no I didn't see any Blotchsided Logperch. I wish I had at least another day
to spend on the River. That's a shame that the Ashy Darters are all but
gone from the Little. Was there just too much siltation in the River?
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: <Noturus_at_aol.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Post convention activities
> In a message dated 9/3/01 6:25:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> markotnes_at_email.msn.com writes:
>
> << On Wednesday I spent the whole day snorkeling the Little River. I
started
> at the hwy 411 bridge, but the visibility wasn't that good here, probably
> because of the cows that come down to the river just upstream. I may
have
> saw a young Longhead Darter in some water willows, but I later found a
> couple if adult Duskies in the same area, so I'm not sure. There were
> Tangerine Darters present but they were hard to see. There were also
Gilt
> Darters, Redlines, Banded and Speckled Darters. I didn't see any of the
> Ashy Darters that are supposedly in this area.
>
> I three more areas upstream of my first stop. In one spot the rocks were
> totally coated with moss and I had never seen this habitat before in
> Tennessee. I was surprised to see Gilt and Tangerine Darters all over
the
> place. I had always assumed that they liked areas clean of vegetation.
I
> also got a quick glimpse of the most beautiful Banded Darter I had ever
> seen. It was bright emerald green with bright red in its dorsal fin. I
> would have liked to have spent more time in this spot but time wouldn't
> allow it.
> >>
>
> Ashy darters are all but gone from the Little River. In all of our
surveying
> a couple of years ago I think we might have seen three or four. Did you
see
> any blotchside logperch, Percina burtoni? They are reasonably common in
the
> sites above 411. Now that's an impressive fish!
>
> J.R.
>
>
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