Rob Denkhaus
Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark
> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 10:28 AM
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Subject: NANFA-- extreme collecting III
>
>
> OK, this is not extreme in the sense of unexpected hazards, but rather
> extreme drive to get your quarry:
>
> Don't know if Tom Payne or Larry James are on this list, but
> I'm sure they
> still remember our trip to the Walhonding with Pat Johnson. Was Klaus
> there that time? Anyway, Pat has no qualms about doing
> anything to get the
> fish. We were after bowfin, which we had found before in
> this overflow
> pond. Extensive seining produced no bowfin, as I recall, so
> we decided
> they must be hiding in the underground culvert that fed the
> pond. This was
> a square, concrete pipe running some 100 ft under the highway
> to the river.
> It was maybe no more than 4 ft high and narrowed down at one
> end. So we
> set one seine at the mouth of the culvert and Pat went around
> to the other
> end with another seine. Using his time tested one man
> seining technique he
> worked that culvert from one end to the other emerging in the fetal
> position and blanketed with cob webs only to find no bowfin
> at all. But we
> all gained respect for his devotion to the cause.
>
> Oh, I almost forgot. This was a steep-bank access and
> covered with posion
> ivy. That's the other reason Tom and Larry remember it. It
> left a lasting
> impression on _them_ :)
>
>
> I put some photos up so we could all reminisce:
> http://jonahsaquarium.com/picwalhonding.htm
>
> Mark
> Ohio
> USA
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