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Little orange Tennessee "Minnows"
Here's a not very good picture of one of the schools of orange "minnows"
we found in several of the streams. Although the picture sucks, you can see their color. Willi |
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Little orange Tennessee "Minnows"
On Mon, 28 May 2007 17:41:00 -0600, Willi
wrote: Here's a not very good picture of one of the schools of orange "minnows" we found in several of the streams. Although the picture sucks, you can see their color. Willi We've got a half to full acre drainage pond out back of our house that's full of the little buggers. I'm sure the folks who dump them just can't bear to kill anything, but neither do they seem to be able to bear to think about the consequences of the dumping. -- r.bc: vixen Minnow goddess, Speaker to squirrels, willow watcher. Almost entirely harmless. Really. http://www.visi.com/~cyli |
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Little orange Tennessee "Minnows"
"Willi" wrote in message ... Here's a not very good picture of one of the schools of orange "minnows" we found in several of the streams. Although the picture sucks, you can see their color. Are they goldfish? I caught a 3 pounder once dip-netting off Lake Erie, with the fancy double tail and large eyes. They are native in places here. It is illegal to use them for bait because they quickly multiply and in small ponds become the dominant species. They will interbreed with carp leading to some interesting color patterns. I've seen carp in multi-colors, bright red, white and black, sometimes tri-color. Most folks would call them koi. In one study of English carp, 1/3 were found to be crucian x goldfish hybrids. With the current invasion of multiple exotic carp species, I would expect some strange and hard to identify fish to begin appearing. Pepperoni |
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Little orange Tennessee "Minnows"
Willi wrote:
Here's a not very good picture of one of the schools of orange "minnows" we found in several of the streams. Although the picture sucks, you can see their color. Willi ------------------------------------------------------------------------ i learned they were tangerine darters...apparently, they are unique to that area's tennessee cold water drainages. read a report by one scientist hoping to sight them on a trip on the hiwasee...so, we were fortunate to have seen them. it was an interesting trip for me...i walked up on a bear on the hazel creek trail and we saw a coyote on the bank of the hazel creek outlet to fontana. seeing such things always enhances the trips for me. jeff |
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Little orange Tennessee "Minnows"
"Pepperoni" wrote in message SNIP Are they goldfish? I caught a 3 pounder once dip-netting off Lake Erie, with the fancy double tail and large eyes. They are native in places here. It is illegal to use them for bait because they quickly multiply and in small ponds become the dominant species. They will interbreed with carp leading to some interesting color patterns. I've seen carp in multi-colors, bright red, white and black, sometimes tri-color. Most folks would call them koi. In one study of English carp, 1/3 were found to be crucian x goldfish hybrids. With the current invasion of multiple exotic carp species, I would expect some strange and hard to identify fish to begin appearing. Goldfish used to be a popular smallmouth/walleye bait on Lake Erie. They were never native but an angler introduced, exotic species that has thrived. It would be interesting to see a three pound fantail though! -- Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
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Little orange Tennessee "Minnows"
"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message ... Are they goldfish? I caught a 3 pounder once dip-netting off Lake Erie, with the fancy double tail and large eyes. They are native in places here. It is illegal to use them for bait because they quickly multiply and in small ponds become the dominant species. They will interbreed with carp leading to some interesting color patterns. I've seen carp in multi-colors, bright red, white and black, sometimes tri-color. Most folks would call them koi. In one study of English carp, 1/3 were found to be crucian x goldfish hybrids. With the current invasion of multiple exotic carp species, I would expect some strange and hard to identify fish to begin appearing. Goldfish used to be a popular smallmouth/walleye bait on Lake Erie. They were never native but an angler introduced, exotic species that has thrived. It would be interesting to see a three pound fantail though! They fish them commercially for the pet trade. That was a beautiful fish, caught with a dip net (April-May) in the warm discharge from the nuclear plant off Lake Erie. Bright red-orange. Evidently, they are doing well in Erie. He was about 18 inches long and about 4 inches thick. Right now, I'm fishing carp. The cold water slows their reaction time enough that even an old dude with arthritis can whup 'em. I get 'em piled up below a wall dam. Flatheads follow them in to feed on spawn. The flatheads get released above the dam, the carp support a large community of raccoons and skunks. I see little beady eyes watching me from the bushes when I begin to fish. Pepperoni |
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Little orange Tennessee "Minnows"
On Tue, 29 May 2007 08:23:53 -0400, jeff
wrote: Willi wrote: Here's a not very good picture of one of the schools of orange "minnows" we found in several of the streams. Although the picture sucks, you can see their color. Willi ------------------------------------------------------------------------ i learned they were tangerine darters...apparently, they are unique to that area's tennessee cold water drainages. read a report by one scientist hoping to sight them on a trip on the hiwasee...so, we were fortunate to have seen them. it was an interesting trip for me...i walked up on a bear on the hazel creek trail and we saw a coyote on the bank of the hazel creek outlet to fontana. seeing such things always enhances the trips for me. jeff Oh, wow. I had no idea the U.S. had any native fish that colour. Interesting experience. Bears are always fun to see and it's all too seldom that I've seen them. They're usually moving quickly away when I do. Coyotes are cool in some ways, scary in others. Nice to see the wildlife without having to peer through a fence or over a moat at them. -- r.bc: vixen Minnow goddess, Speaker to squirrels, willow watcher. Almost entirely harmless. Really. http://www.visi.com/~cyli |
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Little orange Tennessee "Minnows"
Cyli wrote:
On Tue, 29 May 2007 08:23:53 -0400, jeff wrote: Willi wrote: Here's a not very good picture of one of the schools of orange "minnows" we found in several of the streams. Although the picture sucks, you can see their color. Willi ------------------------------------------------------------------------ i learned they were tangerine darters...apparently, they are unique to that area's tennessee cold water drainages. read a report by one scientist hoping to sight them on a trip on the hiwasee...so, we were fortunate to have seen them. it was an interesting trip for me...i walked up on a bear on the hazel creek trail and we saw a coyote on the bank of the hazel creek outlet to fontana. seeing such things always enhances the trips for me. jeff Oh, wow. I had no idea the U.S. had any native fish that colour. Interesting experience. me either...i suspect the males become the vibrant orange color during spawn and are otherwise a more suitable muted and safer color that blends with the stream surroundings. that neon orange was like an "eat me" sign. the females were more difficult to see against the bottom. Bears are always fun to see and it's all too seldom that I've seen them. They're usually moving quickly away when I do. Coyotes are cool in some ways, scary in others. Nice to see the wildlife without having to peer through a fence or over a moat at them. indeed...though it is a bit disquieting to meet a bruin unexpectedly in his/her living room without any assurance s/he might not desire a closer inspection. fortunately, this one had promises to keep and, after stopping and sniffing the air, it looked disgustedly in my direction and took off across the stream before i could recover my senses (and bowels) and get the camera out of my pocket. it's been a tough foraging season in the mountains this year, so the bears are a bit restless and moving nearer the park camping areas and some of the communities near the park. i forgot to mention the huge pileated woodpecker that landed within 20 feet of me...those are big and beautiful birds. jeff |
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