[attachment=7319:Picture_004.jpg]A friend of mine brought me these from his garden pond that he was closing down for the winter, He said he had gotten them from Gander mountain, out of their bait bin, GEE WHIZZ id like to have a bunch of this bait and hoping the big one is a pregnant female and the little one a male. So what do you guys think. Im keeping them even if you say they are some kind of junk, and im gonn see if he has any more left in that pond that hasnt been frozen yet
Some kind of minnow?
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Posted 29 October 2008 - 08:02 PM
Mosquitofish, both female. If you had a male, the anal fin would be modified and not the typical shape you see in the two fish.
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Posted 29 October 2008 - 08:51 PM
[attachment=7319:Picture_004.jpg]A friend of mine brought me these from his garden pond that he was closing down for the winter, He said he had gotten them from Gander mountain, out of their bait bin, GEE WHIZZ id like to have a bunch of this bait and hoping the big one is a pregnant female and the little one a male. So what do you guys think. Im keeping them even if you say they are some kind of junk, and im gonn see if he has any more left in that pond that hasnt been frozen yet
JIMV8673 years ago i lived in houston texas and we would catch that very same looking minnow in the
road side ditches by 1000's dad said they were mud-minnows but dad been wrong a lott this past few months
I'm afraid to say.but he was allways there to teach to fish right.
nice looking fish now go clean out his pond and save them little flat faced miner's
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Posted 29 October 2008 - 09:13 PM
Those are Gambusia in the picture.
Catfishtony, if the fish in ditches were big and looked kind of like the fish in the pics, they were probably Fundulus grandis. We call them mudminnows in Texas, but they're also known as Gulf Killifish. They do make great bait.
Catfishtony, if the fish in ditches were big and looked kind of like the fish in the pics, they were probably Fundulus grandis. We call them mudminnows in Texas, but they're also known as Gulf Killifish. They do make great bait.
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Posted 29 October 2008 - 09:33 PM
My fave name for Fundulus grandis is bull minnow. If you call them anything else on the central Gulf coast people just stare at you (Latin has worn a little thin there, I guess).
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Posted 30 October 2008 - 11:18 AM
Latin and bait don't seem to go together that well.
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Posted 30 October 2008 - 11:28 AM
"Er, yeah, gimme a dozen Pimephales notatus and a hunnert a' them Acheta domestica. Oh, and a case of Natty Ice."
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Posted 30 October 2008 - 11:52 AM
I know to some these are kinda blah !!! but to me they have a subtle beauty all their own, and face it Native fish in general are what the eye of the beholder percieves. I have been in the first stages of my native hobby, concentrated on the smaller and more colorful sunnys, and my quest continues there, but after seeing fish like the studfish and rainbow darters etc. I may have to look into expanding my fish room, adding tanks and different setups based on the fish, Gee Whiz is this hobby never ending?? and i thought my Saltwater Reef hobby was expensive. 
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Posted 30 October 2008 - 12:39 PM
and i thought my Saltwater Reef hobby was expensive.
reefs are for beginners... you just buy the right book and follow the direction... native is where you can really get involved and start learning...
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Posted 30 October 2008 - 05:29 PM
I know to some these are kinda blah !!! but to me they have a subtle beauty all their own, and face it Native fish in general are what the eye of the beholder percieves. I have been in the first stages of my native hobby, concentrated on the smaller and more colorful sunnys, and my quest continues there, but after seeing fish like the studfish and rainbow darters etc. I may have to look into expanding my fish room, adding tanks and different setups based on the fish, Gee Whiz is this hobby never ending?? and i thought my Saltwater Reef hobby was expensive.
Pretty darned expensive for "free fish" aren't they? Sheesh!
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Posted 30 October 2008 - 06:04 PM
Why do you keep saying things like:
They are Gambusia which are Native in some areas and pretty darn cool livebearing fish.
