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Hogg River ULing

Started by Guest_panfisherteen_* , Aug 18 2009 01:34 PM

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#1 Guest_panfisherteen_*

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Posted 18 August 2009 - 01:34 PM

well I decided to hit the Hogg River (flows into the Severn Sound of Georgian Bay, a relatively small river) to see what I could catch (mainly going for shiners and creek chubs). As soon as I was about to chain up my bike, I noticed this guy beside my bike. These guys are cool predators, they have the camoflauge and the the weapons (their arms) to get anything they chose.
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Then I seen this little guy scurry across my path so I had to take a picture of him.
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Then of course I catch something I always seem to catch Rock Bass. You can see what I was using, a Custom Jigs'n'Spins ice fishing jig with a Gulp Waxie, worked excellent on the river.
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Of course more wildlife.
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I caught some common shiners, I'm considering getting some for my 20 gal since they grow to the max size of 5-7".
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I also caught a creek chub in spawning colors, too bad it came off before i could get a pic of it. But I caught something new today. When I first caught it, I thought it was a creek chub until I looked at the coloration and the way the mouth was.
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I am pretty sure this is a Hornyhead Chub, although I'm probably wrong. For Chub there are only Creek and Horneyhead Chub in Huronia (a small peninsula on the SE part of Georgian Bay, Lake Simcoe sits SE of Huronia). At least there should only be Creek and Hornyhead Chub. Any ideas on the fish on the bottom pics? They had a blue-greenish stripe that the camera took away except near where the tail is.

Edited by panfisherteen, 18 August 2009 - 01:38 PM.

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#2 Michael Wolfe

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North Georgia, Oconee River Drainage

Posted 18 August 2009 - 03:53 PM

Without looking up your area, I would agree that the fish in hand appears to be Nocomis species... So that would be my vote, and then look up the right drainage... so if you say you are in range for horny head then I would agree with you!

Edited by Michael Wolfe, 18 August 2009 - 03:53 PM.

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#3 Guest_panfisherteen_*

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Posted 18 August 2009 - 04:33 PM

The drainage is called the Severn Sound drainage, everything in my area either drains straight into the Severn Sound or goes into the subdrainages of the local rivers if that helps, although with your vote towards hornyhead chub then i'm becoming more confident with that ID 8-)

Edited by panfisherteen, 18 August 2009 - 04:37 PM.

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#4 Michael Wolfe

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North Georgia, Oconee River Drainage

Posted 19 August 2009 - 07:29 AM

I forgot to look up anything last night... not that I really have a Canada book, but I thought I would find range information in on of the others I have... but one other thing to note... Creek chubs are very omnivorous, have very large mouths, and will eventually eat any other tank inhabitant that fits in his mouth... I have found them to be rather bad community fish better suited to have out with large sunfish and bullheads.

On the other hand, Nocomis species chubs are not very piscavorous... I have had bluehead chubs (a Nocomis from down here in the south) in tanks for years with small shiners and darters and have not had any problems with them harassing tankmates. So if you are thinking about something to put in an aquarium, I would recommend the Nocomis highly. They are a good community fish, hardy, eat well, and are very interesting.

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