail Shiner
Western Mosquitofish
Caught:
Central Stoneroller
Bluehead Chub
Creek Chub
White Sucker
Sunfish spp.
Spottail Shiner
Western Mosquitofish
Thomas Lyons
Fortunate to have multiple watersheds within a reasonable drive, with the Upper Yadkin, Watauga, and Upper New watersheds within 40 minutes.
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AquaHobbyist123
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Posted 20 July 2023 - 03:41 PM
Here's some from today!
Whitefin Shiner
Greenhead Shiner
Southern Tesselated darter
Eastern Mosquitofish (not pictured)
Carolina Fantail Darter (not pictured)
Whitefin Shiner
Greenhead Shiner
Southern Tesselated darter
Eastern Mosquitofish (not pictured)
Carolina Fantail Darter (not pictured)
Thomas Lyons
Fortunate to have multiple watersheds within a reasonable drive, with the Upper Yadkin, Watauga, and Upper New watersheds within 40 minutes.
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AquaHobbyist123
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Posted 20 July 2023 - 03:41 PM
Ugh trying to do pics hold on.
Thomas Lyons
Fortunate to have multiple watersheds within a reasonable drive, with the Upper Yadkin, Watauga, and Upper New watersheds within 40 minutes.
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AquaHobbyist123
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Posted 20 July 2023 - 03:45 PM
There, figured out how to upload pics
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Thomas Lyons
Fortunate to have multiple watersheds within a reasonable drive, with the Upper Yadkin, Watauga, and Upper New watersheds within 40 minutes.
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AquaHobbyist123
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Posted 26 July 2023 - 07:22 PM
The white suckers (or striped jumprocks? I'm bad at identifying suckers but both are reported there)
ranged from about 1 inch to 1.5 feet in size. The tiny ones were caught with a seine and I got the 1.5 ft guy with a castnet.
ranged from about 1 inch to 1.5 feet in size. The tiny ones were caught with a seine and I got the 1.5 ft guy with a castnet.
Thomas Lyons
Fortunate to have multiple watersheds within a reasonable drive, with the Upper Yadkin, Watauga, and Upper New watersheds within 40 minutes.
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Josh Blaylock
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Posted 13 August 2023 - 07:25 AM
With a creek that size you really need a seine
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AquaHobbyist123
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Posted 01 September 2023 - 09:35 AM
With a creek that size you really need a seine
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I seine it occasionally. I use a Douglas Net Company 12 and a 6 ft seine mostly.
Thomas Lyons
Fortunate to have multiple watersheds within a reasonable drive, with the Upper Yadkin, Watauga, and Upper New watersheds within 40 minutes.
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