Creek Trip

[.dsaavedra.]

went to check my trap today.

this is what i got, mostly golden shiners with a few blacknose dace:

including this big *** creek cubsucker:

and as i was leaving i looked into the water and saw a few eastern red spotted newts. one pair was courting getting read to mate:

[ptomacbass]

Nice catches.

How is the water in your creek that clear after those rains though?

[.dsaavedra.]

there is a lot of flow in the creek.

i went down there on friday afternoon and the water looked like coffee after you add the milk ;D

[Dan:]

what kind of traps are you using Dave?

I caught a newt like that just much smaller and fed it to our pet praying mantis this year. that was pretty cool.

[foul hooked]

You going to make some gumbo?

[.dsaavedra.]

i'm just using the regular ole Frabil round minnow traps with an entrance on either end. i have a square crawfish trap that never seems to catch anything but 1 or two fish. possibly because it only has one entrance. this trap was baited with whitebread and a few chunks of tuna.

must have been pretty cool to see a praying mantis eat a newt!

[FishingPirate]

Cool pics dave.

Those newts are in most of the lakes I fish. Last trip out you couldnt hardly fish a brush hawg without it getting tea bagged by one of'em.

[Dan:]

i'm just using the regular ole Frabil round minnow traps with an entrance on either end. i have a square crawfish trap that never seems to catch anything but 1 or two fish. possibly because it only has one entrance. this trap was baited with whitebread and a few chunks of tuna.

must have been pretty cool to see a praying mantis eat a newt!

nice. Are you stocking the trapped fish in your tank for food or as additions to the tank?

and yeah, it was pretty awesome. Who knew a praying mantis would be so strong. It absolutely decimated the newt which was about 3/4 its own size.

[.dsaavedra.]

i'm just using the regular ole Frabil round minnow traps with an entrance on either end. i have a square crawfish trap that never seems to catch anything but 1 or two fish. possibly because it only has one entrance. this trap was baited with whitebread and a few chunks of tuna.

must have been pretty cool to see a praying mantis eat a newt!

nice. Are you stocking the trapped fish in your tank for food or as additions to the tank?

and yeah, it was pretty awesome. Who knew a praying mantis would be so strong. It absolutely decimated the newt which was about 3/4 its own size.

nope i just release 'em on the spot. i just like collecting them to see what i can get.

back when i was still getting fish for my tank, this is where most of my fish came from. only my bluegill and crawfish came from a different pond, but they can be found in the creek too.