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Second time out collecting (Beginers Luck Again)


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#1 Guest_jamez_*

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Posted 03 September 2009 - 07:15 PM

Went to a stream ive been to many times before while herping in the past. Didnt really have high hopes for a variety of fish due to the fact I thought it might be an intermittent stream. Last summer 08' I visited and it was virtually dried up (tho it was the only time ive seen it not flowing). Down stream from a small beaver damn I walked a quarter to a half mile or so and only came across two (I think) small pools. Up stream from the beaver damn I couldn't travel due to terrain, property rights, and poison ivy but it looked like there was some water but not flowing and stagnant (Due to this I figured madtoms and darters wouldn't inhabit this creek). I threw a couple lines in the pool behind the damn out of curiosity and went exploring down stream and was surprised as heck when i returned to find a bass on the line. I ended up pulling out another bass, a bluegill (I think), a channel cat, and a couple bullheads all out of this small stagnant pool in a half hour or so. Anyway fast forward to today this creek does have some nice riffles so I figured I would give it a try to see what I might turn up hoping darters or at least madtoms might survive here. As I was leaving the house I brought 4 minnow traps to set up down stream of the riffles I was flipping rocks in to see if that might catch some creatures I may miss. When I got there I saw the heavy rains for a couple days ago were still here. The creek was high and cloudy but figured I might still have some luck with the minnow traps. Anyway I set them up and started kicking down stream and checked the traps...nothing. O well I leave them there and look around some more up stream. Well I figured I would come back later when the water level falls but figured I would leave the traps at the site baited with milk bones :smile2: . So I start pulling the traps out the current and the third on has a small fish in it, prolly a minnow or something I thought but still exciting. I opened it up to see a male orange throat darter :shock: It made my day. I am hooked

Here is a pic of the traps I left. After I left I realized when I return the traps will be clogged up. ](*,) o well
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Pool behind the beaver damn up stream
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Down stream
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My catch :shock: :-D
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The bait I left
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His new home
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Thanks for lookin, hopefully I will have a good post tomorrow.

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Posted 03 September 2009 - 07:25 PM

Makes my want to go collecting. I think i will tommorow i know a spot with dozens of rainbow darters and fathead minnows by me

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Posted 03 September 2009 - 07:30 PM

nice orange throat :cool2: thats great that you were able to find what you were looking for, hopefully the traps will yield a greater catch tomorrow :D/

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Posted 03 September 2009 - 07:31 PM

Nice looking creek and fish. Congrats on the catch and now it's no longer the fish that are hooked.....but you.

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Posted 03 September 2009 - 08:53 PM

Minnow trap got you a darter?

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Posted 05 September 2009 - 12:11 AM

Yeah, that's pretty amazing! Nice job, jamez!

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Posted 05 September 2009 - 07:54 AM

Yeah, that's pretty amazing! Nice job, jamez!
Brian

Thanks Brian, I was stoaked

Minnow trap got you a darter?

Yes it did

Nice looking creek and fish. Congrats on the catch and now it's no longer the fish that are hooked.....but you.

Thanks, and yes I am hooked, there goes my social life till winter lol.

nice orange throat :cool2: thats great that you were able to find what you were looking for, hopefully the traps will yield a greater catch tomorrow :D/

Thanks, I pulled the traps out yesterday, the catch wasnt quite what I was hopping for but was still interesting none the less. About 20 crawdads and 1 stonecat.

Makes my want to go collecting. I think i will tommorow i know a spot with dozens of rainbow darters and fathead minnows by me

Hope you have better luck than I did yesterday, ill be looking out for your post of the trip. Later

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Posted 05 September 2009 - 08:25 AM

The creek yesterday (already high)
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When I returned the next morning(Pic with the traps out)
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I guessed it rained, so I had to take my boots off and get my feet wet to save the traps. I could only see three of them but ended up finding the fourth underwater. Anyway first trap yielded this....
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Nothing o well second trap....
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Either a stonecat or slender, I was thinking stonecat cause its size but am not sure. Anyway trap three....
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Kind of neat but I was really hopping for fish...so on to last but not least four....
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Gotta say it creeped me out a bit standing barefoot in the water when I pulled that out lol. I think I counted 16 in that one trap. So now I know where not to put the traps lol. Thanks for looking.

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Posted 05 September 2009 - 10:06 AM

Nice!

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Posted 08 September 2009 - 12:51 PM

Nice location and catch! Did you keep the stone cat? What's in your tank with the OT?
BTW - Unless you don't like beavers much, it's spelled dam... :wink:

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Posted 10 September 2009 - 05:35 PM

Nice location and catch! Did you keep the stone cat? What's in your tank with the OT?
BTW - Unless you don't like beavers much, it's spelled dam... :wink:


Thanks, no I let the stonecat go, it was too big to be housed with the darter. I already had 3 stonecats from 1.5cm to 5cm, I now also have 3 more OT darters, 3 red shiners, and 3 bluntnose minnows all pulled for one different location.

PS thanks for the damn correction lol I seriously was thinking that was how it was spelled #-o



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