My wife ready for a blizzard!
KY Darter and Greenside
Two Greensides
A lot of fish. The kind that swim!
After I got one of the beautiful males home he posed for a picture in my aquarium.
First outing of the year.
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cjohns
, Jan 02 2015 08:35 PM
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#1
cjohns
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Posted 02 January 2015 - 08:35 PM
Today me and my wife decided to bundle up and go out searching for a couple KY snub nose darters. All the local streams around our home are tributary of the salt river. KY Darters are not found in these waters but lucky for us if we travel 30 miles south we are in the Green river tributary. So that's what we did. A short little drive later we arrived at North Nolin river in Hodgenville KY. After a few minutes are mission was complete.
My wife ready for a blizzard!
KY Darter and Greenside
Two Greensides
A lot of fish. The kind that swim!
After I got one of the beautiful males home he posed for a picture in my aquarium.
My wife ready for a blizzard!
KY Darter and Greenside
Two Greensides
A lot of fish. The kind that swim!
After I got one of the beautiful males home he posed for a picture in my aquarium.
20L River manifold
36 Gallon bow front stream
72 Gallon bow front
36 Gallon bow front stream
72 Gallon bow front
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Kanus
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Posted 02 January 2015 - 09:05 PM
Nice! That is one hot little snubbie, and what a great shot too! Glad you found your target species.
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mattknepley
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Posted 03 January 2015 - 06:08 AM
Looks like a great time! Those are some nice darters, alright. Jealous you can get your wife to go- enjoy it. Mine used to be the crick stompin' type, but not so much now... That's a good haul in that seine, what other fishes did you net?
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cjohns
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Posted 03 January 2015 - 06:54 AM
Looks like a great time! Those are some nice darters, alright. Jealous you can get your wife to go- enjoy it. Mine used to be the crick stompin' type, but not so much now... That's a good haul in that seine, what other fishes did you net?
I can't believe she was willing to go in 40° weather but I didn't ask questions. ..lol
We caught several different fish. I'm not very good with identifing shinners and other minnows. The big net haul was full of small stone rollers juvenile shiners and what I think was small dace. Here is a picture of one that I was not sure about. It was covered in little black specks (parasites?). We caught several like it.
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36 Gallon bow front stream
72 Gallon bow front
#10
gerald
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Posted 03 January 2015 - 11:07 AM
The one with black-spot might be a stoneroller, creek chub, or Nocomis chub.
(Black-spot parasites are a type of fluke, but they cannot spread fish-to-fish in an aquarium)
Minnows can be challenging to ID, espacially in a state like KY that has LOTS of them, but you'll get to know them all eventually. It's mostly a matter of familiarity, like learning to distinguish identical twins after you've been around them enough.
Where did your seine come from? Nice small mesh.
(Black-spot parasites are a type of fluke, but they cannot spread fish-to-fish in an aquarium)
Minnows can be challenging to ID, espacially in a state like KY that has LOTS of them, but you'll get to know them all eventually. It's mostly a matter of familiarity, like learning to distinguish identical twins after you've been around them enough.
Where did your seine come from? Nice small mesh.
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#11
cjohns
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Posted 03 January 2015 - 11:30 AM
The one with black-spot might be a stoneroller, creek chub, or Nocomis chub.
(Black-spot parasites are a type of fluke, but they cannot spread fish-to-fish in an aquarium)
Minnows can be challenging to ID, espacially in a state like KY that has LOTS of them, but you'll get to know them all eventually. It's mostly a matter of familiarity, like learning to distinguish identical twins after you've been around them enough.
Where did your seine come from? Nice small mesh.
I think he was a chub of some sort. I'll eventually get the hang of it.
Funny you should ask about the seine. It's a home made deal made out of a laundry hamper bag ..lol.
I needed a small net for myself and figured it would last a couple of trips. Shockingly it's lasted longer then I expected. I will say I can't take all the credit for building it. I had a couple of helpers.
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20L River manifold
36 Gallon bow front stream
72 Gallon bow front
36 Gallon bow front stream
72 Gallon bow front
#13
Josh Blaylock
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Posted 05 January 2015 - 09:07 AM
I think that is the best looking snubnose out there. Not the most colorful, but there is something about it that I can't put my finger on. Very neat.
It's one of my favorites too. I haven't yet seen the Splendid Darter in person, but the KY Darter and the Eastrim Darter are really nice! I have a hard time getting snubnose darters to eat.
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Josh Blaylock
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Posted 05 January 2015 - 09:36 AM
No Spottail Darters? I was trying to find my old photos, but I can't find them. I'm nearly certain I caught a Spottail Darter at that location.
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#16
cjohns
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Posted 05 January 2015 - 01:40 PM
No spottails...it was a fast trip. Green sides, KY's and one Rainbow. I'm sure there are plenty of other species but it was cold and rainy. Once we caught the KY's we headed home.No Spottail Darters? I was trying to find my old photos, but I can't find them. I'm nearly certain I caught a Spottail Darter at that location.
20L River manifold
36 Gallon bow front stream
72 Gallon bow front
36 Gallon bow front stream
72 Gallon bow front
#18
gerald
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Posted 05 January 2015 - 01:47 PM
Obviously she's showing you that she'd love to go to the convention in OK in June.
I can't believe she was willing to go in 40° weather but I didn't ask questions. ..lol
Gerald Pottern
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