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#1 AquaHobbyist123

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Posted 04 May 2023 - 01:51 PM

So, There is this stream called Lower Creek 2 minutes from my home. It is located in the Upper Catawba River Drainage. I was there for a few hours with a dipnet and got several species. Will post pics later. The species:

Tessellated Darter (Some absolutely stunning males)
Carolina Fantail Darter
Rosyside Dace
Eastern Mosquitofish
Greenfin Shiner

Supposedly there are also Greenhead and White Suckers in the creek, but I didn't find any. In a tributary of Lower Creek though, I did find many Greenheads. I also didn't find any creek or bluehead chubs, which is extremely unusual.

It's a largely sandy and slow creek. However, underneath a bridge there was an artificial riffle made up of rubble. Every single darter shuffle in that riffle save 2 brought with it a darter or two. I let most go, but did bring a couple tesselated darters, carolina fantails, and a greenfin home.

Thomas Lyons

 

 

 

Fortunate to have multiple watersheds within a reasonable drive, with the Upper Yadkin, Watauga, and Upper New watersheds within 40 minutes.


#2 AquaHobbyist123

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Posted 16 June 2023 - 02:58 PM

Returned to the creek!

Caught:

Central Stoneroller
Bluehead Chub
Creek Chub
White Sucker
Sunfish spp.
Spottail Shiner
Western Mosquitofish

Thomas Lyons

 

 

 

Fortunate to have multiple watersheds within a reasonable drive, with the Upper Yadkin, Watauga, and Upper New watersheds within 40 minutes.


#3 ShadetreeIchthyologist

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Posted 19 June 2023 - 05:48 AM

Lets see some pictures!


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#4 Chasmodes

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Posted 21 June 2023 - 08:18 AM

Very cool, looking forward to your pics.


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#5 AquaHobbyist123

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Posted 20 July 2023 - 03:41 PM

Here's some from today!
Whitefin Shiner
Greenhead Shiner
Southern Tesselated darter
Eastern Mosquitofish (not pictured)
Carolina Fantail Darter (not pictured)

Thomas Lyons

 

 

 

Fortunate to have multiple watersheds within a reasonable drive, with the Upper Yadkin, Watauga, and Upper New watersheds within 40 minutes.


#6 AquaHobbyist123

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Posted 20 July 2023 - 03:41 PM

Ugh trying to do pics hold on.

Thomas Lyons

 

 

 

Fortunate to have multiple watersheds within a reasonable drive, with the Upper Yadkin, Watauga, and Upper New watersheds within 40 minutes.


#7 AquaHobbyist123

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Posted 20 July 2023 - 03:45 PM

There, figured out how to upload pics

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Thomas Lyons

 

 

 

Fortunate to have multiple watersheds within a reasonable drive, with the Upper Yadkin, Watauga, and Upper New watersheds within 40 minutes.


#8 410 John

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Posted 22 July 2023 - 12:34 PM

Nice! Keep it up and keep posting results. How big were the white suckers?

#9 AquaHobbyist123

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Posted 26 July 2023 - 07:22 PM

The white suckers (or striped jumprocks? I'm bad at identifying suckers but both are reported there)
ranged from about 1 inch to 1.5 feet in size. The tiny ones were caught with a seine and I got the 1.5 ft guy with a castnet.

Thomas Lyons

 

 

 

Fortunate to have multiple watersheds within a reasonable drive, with the Upper Yadkin, Watauga, and Upper New watersheds within 40 minutes.


#10 ShadetreeIchthyologist

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Posted 28 July 2023 - 01:06 PM

Very nice
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#11 Josh Blaylock

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Posted 13 August 2023 - 07:25 AM

With a creek that size you really need a seine

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#12 AquaHobbyist123

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Posted 01 September 2023 - 09:35 AM

With a creek that size you really need a seine

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I seine it occasionally. I use a Douglas Net Company 12 and a 6 ft seine mostly.

Thomas Lyons

 

 

 

Fortunate to have multiple watersheds within a reasonable drive, with the Upper Yadkin, Watauga, and Upper New watersheds within 40 minutes.




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