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Yocona River 3/13/08 North Mississippi

Started by Guest_MScooter_* , Mar 14 2008 03:59 AM

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#1 Guest_MScooter_*

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Posted 14 March 2008 - 03:59 AM

I took advantage of a perfect day and headed for the white bass run on the Yocona. After an hour of catching the white bass I crossed a levee and fished an oxbow adjacent to the river and hooked a whopper of a bluegill and a nice black crappie in succesion. Happy that I had already had a good day of fishing by early afternoon I grabbed the dipnet and drove to a nearby creek. The Yazoo Darters were fired up. I sampled my largest species count to date, my first Percina & Notorus in the area, and dinner at Taylor catfish to finish. What a day!

I caught several shiners and crawfish that I don't have a clue about, and I've probably fudged an Id. or two... please help. Grid is quarter inch.

Species List
Gambusia affinis Mosquitofish
Lepomis macrochirus Bluegill
Lepomis cyanellus Green Sunfish
Lepomis megalotis Longear Sunfish
Pomoxis nigromaculatus Black Crappie
Morone chrysops White Bass
Micropterus salmoides Largemouth Bass
Elassoma zonatum Banded Pygmy Sunfish
Esox americanus Grass Pickerel
Fundulus notatus Blackstripe Topminnow
Fundulus olivaceous Blackspotted Topminnow
Semotilus atromaculatus Creek Chub
Notorus phaeus Brown Madtom
Etheostoma lynceum Brighteye Darter
Etheostoma nigrum Johnny Darter?
Etheostoma raynei Yazoo Darter
Etheostoma swaini Gulf darter?
Percina sciera Dusky Darter

Shiners?1,2,3

Crays top/under 1,2,3

Lepomis macrochirus

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Morone chrysops

Micropterus salmoides

Lepomis cyanellus

Lepomis megalotis

Elassoma zonatum

Esox americanus

Fundulus notatus

Fundulus olivaceous

Semotilus atromaculatus

Notorus phaeus

Etheostoma lynceum

Etheostoma nigrum?

Etheostoma raynei male

Etheostoma raynei female

Etheostoma swaini?

Percina sciera

Ameiurus natalis

#2 Guest_NateTessler13_*

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Posted 14 March 2008 - 08:19 AM

You're lucky to be getting out and getting in the water, this has me stoked about this weekend (my first sampling chance in like 3 months.) The second minnow is a Bluntnose Minnow, the third is a Golden Shiner. Your Lepomis megalotis is a Lepomis cyanellus. Looks like you did have a great day. You guys already have your White Bass running? Lucky.

#3 Guest_dsmith73_*

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Posted 14 March 2008 - 08:49 AM

Your swaini appears to be a goldstripe, E. parvipinne.

#4 Guest_mikez_*

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Posted 14 March 2008 - 08:59 AM

Nice! A flyfisherman too, cool.
I'm getting itchy. We're in that brief season when the ice isn't safe to walk on but still covering the water.
I think your post has inspired me to break out the tying gear and bang off some panfish deerhair bugs.
That bluegill was sweet!

#5 Michael Wolfe

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North Georgia, Oconee River Drainage

Posted 14 March 2008 - 09:01 AM

I gotta beleive that someone is going to tell you that both your Fundulus are olivaceous... look spotted to me...

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. - Benjamin Franklin

#6 Guest_fundulus_*

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Posted 14 March 2008 - 09:34 AM

Yeah, I'd vote for both of the Fundulus being olivaceous from the photograph; if one is, they both are. Also, the first shiner is probably Luxilus chrysocephalus.

#7 Guest_MScooter_*

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Posted 14 March 2008 - 01:28 PM

Thanks everyone. The corrections are:

Shiner1 Luxilus chrysocephalus Striped Shiner
Shiner2 Pimephales notatus Bluntnose Minnow
Shiner3 Notemigonus crysoleucas Golden Shiner
Both small Lepomis are Greens
Both Fundulus are Blackspotted Topminnows
E. swaini is E. parvipinne

I'm getting a little better but still need the help of all the NANFA professionals, thanks again.

Is there any rough key for shiners, minnows & dace as far as genus differences is concerned? It would be nice if I could look at a fish and just know whether it is Luxilus, Pimephales, etc... as for now I haven't the faintest besides Creek Chubs.

What happened to the ability to edit one's own post?

#8 Guest_ashtonmj_*

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Posted 14 March 2008 - 01:54 PM

I'm not convinced shiner one is a Luxilis. Look at how blunt the nose is, the stripe running through the nose, the scales, and the caudal spot. I've got two guesses outside of another P. notatus in mind but I've never been down there so they are guesses at best....

It also appears you may have two different Orconectes sp. crayfish. The claws on the later are really distinct and you had males; that would greatly help if you were trying to ID those or providing them to someone else down there for ID.

#9 Guest_MScooter_*

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Posted 14 March 2008 - 02:19 PM

Here is the watershed list per Natureserve:
http://www.natureser...jsp?huc=8030203

#10 Guest_ashtonmj_*

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Posted 14 March 2008 - 02:27 PM

Well my two alternatives of pugnose minnow and bullhead minnow are in the watershed if that is any consolation to my uneducated guess. I'm leaning away from bullhead though because of the scale shape.

#11 Guest_fundulus_*

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Posted 14 March 2008 - 04:13 PM

I still like Luxilus for shiner one. Another alternative could be Mississippi silvery minnow, Hybognathus nuchalis. We're still in the game of depeche photo.