http://www.aletakarstad.com/2010/02/fish-run-in-february/ The nature journal and paintings of a Canadian artist Wed, 17 Nov 2010 19:35:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.aletakarstad.com/2010/02/fish-run-in-february/comment-page-1/#comment-40 fred Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:02:13 +0000 http://www.aletakarstad.com/?p=274#comment-40 And the next week, we again saw these fish, and deployed dipnets to try to capture one, but they got skittish when too much attention was paid to them. Finally when most of the mudpuppiers had left, Phil Scott netted three of them from the reformed school, and we confirmed that they were Fallfish (<i>Semotilus corporalis</i>), and Aleta photographed them before we released them. Nobody seems to know what they'd be doing in such active schools at this season -- they breed in the spring at water temperatures around 16C. And the next week, we again saw these fish, and deployed dipnets to try to capture one, but they got skittish when too much attention was paid to them. Finally when most of the mudpuppiers had left, Phil Scott netted three of them from the reformed school, and we confirmed that they were Fallfish (Semotilus corporalis), and Aleta photographed them before we released them. Nobody seems to know what they’d be doing in such active schools at this season — they breed in the spring at water temperatures around 16C.

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