Fishing and Fish Collecting Pics

[sandtiger]

This weekend I went both fishing and fish collecting and came up with some great results.
Sunday I went fishing at a small pond I know of, my goal was channel catfish that night, I ddin't get any of those but i did get some bluegill and bass, none of them very large but they were attractive and would make fine aquaria fish, I let them all go.

Largemouth Bass
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h225/centrarchid/Fishing/lbm.jpg

Bluegill
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h225/centrarchid/Fishing/gilly.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h225/centrarchid/Fishing/nightgill.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h225/centrarchid/Fishing/gilly2.jpg

Monday I went collecting on the shore of Cayuga Lake and finally caught the fish I have been looking for, a 2" rock bass. I also netted a ton of bluntnose minnows, a male/female pair of tesselated darters and a small pumpkinseed. Along with the rock bass I kept the darters.

Me with my net
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h225/centrarchid/Fishing/netting2.jpg

Some sculpin eggs, these were under just about every other rock, I didn't catch any actual sculpins this time though.
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h225/centrarchid/Fishing/sculpineggs.jpg

The little rock bass in his new home.
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h225/centrarchid/Native%20fish/rocky3.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h225/centrarchid/Native%20fish/scale.jpg

After that I went over to Seneca Lake for some more fishing and caught a bunch of brown trout. Here is one of them.
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h225/centrarchid/Fishing/browntrout.jpg

[davo]

thanks for the pics. i like the brown trout. the bluegill looked pretty neat

[Ang]

SENECA LAKE?!?!? COOL.

I used to live in Baldwinsville. I lived on the Seneca river.
:woot:


Nice fishies. I tell ya, i wish i was into fish keeping when i lived there, cause i caught some totally awsome fish back in the day.

[ewurm]

Anyone ever keep a trout?

[rallysman]

awesome! thanks for sharing:D

[davo]

Anyone ever keep a trout?
kept rainbow trout in a pond for a short period of time, before they got eaten.

[ewurm]

kept rainbow trout in a pond for a short period of time, before they got eaten.

CHOMP! Who ate them?

[sandtiger]

SENECA LAKE?!?!? COOL.

I used to live in Baldwinsville. I lived on the Seneca river.
:woot:


Nice fishies. I tell ya, i wish i was into fish keeping when i lived there, cause i caught some totally awsome fish back in the day.

I have heard of Baldwinsville, have a friend who lives there. Ironically enough his last name is Baldwin.

There really are some awsome fish here, If I had discovered natives earlier I probably wouldn't own any tropicals.

[davo]

CHOMP! Who ate them?
me and my family? little sister cried cause had to hit them over a head with a stick to kill 'em. tasted good though

[noreaster]

had a good day of collecting not too long ago,,,,

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i120/Nor_Easter/lobsterpot2.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i120/Nor_Easter/scallopbox.jpg


It was a long day so was nice to see the sunset

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i120/Nor_Easter/sunset1.jpg

Non of our natives made it back alive sorry to say ..

;)

[Mr.Geoff]

trout are real tricky to keep. you must chill the water, they like it in the high 60's low 50's. most the streams around here are about 54-56 degrees with trout. plus they need really oxygen rich water with lots of current. just thought i would spread my opinion here. :D

[sandtiger]

Yeah, your right. I worked in a trout hatchery for awhile and I would love to keep some but I really cannot afford the time and money to undertake a project like that at the moment.

[Aquaman]

Cayuga Lake really looks clear. Does anyone ever do any SCUBA in that lake?

[sandtiger]

It is pretty clear, probably due to the massive population of non-native zebra muscles. People do SCUBA there, there is actually a place on the lake where you can learn how to SCUBA. I would love to do it but until I have the time and money snorkling will do fine.