today i helped a farmer on his land for the right to fish this spring.
i asked if he would mind if i walked the bank of his pond and use
my new dip net he said have @ it.
Six years ago he dug the upper pond. Stocked per Ohio state
standard. this pond drains to another pond over flow to small
marsh/swamp area. second pond leaches out to farm.
this is what i caught,
4 frogs maybe 3" long
15 tadpoles 3.25" long
lots of some egg shaped bugs with flippers .25"
small fry .375" ----.725"
snails .125"----.375"
shad way to many
the water was very clear i could see to 5' deep

are the fry from this pond?
Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
They are so small i just cant tell. the one in my pic is the largest
and double the size if not more of t others.
most were are smaller then a nickel.

Edited by CATfishTONY, 26 February 2009 - 09:13 PM.

The juvenile sunfish 'pears to be a bluegill.

The juvenile sunfish 'pears to be a bluegill.

thank you fundulus,
I was not sure.
as small fish of this kind look so much alike to me.
can you help on the bigger snails found today?

Edited by CATfishTONY, 26 February 2009 - 10:24 PM.

Those are true ramshorns (family Planorbidae), maybe Helisoma species. The big Columbian ramshorn in the pet trade is unrelated (it's actually in the same family as apple and mystery snails).

Those are true ramshorns (family Planorbidae), maybe Helisoma species. The big Columbian ramshorn in the pet trade is unrelated (it's actually in the same family as apple and mystery snails).

it must have been a rough night in the fish tank.
13 bluegill fry are dead or missing,one was on the intake,two were mostly eaten,10 are just gone.
the other 4 must be survivors.the ramshorn snails are eating algae of the back of the tank.