Johnsfolly

Sounds like a great day of catching!

Went out over the weekend to try and catch up to @FishnDave with some golden shiners of my own. The pond where we catch the most is now being covered over by lilies. Those aren't waves. Almost unfishable entirely, but certainly in the spots where we have caught the most G shiners. May have to dust off the old belly boat to get to open water.

Tell your friend congrats on a really nice crappie!

Congrats Jim on a big crappie! Looks like she's got a full belly of eggs.

JF 21) Blue catfish, Ictalurus furcatus

Livie 20) Channel catfish

Livie 19) Blue catfish, Ictalurus furcatus considered as an invasive in MD. They were introduced into the James River in VA to establish a trophy fishery.. Maybe they thought that the brackish water of the bay would contain them. But the juveniles indicate that they are already established throughout the rivers surrounding the bay.

JF 20) Channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus A bit out of order from time caught but need photos from Livie's phone 🙄. Yes that is a gob of worms 😅

Livie 18) Mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus

Love the purple deviled egg. Very nice, but not as good as that fruit salad looks

Actually both look similar enough to be the same species. Just slight variations of same theme.

That's a white sucker mouth. Did they all look like this one? Below is a black redhorse mouth. The white sucker has that stippling on the lower lip whereas the black does not. The one with the big belly just seems to be a white sucker full of eggs. Below are the photos of the big white that I caught in Taneycomo. The body shape and head to me looks like all of the ones that you are questioning - not including the golden redhorse and the northern hog sucker. As an FYI - According to Fishmap, the white river down to Buffalo city and it's tribs are within the distribution range for white suckers. Not sure that they stay in the creeks for very long as young or adults or move out to the white river as they get older or after they spawn in the creeks.

Bunch of Limeys if you ask me!

Sheesh you have never heard of a towel or washing your hands ! Hopefully Pat make you clean up before meals when you guys are out West

When I read this Billy Madison comes to mind. None if what is presented here applies to the topic of DDT use to control Malaria. But carry on.

Science, budgets, and politics don't often mix. Not much more to be said.

FIFY. Probably darters, many micro species, madtoms, bottom fish like blackfish, sea bass, sea robins, eels, skates and rays, etc. 😅

It was never fully banned globally. I couldn't find the data but have heard that the US was still a major producer of DDT for a long time after the ban of use in the US. It is more likely that those millions of deaths were in areas not able to afford paying for and use of DDT without being supported by the WHO or US and European interests.

Mitch DDT is still being produced in China and India. It is still used for mosquito control in Africa. I don't think that there were millions of deaths in the US as a result of the EPA ban on it's use. I could be wrong. DDT is a very persistent and toxic compound to invertebrates and fish. The continued overuse of DDT would have likely destroyed many of the great fisheries that we have. Ham probably would never had been able to catch that giant redfish. Carson's work did create a lot of the thought process now in the testing requirements needed to register new compounds as well as reevaluate old ones for continued use.

Pork chop with roasted brussel sprouts and scalloped potatoes.

Photos?

Jealous of this guy. Congrats!

That's dedication

Fishing with @BilletHead or @FishnDave be like....