Not really sure why you keep feeling you have to defend them. I keep a bunch of them and I know a few others on here do too.. For that matter there are a bunch of us that find silvery bland things darn interesting. There is no reason to be defensive about the fish or your wish to keep them...
Im keeping them even if you say they are some kind of junk
I know to some these are kinda blah !!!
They are Gambusia which are Native in some areas and pretty darn cool livebearing fish.
Not really sure why you keep feeling you have to defend them. I keep a bunch of them and I know a few others on here do too.. For that matter there are a bunch of us that find silvery bland things darn interesting. There is no reason to be defensive about the fish or your wish to keep them...
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Posted 30 October 2008 - 06:32 PM
Well they've already been identified for you so I'm gonna just skip that.
If these were collected from the pond I would bet money they both have stored sperm. After mating once I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) they can have up to 8 or so batches of yung'uns.
If these were collected from the pond I would bet money they both have stored sperm. After mating once I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) they can have up to 8 or so batches of yung'uns.
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Posted 30 October 2008 - 11:16 PM
For that matter there are a bunch of us that find silvery bland things darn interesting.
Count me among them (although I no longer find Gambusia interesting). But I LOVE NSM's (that would be "Non-descript Silvery Minnows")!
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Posted 31 October 2008 - 05:26 AM
Why do you keep saying things like:
They are Gambusia which are Native in some areas and pretty darn cool livebearing fish.
Not really sure why you keep feeling you have to defend them. I keep a bunch of them and I know a few others on here do too.. For that matter there are a bunch of us that find silvery bland things darn interesting. There is no reason to be defensive about the fish or your wish to keep them...
Welll Excuseeeee. Meeee
I guess since i felt i was such an insignificant part of this obviously endless source of knowledge and highly educated group of fish folks, some would think i was such a marroon for being excited over a measily mosquito fish, i had to defend myself up front. But now having heard what i did, Hey those are my new coolest Fish and anybody that dont like em can KISS MY GRITS 
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Posted 01 November 2008 - 08:27 AM
reefs are for beginners... you just buy the right book and follow the direction... native is where you can really get involved and start learning...
Yep, I had a reef tank years ago, and what I learned was how to spend money. ya pays ya money and ya gets ya fish. Okay, the inverts were interesting, but I didn't learn that much. Natives are all about learning. Where to go to find them, what type of stream they prefer, what type of water within the stream they prefer, and so on and so on.
There is nothing like approaching a new stream in a new area. What's in that stream? You just don't know what you'll find. If you're fortunate enough to live in an area that has rich diversity like upper Cumberland, just about every stream has something different, and every part of the stream has something different. You know you're doing well when you start thinking - oh darn, nothing but rainbows.
And, to tell the truth, I've recently become fascinated with NSM's myself. Those long, slender shiners I found a couple of weeks ago are quite beautiful.
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Posted 01 November 2008 - 08:53 AM
The truth is that they're only nondescript until you learn to see the subtle features that differentiate them. That's the real learning, and from experience I'm not saying that it's quick...
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Posted 01 November 2008 - 09:25 AM
Yep, I had a reef tank years ago, and what I learned was how to spend money. ya pays ya money and ya gets ya fish. Okay, the inverts were interesting, but I didn't learn that much. Natives are all about learning. Where to go to find them, what type of stream they prefer, what type of water within the stream they prefer, and so on and so on.
There is nothing like approaching a new stream in a new area. What's in that stream? You just don't know what you'll find. If you're fortunate enough to live in an area that has rich diversity like upper Cumberland, just about every stream has something different, and every part of the stream has something different. You know you're doing well when you start thinking - oh darn, nothing but rainbows.
And, to tell the truth, I've recently become fascinated with NSM's myself. Those long, slender shiners I found a couple of weeks ago are quite beautiful.
Well thats right for sure!! The only problem i see with this hobby is at 58 years old, and just now getting started , is i can picture myself heading for a stream on my walker, Net in my teeth, Thinkin man i hope i can make it back to the car before it snows, and this is august
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