Trav Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Al is usually always right, got to love him! "May success follow your every cast." - Trav P. Johnson
Terry Beeson Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Al, I know you are right, but I've had a BUNCH of people call the fish in the first picture a "chub"... There is a big confusion there I guess. Could you post pictures of an actual Chubsucker to clarify it a bit for me? You are also right that the striped shiner readily strikes at flies. I've had 100 plus fish days due to them... TIGHT LINES, YA'LL "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
tippet7 Posted March 30, 2008 Author Posted March 30, 2008 Could somebody clear this up for me, por favor? Last year my wife and I floated a Beaver Creek in Missouri. We put in through a little outfitter about an hour southeast of Springfield. It was absolutely beautiful and we caught a boat-load of smallies and goggle-eye and a few largemouth. Had a gar scare the goodness out of me. It was a great trip. Not that any of that is relevant. Is this the same Beaver Creek everyone is talking about catching all these whites out of? I'd love to know, for future reference. Thanks! I think you put in at Brownbranch area. We love floating Beaver Creek, this year I am guessing there is going to be a lot of debris in the creek! You are so stupid you threw a rock at the ground and missed.
Al Agnew Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Al, I know you are right, but I've had a BUNCH of people call the fish in the first picture a "chub"... There is a big confusion there I guess. Could you post pictures of an actual Chubsucker to clarify it a bit for me? You are also right that the striped shiner readily strikes at flies. I've had 100 plus fish days due to them... Terry, I haven't figured out how to move pictures from other sites. Google Images has lots of pictures of the creek chubsucker...I think the ones from the Alabama game and fish site on Google Images shows the coloration well. As for chubs...There are two very common species in Ozark streams, the creek chub (Semotilus atromaculatus) and hornyhead chub (Nocomis biguttatus). You can Google Image them, too. In the Elk and Spring river systems in SW MO, the redspot chub takes the place of the hornyhead chub...the two look very similar. All three of these minnows make very hardy and interesting aquarium fish. I've had them in my aquarium off and on for many years.
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