Hey guys,
I will be heading down to the coast sometime this week to explore the coastal rivers. I don't have anything specific in mind, just following my nose. Is anybody up for it? I'm on vacation until Saturday.
Mississippi Gulf coast
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Posted 26 September 2006 - 10:47 PM
No firm idea, I just wanna sample some of the coastal streams.Wish I could, gotta teach a lab and take and aquatic toxicology on Thursday then some nightime gillnetting friday night. Where are you gonna collect?
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Posted 30 September 2006 - 10:37 PM
You guys missed a helluva a trip - Harry was a wonderful guide to all the goodness that the Escatawba holds. Hogchokers by the hundreds - we could have supplied all the Petsmarts in the US with "freshwater flounder".
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Posted 01 October 2006 - 10:54 AM
we found:
silver sides
bluegill
red spotted sunfish
longear sunfish
shadow bass
various darters
tons of Gambusia
and i think a taillight shiner
we found some fat sleepers
Irate is way out of my league with IDing these fish, the trip realy sparked my interest in the collecting side of the whole thing. I am going to get myself a decent dipnet and convert my old one (wal-mart special) to a throw net.
I believe Irate had petersons field guide, would this guide be good for the gulf coast or is there another that is better suited?
it was a great trip, looking forward to next time.
silver sides
bluegill
red spotted sunfish
longear sunfish
shadow bass
various darters
tons of Gambusia
and i think a taillight shiner
we found some fat sleepers
Irate is way out of my league with IDing these fish, the trip realy sparked my interest in the collecting side of the whole thing. I am going to get myself a decent dipnet and convert my old one (wal-mart special) to a throw net.
I believe Irate had petersons field guide, would this guide be good for the gulf coast or is there another that is better suited?
it was a great trip, looking forward to next time.
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Posted 01 October 2006 - 11:14 AM
Sounds like a good time. For freshwater id'ing I use Inland Fishes of Mississippi and for saltwater I use Hoese and Moores Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico Texas, Louisiana, and Adjacent Waters. Any idea what kind of darters ya got?
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Posted 04 October 2006 - 09:37 AM
What can i measure the salinity with? I will be headed back this Friday. The river has a pretty good current; you have to head south for many miles (2-3 hour run, in my little boat) before you find barnacles or obviously brackish water. So I would say that where we were is relatively fresh. However it is still affected by the tides, the tidal change is about 8" to 12" depending on the tidal faze.
I have heard uncomfirmed reports that during hurrican katrina, salt water was pushed up the river, and caused a large fish kill. I am unsure about that though.
I have heard uncomfirmed reports that during hurrican katrina, salt water was pushed up the river, and caused a large fish kill. I am unsure about that though.
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Posted 04 October 2006 - 10:12 AM
Are you launching near I-10? Most of my time on that river has been spent near Moss Point, MS, so it was pretty salty some of the time. I dont know if the salt would make it that far up. It would most likely do so in the form of a salt wedge, dense saltwater under the freshwater. I was just curious how far up the river the sleepers were. As for the Katrina fish kills, some may have been caused by saltwater intrusion. I would guess that many were killed by all the organic matter that was flushed into the system causing bacterial blooms. These blooms would suck the oxygen out of the water causing hypoxic conditions. Either way, it sucked.
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