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Summer Collecting In Sc

Started by Guest_mzokan_* , Nov 09 2007 09:49 AM

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#1 Guest_mzokan_*

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Posted 09 November 2007 - 09:49 AM

Here are some pics from several collecting trips I made over the summer, most are from the Francis Marion NF near Charleston, South Carolina. The pictures aren't exactly "teleost" quality :-)

, but i'm working on it.

Marcus

Habitat Shot

Eastern Mudminnow (Umbra pygmaea)

Redfin Pickerel (Esox americanus)

Golden Topminnow (Fundulus chrysotus)

Bluefin Killifish (Lucania goodei)

Pirateperch (Aphredoderus sayanus)

Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis)

White Catfish (Ameiurus catus)

American Eel (Anguilla rostrata)

Another Habitat Shot

Flier (Centrarchus macropterus)

Bluespotted Sunfish (Enneacanthus gloriosus)

Banded Sunfish (Enneacanthus obesus)

Spotted Sunfish (Lepomis punctatus)

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Dollar Sunfish (Lepomis marginatus)

A good reason to always put out a minnow trap....

My first Mud Sunfish (Acantharchus pomotis)

Ironcolor Shiner (Notropis chalybaeus)

Sawcheek Darter (Etheostoma serriferum)

I also did some mucking around in the saltmarsh

Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus)

Striped Killifish (Fundulus majalis)

Sheepshead Minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus)

Saifin Molly (Poecilia latipinna)

Fat Sleeper (Dormitator maculatus)

And a couple from my new home in north Georgia....

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Spottail Shiner (Notropis hunsonius) the 'southern Atlantic-slope' variety

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Turquoise Dater (Etheostoma inscriptum)

#2 Guest_fuzzyletters_*

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Posted 09 November 2007 - 10:10 AM

i'm jealous... you guys have some really cool fish down there. the habitat looks beautiful too

#3 Guest_drewish_*

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Posted 09 November 2007 - 11:30 AM

Those crazy carolina redfin pickerel! I have yet to find one in VA that even remotely resembles that.

#4 Guest_smbass_*

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Posted 09 November 2007 - 11:35 AM

nice pictures! and there are several sunfish there that got my attention being such a sunfish nut... Banded, Mud, and Flier.

#5 Guest_AndrewAcropora_*

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Posted 10 November 2007 - 10:37 PM

Awesome shots!
Thanks for sharing.

#6 Guest_fishlvr_*

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Posted 10 November 2007 - 11:08 PM

nice pictures! and there are several sunfish there that got my attention being such a sunfish nut... Banded, Mud, and Flier.

Same here. Redfin also caught my eye. Beautiful fish! Wish I could get my hands on some of those.

#7 Guest_mzokan_*

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Posted 15 November 2007 - 05:53 PM

Thanks for the compliments guys!

Fuzzyletters: thats funny, I'm jealous of all the great darters you have up there

drewish: do you think the pickerel color differences are regional? or does it have to do with spawning?

#8 Guest_drewish_*

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Posted 15 November 2007 - 06:00 PM

drewish: do you think the pickerel color differences are regional? or does it have to do with spawning?

I think it is just the location of where I find mine. Dustin says they find theirs in SC in very tannin stained waters. We saw some nice ones in NC during the convention as well. And I've seen pictures of the MD redfins and they are really red. I'm hoping to find more locations for them in my area but a lot of the places are hard to get to. I need to find other people in the area that will go sampling with me as I don't like going to those remote backwater swamps alone.

#9 Guest_tglassburner_*

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Posted 15 November 2007 - 06:23 PM

I think it is just the location of where I find mine. Dustin says they find theirs in SC in very tannin stained waters. We saw some nice ones in NC during the convention as well. And I've seen pictures of the MD redfins and they are really red. I'm hoping to find more locations for them in my area but a lot of the places are hard to get to. I need to find other people in the area that will go sampling with me as I don't like going to those remote backwater swamps alone.