I just got back from what may have been they greatest fish collecting experience of my life even though im now covered in chiggers, totally worth it. The roster of willing bootstomppers included Matt, Uland, Chip, Ed, Holly, Nate, and myself. The majority of the group excluding nate and i got to Kentucky on thursday were they netted in the park we stayed at and one other location. The name of this body of water in the park is War Fork Creek. Nate and i did not participate in that collection on Thursday but we netted it on Friday moments after getting out of the car.

War Fork Creek Species List
Creek Chub (semotilus atromarulatus)
Johnny Darter (Etheostoma nigrum)
Central Stoneroller (Compostoma anomalum)
Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
White Sucker ( Catostomus commersoni)
Banded Sculpin (Cottus carolinae)
Southern redbelly dace (Phoxinus erthrogaster)
Mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdi)
Fantail darter (Etheostoma flabellare)
Rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum)

The second locatoin that Matt and the group netted at on friday was Sturgeon Creek. I do not have the collection data from that location so you guys will have to add that in.

The first location that we visited on Saturday was another spot on Sturgeon Creek. The creek had crystal clear riffles followed by deep pools. The substrate consisted mainly of cobble with a few larger rocks.

Sturgeon Creek Species List
Rosyface Shiners (Notropis rubellus)
Silver Shiner (Notropis photogenis)
Striped Shiner (Luxilus chrysocephalus)
Emerald Shiner (Notropis atherinodies)
Steelcolor Shiner (Cyprinella whipplei)
Bluntnose Minnow (Pimpephales notatus)
Central Stoneroller ( Campostoma anomalum)
River Chub (Nocomis micropogon)
Creek Chub (Semotilus atromaculatus)
Short-head Redhorse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum)
Golden Redhorse (Moxostoma erythrurum)
Stone Cat (Noturus flavus)
Large Mouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides)
Small Mouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu)
Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)
Spotted Bass (Micropterus treculi)
Central Longear Sunfish (Lepomis megalotis)
Green Sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus)
Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy)
Emerald Darter (Etheostoma baileyi)
Greenside Darter (Etheostoma blennioides)
Fantail Darter (Etheostoma flabellare)
Variegate Darter (Etheostoma variatum)
Banded Darter (Etheostoma zonale)
Log Perch (Percina caprodes)
Rainbow Darter (Etheostoma caeruleum)
Bluebreast darter (Etheostoma camurum)
Frecklebelly darter (Percina stictogaster)

After this stop which yielded a large amount of speices we then proceded to Middle fork. This part also contained clear riffles and deep pools with the bottom consisting mainly of cobble but we also ran into some sand runs.

Middle fork Species List
Central Stoneroller (Compostoma anomalum)
Silver Shiner (Notropis photogenis)
Brook Silverside (Labidesthes sicculus)
Striped Shiner (Luxilus chrysocephalus)
Steelcolor Shiner (Cyprinella whipplei)
Emerald Shiner (Notropis atherinodies)
Bluntnose Minnow (Pimpephales notatus)
Streamline Chub (Erimystax insignis)
River Chub (Nocomis micropogon)
Shorthead Redhorse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum)
Golden Redhorse (Moxostoma erythrurum)
Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu)
Stonecat (Noturus flavus)
Brindled Madtom??? (Noturus miurus)
Eastern Sand Darter (Etheostoma pellucidum)
Tippecanoe Darter (Etheostoma tippecanoe)
Banded Darter (Etheostoma zonale)
Greenside Darter (Etheostoma blennioides)
Gilt Darter (Percina evides)
Blue Breast Darter (Etheostoma camurum)
Johnny Darter (Etheostoma nigrum)
Variegate Darter (Etheostoma variatum)
Rainbow Darter (Etheostoma caeruleum)
Fantail Darter (Etheostoma flabellare)
Dusky Darter??? (Percina sciera)
Channel Darter??? (Percina copelandi)
Speckled chub (macrohybopsis aestivalis)
After this location we headed to our final location of the day.

