Earlier today, I went to my favorite place to catch creek chubs for use as catfish bait.
I threw my minnow trap in the usual hole, baited at usual. I returned about 30 minutes later.
As usual, my minnow trap was alive with little fish when I got back. For a number of years, this hole has mostly provided 3-5 inch creek chubs, with occasional small green sunfish.
It is a small coldwater spring-fed mountain creek near where I live. It supports native brook trout throughout the year, and it is stocked with rainbow and brown trout from October through early May.
Today, when I pulled up my minnow trap I found fish I couldn't identify. I looked through all my thick "Fishes of ..." textbooks, but still couldn't identify these things.
Anybody know what these are? I've got about 15 of them, along with only four creek chubs.
I just hope I'm not using some kind of endangered species for catfish bait!
Thanks,
Ken
