"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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"B J Conner" wrote in message
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Websites are pretty much useless unless you know the name of what you
got.
When you start catching catching those unidentifible daces, darters,
chubs
etc, You need the Audubon Society field Guide to North American Fishes,
Whales and Dolphins. A great book and well worth $ 10.00 or better yet
at
$1.85


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/off...?condition=all

Hm.......

If you don't know the name of what you got, the Audubon field guides
(excellent books, all) require that you page through the pictures until
you
find the one that matches.

Why is that better than a website that requires you to search through the
pictures until you find one that matches what you got?

Wolfgang
whose own field guide to the idiots, dolts, fools, pez-heads, nitwits,
poltroons, and maroons of north america is due for release in the near
future......check you local bookstores!


Try searchign the web for things like "elongated fishe with long snouts" or
"disc shaped fishes" or a "brown sucker with yellowinsh fins" With the book
there easy and fast. After you get the general ideal of what fish you
looking at you can look up a Red Sided Dace on the web and find out every
thing there is to know about them. The Audubon book has good drawings that
help your zero in on the fish. Remember- a picture is worth a thousand
words and one girl is worth a thousand pictures.

Don't think your book will do that well. That group is probably localized
right around you, you all know each other and you guys wouldn't need a
book if you could read.