Species List
Central Stoneroller (Compostoma anomalum)
Striped Shiner (Luxilus chrysocephalus)
Bluntnose Minnow (Pimpephales notatus)

Southern Red-belly Dace (Phoxinus erythrogaster)
White Sucker ( Catostomus commersoni)
Golden Redhorse (Moxostoma erythrurum)
Creek Chub (semotilus atromarulatus)
Green Sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus)
Fantail Darter (Etheostoma flabellare)
Rainbow Darter (Etheostoma caeruleum)
Johnny Darter (Etheostoma nigrum)
Arrow Darter (Etheostoma sagitta)
Frecklebelly Darter (Percina stictogaster)
Emerald Darter (Etheostoma baileyi)

On Monday we made three different stops before parting ways and heading home. The area we seined in was the Red River. I do not have the three individual locations and nate and i comprised one list with all the species from these three spots on them.

Red River Species List
Silverjaw Minnow (Ericymba buccata)
Bluntnose Minnow (Pimpephales notatus)
Rosyface Shiners (Notropis rubellus)
Pop-eye Shiner??? (Notropis ariommus)
Sand Shiner (Notropis ludubundus)
Steelcolor Shiner (Cyprinella whipplei)
Spotfin Shiner (Cyprinella spiloptera)
Central Stoneroller (Compostoma anomalum)
Emerald Shiner (Notropis atherinodies)
River Chub (Nocomis micropogon)
Creek Chub (Semotilus atromaculatus)
Golden Redhorse (Moxostoma erythrurum)
Northern Hog Sucker (Hypentelium nigricans)
Striped Shiner (Luxilus chrysocephalus)
Green Sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus)
Central Longear Sunfish (Lepomis megalotis)
Spotted Bass (Micropterus treculi)
Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu)
Longnose Gar (Lepisosteus osseus)
Brindled Madtom (Noturus miurus)
Northern Studfish (Fundulus catenatus)
Banded Sculpin (Cottus carolinae)???
Johnny Darter (Etheostoma nigrum)
Eastern Sand Darter (Etheostoma pellucidum)
Variegate Darter (Etheostoma variatum)
Frecklebelly Darter (Percina stictogaster)
Emerald Darter (Etheostoma baileyi)
Banded Darter (Etheostoma zonale)
Dusky Darter (Percina sciera)
Greenside Darter (Etheostoma blennioides)
Fantail Darter (Etheostoma flabellare)
Rainbow Darter (Etheostoma caeruleum)
Log Perch (Percina caprodes)
Banded sculpin (cottus carolinae)
Mimic shiner (Notropis volucellus)
Blackside darter (percina maculata)
Rock bass (ambloplites rupestris)
Thats about it. I am sure that along the way i left something out guys so please add it in and Uland add those amazing photos. i just wanted to thank you guys for one hell of a fishing trip.

Peace, Love and Music- Mike

Missing a couple, will fill them in.

Mike, we enjoyed your company, and help collecting as well as the hard work you put into keeping the list, and starting the report.Come along any chance you get! Please.

Sturgeon Creek and Middle fork:

Percina stictogaster Frecklebelly Darter


Percina sciera Dusky Darter


Nocomis micropogon River Chub


Notropis atherinoides Emerald Shiner


Percina caprodes Logperch


Percina evides Gilt Darter.

More Sturgeon creek and Middle fork


Etheostoma sagitta spilotum Arrow Darter


Etheostoma sagitta spilotum Arrow Darter


Etheostoma sagitta spilotum Arrow Darter


Etheostoma tippecanoe Tippecanoe Darter


Labidesthes sicculus Brook Silverside


Erimystax dissimilis Streamline Chub


Esox masquinongy Muskellunge


Etheostoma baileyi Emerald Darter


Etheostoma camurum Bluebreast Darter


Ammocrypta pellucida Eastern Sand Darter


Quality seriously lacking in these photos. I can only hope quantity makes up for it.
As always if any are misidentified, please let me know.

Yeah, a couple are lacking, but Uland the rest are better than 90% of the photos out there.

Red river:

Pimephales notatus Bluntnose Minnow


Noturus miurus Brindled Madtom


Notropis volucellus Mimic Shiner


Etheostoma nigrum Johnny Darter


Etheostoma variatum Variegate Darter

Fundulus catenatus Northern Studfish


Lepisosteus osseus Longnose Gar



Lepomis megalotis Longear Sunfish


Cyprinella spiloptera Spotfin Shiner


Etheostoma baileyi Emerald Darter



Matt and friends,
Thanks for making this trip a great time and a special thanks to Matt for organizing this. I'll not forget the fish, friends or the chiggers for a while.

