This past weekend my Sunday School class had a group campout at the Buffalo River. Of course I couldn't resist a little (a lot) of collecting and snorkeling. What a fantastic spot! I was snorkeling in some pools where I couldn't even come close to touching the bottom, but the fish down there were perfectly visible. There were piles of boulders that looked like something out of my Lake Tanganyika video, only instead of cichlids there were longears and smallmouth bass hanging out. I did some collecting in the day and then more at night. I was surprised when I caught a big darter that I didn't recognize at first. It was a species I'd never seen, the Arkansas Saddled Darter. Been looking for that one for a while!! The books that say they only reach 4 1/2 inches are full of it. Some of them I saw while snorkeling were a good six. I also caught a lot of small redhorse, bleeding shiners and sunfish on my fly rod.
Here's the list of everything I saw:
Shiners: Whitetail, Bigeye, Duskystripe
Darters: Greenside, banded, yoke, rainbow, Arkansas Saddled
Checkered Madtom
Redhorse
Hornyhead chub
Creek Chub
Stoneroller
Brook silverside
Smallmouth bass
Longear sunfish
The campground was a beautiful place. Club trip anyone?
Michael
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OH, take me, take me!
Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be up to any collecting until spring due to my foot...but that sounds simply wonderful.
Doc says about 6 more weeks, by then the water will be too cold for me.
We're going camping in Bates county this weekend, on the banks of a bayou off the Marias Des Cygnes River.
Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be up to any collecting until spring due to my foot...but that sounds simply wonderful.
Doc says about 6 more weeks, by then the water will be too cold for me.
We're going camping in Bates county this weekend, on the banks of a bayou off the Marias Des Cygnes River.
~Kenna
I can stop buying fish anytime I want. Seriously.
I can stop buying fish anytime I want. Seriously.
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