I've been running around between Mississippi and Louisiana over past few weeks. I had to make a few stops between destinations. The water was very high in rivers I wanted to sample, so I hit a lot of small creeks where conditions were better. I found some nice new sites ,broke two dipnets, and almost netted a dead dog. Overall, it was a blast.

tentative species lists

12-31-06
Slayton Creek nr Homochitto National Forrest
lamprey ammocoetes
speckled madtom
brown madtom
bluntnose minnow
striped shiner
bluehead chub
longear sunfish
blackstripe topminnow
dusky darter
blackside darter
redfin darter
scaly sand darter

Small creek nr Homochitto River @ hwy 550
striped shiner
bluntface shiner
bluntnose minnow
Lepomis sp.
redfin darter
gulf darter

Small unnamed tributary to the Tangipahoa River on the Amite/Pike County line
striped shiner
cherryfin shiner
western mosquitofish
gulf darter
goldstripe darter

1-1-07
Heavily vegetated creek south of Brookhaven @ hwy 51
creek chubsucker
yellow bullhead
grass pickerel
pirate perch
blackspotted topminnow
western mosquitofish
dollar sunfish
redspotted sunfish
banded pygmy sunfish
bluegill
gulf darter
swamp darter

1-2-07
Steel Bayou nr Yazoo River
western mosquitofish
bluegill

floodplain ponds nr Steel Bayou
Noturus sp.
western mosquitofish
bluegill
dollar sunfish
orangespotted sunfish
redspotted sunfish
warmouth

1-3-07
blackwater slough nr Morning Star, MS
western mosquitofish
pirate perch
bluegill
dollar sunfish
redspotted sunfish
warmouth
banded pygmy sunfish

Fourteenmile Creek @ Old Port Gibson rd
cherryfin shiner
Noturus sp.
blackspotted topminnow
blackstripe topminnow
longear sunfish
redfin darter

small creek @ Raymond, MS
bluntnose minnow
striped shiner
longnose shiner
longear sunfish
bluegill
redspotted sunfish
redfin darter
unknown darter

unnamed creek @ dry grove rd
blackstripe topminnow
redfin darter

Tallahalla Creek @ hwy 27
bluntnose minnow
striped shiner
longnose shiner
bluehead chub
Noturus sp.
brindled madtom
bluegill
redspotted sunfish
longear sunfish
gulf darter
redfin darter
scaly sand darter

Big Sand Creek @ Old Port Gibson rd.
bluntnose minnow
striped shiner
longnose shiner
bluehead chub
central stoneroller
bluegill
longear sunfish
redspotted sunfish
warmouth
green sunfish
rainbow darter
goldstripe darter
redfin darter

1-4-07
swampy area under railroad tressel nr Columbia, MS
redfin pickerel
western mosquitofish
southern starhead topminnow

1-5-07
small creek somewhere in Mississippi
cherryfin shiner
bluenose shiner
flagfin shiner
speckled madtom
Lepomis sp.

How far are some of your sampling locations from the Oxford and Tupelo area. There is a good possibility I will be moving to that area in several months and I've yet to collect in MS, or really outside of the Tennessee and Cumberland drainage in the past two years.

Most of the places I go are south of I-20 (about 2 - 2.5 hours south of Oxford), but I have been wanting to sample around north Mississippi.

You certainly get a lot of Redfin Darter, are there any darters in the Great Lakes Drainage that you'd be interested in trading for them? I have Greenside, Johnny, and Blackside Darter down the street. Other stuff I could easily find would be; Logperch, Rainbow Darter, Orangethroat Darter, and Fantail Darters...

small creek somewhere in Mississippi
cherryfin shiner
bluenose shiner
flagfin shiner
speckled madtom
Lepomis sp.

Was that the one I told you about? Sure sounds like it, except no Fundulus!

How far are some of your sampling locations from the Oxford and Tupelo area. There is a good possibility I will be moving to that area in several months and I've yet to collect in MS, or really outside of the Tennessee and Cumberland drainage in the past two years.

I can hook you up. like Dred, most of my collecting is below I-20, but I used to kick around Yazoo City a good bit.

Was that the one I told you about? Sure sounds like it, except no Fundulus!
I can hook you up. like Dred, most of my collecting is below I-20, but I used to kick around Yazoo City a good bit.

I looked for the one you told me about, but did not find it. It's one of ones I showed you on the map, on the other side of that town.

What species did you get in the yazoo city area? I may have to make a trip that way next time I am home.

If you hit it right you can get lots of shortnose gar. Campostoma, red shiners, the usual darter suspects, and I forget what else - it's been a few years. Yazoo shiners, anyone?