Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Early August, 2024

Went to a new-to-me creek looking for darters.  Made 2 trips.

First trip I caught 9 species of fish: Ozark Logperch, Walleye, Longear Sunfish, Northern Studfish, Blackstriped Topminnow, Bluegill, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, and Striped Shiner.

The most interesting were an Ozark Logperch, and a small walleye.

Ozark Logperch

Walleye

Blackstriped Topminnow

Striped Shiner

Longear Sunfish

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Second trip I caught 11 species of fish: Orangethroat Darter, Bigeye Shiner, Ozark Minnow, Sand Shiner, Creek Chub, Bluegill, Longear Sunfish, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Bleeding Shiner, and Emerald Shiner.

A few were new-to-me species.  The most interesting was that I finally caught an adult darter species (not including the Logperch, which is actually a darter).... an Orangethroat Darter.

Orangethroat Darter

Bleeding Shiner

Creek Chub

Longear Sunfish

Bigeye Shiner

Ozark Minnow

Sand Shiner






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