Yeah, a couple are lacking, but Uland the rest are better than 90% of the photos out there.

Yeah Uland, no need to be self critical. All I can say is WOW!

In looking at your male Tippie, I can buy the "shumardi" is a female Tippie. When I first looked at the other photo I thought "female redline" which preliminarily gets us into Nothonotus, but then let myself get distracted with lists. I think Dr. Dave is in China right now, so he may be field bound with no connection for a couple days. Hopefully we'll hear from him shortly.

I'd be real interested to know if that's an Ohio Muskie too (the riverine native subspecies). I talked to Matt a little about it. Sounded like there was a potential stocked lake downstream. Probably won't know without jaw shots though. Still, cool as hell

Todd

I've got to add a Red River species to the list... Blackside Darter (Percina maculata)

The large Percina sp. that I was sure was a Dusky turned out to be a Blackside when I got it home and in the aquarium. Oh well. Uland, those pictures are really great! Thank you for taking time to capture these images for us. I would like to clean up the species list for my own record. Also, Uland could you e-mail me the photos?

To everyone who came along on the trip: Thanks for inviting me, I had a great time. Good comradery, good fishing, good beer, and just good times in general. I still laugh when I think about Chip sliding down the mud-slide of a bank and almost taking out Holly, Ed, and I with him. Also, Ed falling asleep at the campfire every night..haha. Get yourself to your tent, Ed! Thanks again Uland for the badass Tiger Shrimp dinner...and of course to Matt for the Sky-Line style Chili on Saturday night. Can't wait until next time.

... an Ohio Muskie too (the riverine native subspecies).

I didn't know that there were subspecies of muskies. Where, please, can I find out more about this?

I didn't know that there were subspecies of muskies. Where, please, can I find out more about this?

Fishes of Ohio is probably the best read on the subject. You can also hit Google Scholar and see if you can get any papers put out by respective DNR's. PA, WV, OH, KY and IN have all put some effort into the conservation of these critters. The subspecies name is ohioensis.

Nate... You can "right click, save picture as" from the forum.

Todd

Nate... You can "right click, save picture as" from the forum.

Todd

Yeah, I've got that down, but he took (according to him) about 300 pictures in total. Including some of Mike and I swimming through some deep pools with the 20' seine.

Yeah, I've got that down, but he took (according to him) about 300 pictures in total. Including some of Mike and I swimming through some deep pools with the 20' seine.

Those 300 pictures are going to be WAY too big to e-mail. Uland, I would like to request, and I pay all associated costs, that a CD-R containing the pictures from the Kentucky trip, as well as the Convention pictures from the trips that you jointly led with Drew and which I attended, be mailed to me. That would be the best way to distribute the pictures to the attendees. Thanks.

I had a great time, I thank you all for coming. We have a good bunch of people in our area, and we should plan on doing it again.

Uland could you e-mail me the photos?

Nate, I can but in total I took over 500 photos @ roughly 1.25 gigabytes.

Yeah, I've got that down, but he took (according to him) about 300 pictures in total. Including some of Mike and I swimming through some deep pools with the 20' seine.

Instead of saving them from the forum, you should go to the gallery with this link (http://gallery.nanfa...ucky summer 07/) and open the full version up (look for the little drop down in the upper right corner or just click full size) and "right click save as" from there.

As far as the deep water evening shots....I can email the lot to you and should get to post some of them later tonight.

Nate, I can but in total I took over 500 photos @ roughly 1.25 gigabytes.



Instead of saving them from the forum, you should go to the gallery with this link (http://gallery.nanfa...ucky summer 07/) and open the full version up (look for the little drop down in the upper right corner or just click full size) and "right click save as" from there.

As far as the deep water evening shots....I can email the lot to you and should get to post some of them later tonight.

im thinken that maybe next year we should definetly make a round two down to kentucky or maybe this time pick another location to visit. Hey matt, me and nate are trying to make a darby area trip sometime here in august. not sure if you and chip are free any weekend but nate leaves the 27 of august so you guys a go?

Some shots around camp

Aww man you got a five-lined skink.....Cool

No snakes???

Aww man you got a five-lined skink.....Cool

No snakes???

Just sipedon, eating fish in our net