The picture doesn't do justice to this fish! The colors just don't pop the way they did when I got him out of the water. You also can't see a row of black spots running down the center of his back from the dorsal fin to the base of the tail.
This species has the smallest geographic range of any North American minnow, occurring only in the Powell and Clinch Rivers (though it's been several years since it was collected from the Clinch).
I didn't even know how restricted their range was until I started researching right there on the riverbank. That was fun! I definitely prefer that spot on the Powell to the others that I've fished. I've caught tons of striped shiners there, seen smallmouth bass, trout, rock bass, and white suckers. It's where I've caught this lifer, as well as my lifer logperch, river redhorse, and black redhorse. I've also heard credible reports of some nice catfish and toothywusses (what Bearded Alex calls walleye & sauger) coming out of that spot as well.
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the pyromaniac
Tue, 08/21/2012 - 07:16
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The picture doesn't do
Let there be fire!
the pyromaniac
Tue, 08/21/2012 - 07:18
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This species has the smallest
Let there be fire!
Professor Fish
Tue, 08/21/2012 - 09:17
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Awesome fish!
Moose439
Tue, 08/21/2012 - 10:34
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Killer man, endemics are the
Killer man, endemics are the most gourmet of gourmet micros.
the pyromaniac
Tue, 08/21/2012 - 11:27
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I didn't even know how
I didn't even know how restricted their range was until I started researching right there on the riverbank. That was fun! I definitely prefer that spot on the Powell to the others that I've fished. I've caught tons of striped shiners there, seen smallmouth bass, trout, rock bass, and white suckers. It's where I've caught this lifer, as well as my lifer logperch, river redhorse, and black redhorse. I've also heard credible reports of some nice catfish and toothywusses (what Bearded Alex calls walleye & sauger) coming out of that spot as well.
Let there be fire!
the pyromaniac
Tue, 08/21/2012 - 11:30
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I freakin' love this! Praise
I freakin' love this! Praise from two of the rockstars of the roughfishing world! It's a good day for setting fire to something!
Let there be fire!
the pyromaniac
Tue, 08/21/2012 - 17:22
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Yeah, me too. I think the
Let there be fire!
the pyromaniac
Wed, 09/12/2012 - 15:00
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http://www.zazzle.com/slender
Let there be fire!