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UMESC - LTRMP Reports - Fish - Pool 4 - Total Catch by Gear Type

Fish Reports

tree 2002 Report

Table 3.1

Total catches, by gear type, of fish collected in Pool 4 of the Upper Mississippi River during 2002. See Table 2.1 for the list of sampling gears actually deployed in this study reach.


Species Common name Scientific name D F M HS HL T TOTAL
1 Chestnut lamprey Ichthyomyzon castaneus 1 - - - - - 1
2 Silver lamprey I. unicuspis 3 - - - 2 - 5
3 Shovelnose sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus 1 - - - 1 1 3
4 Paddlefish Polyodon spathula 1 - - - - - 1
5 Longnose gar Lepisosteus osseus 1 6 - - 1 - 8
6 Shortnose gar L. platostomus - 33 3 - - - 36
7 Bowfin Amia calva 7 14 6 - - - 27
8 Mooneye Hiodon tergisus - - - - 1 - 1
9 American eel Anguilla rostrata - 1 - - - - 1
10 Gizzard shad Dorosoma cepedianum 561 8 914 - - - 1483
11 Spotfin shiner Cyprinella spiloptera 131 - 55 - - - 186
12 Common carp Cyprinus carpio 280 92 16 53 98 - 539
13 Speckled chub Macrhybopsis aestivalis - - - - - 16 16
14 Silver chub M. storeriana 2 1 1 4 - - 8
15 Golden shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas 2 2 5 - - - 9
16 Emerald shiner Notropis atherinoides 1831 - 27316 - - - 29147
17 River shiner N. blennius 75 - - - - - 75
18 Spottail shiner N. hudsonius 25 - 5 - - - 30
19 Mimic shiner N. volucellus 86 - 40 - - - 126
20 Pugnose minnow Opsopoeodus emiliae 3 - 336 - - - 339
21 Bluntnose minnow Pimephales notatus 1 - 17 - - - 18
22 Bullhead minnow P. vigilax 31 - 93 - - - 124
23 River carpsucker Carpiodes carpio 5 7 - - - - 12
24 Quillback C. cyprinus 24 6 - - 1 - 31
25 White sucker Catostomus commersoni 7 - 1 - - - 8
26 Blue sucker Cycleptus elongatus - - - - 1 - 1
27 Smallmouth buffalo Ictiobus bubalus 37 5 - 2 124 - 168
28 Bigmouth buffalo I. cyprinellus 2 1 - - 1 - 4
29 Black buffalo I. niger - - - - 5 - 5
30 Spotted sucker Minytrema melanops 40 11 1 - - - 52
31 Silver redhorse Moxostoma anisurum 109 74 11 4 8 - 206
32 River redhorse M. carinatum 31 - - - - - 31
33 Golden redhorse M. erythrurum 33 3 1 - - - 37
34 Shorthead redhorse M. macrolepidotum 200 28 4 23 13 3 271
35 Unidentified redhorse Moxostoma sp. 2 - 2 - - - 4
36 Black bullhead Ameiurus melas - - 1 - - - 1
37 Yellow bullhead A. natalis 1 2 - - - - 3
38 Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus 11 3 1 68 81 72 236
39 Unidentified catfish Ictalurus sp. - - - - - 1 1
40 Tadpole madtom Noturus gyrinus 1 - 18 - - - 19
41 Flathead catfish Pylodictis olivaris 11 6 3 - 11 - 31
42 Northern pike Esox lucius 36 14 2 - 4 - 56
43 Trout perch Percopsis omiscomaycus 1 - - - - - 1
44 Brook silverside Labidesthes sicculus 16 - 6 - - - 22
45 White bass Morone chrysops 124 184 288 3 16 - 615
46 Rock bass Ambloplites rupestris 54 31 34 6 2 - 127
47 Green sunfish Lepomis cyanellus 7 - 5 - - - 12
48 Pumpkinseed L. gibbosus 3 8 - - - - 11
49 Bluegill L. macrochirus 254 377 658 3 4 - 1296
50 Green x pumpkinseed sunfish L. cyanellus x gibbosus - 1 - - - - 1
51 Green x bluegill sunfish L. cyanellus x macrochirus 1 4 - 1 - - 6
52 Smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieu 188 4 4 1 - - 197
53 Largemouth bass M. salmoides 248 6 3 - - - 257
54 White crappie Pomoxis annularis 8 5 7 1 - - 21
55 Black crappie P. nigromaculatus 53 146 37 - 10 - 246
56 Unidentified sunfish Unidentified Centrarchidae - - 1 - - - 1
57 Johnny darter Etheostoma nigrum 2 - 7 - - - 9
58 Yellow perch Perca flavescens 131 33 7 3 - - 174
59 Logperch Percina caprodes 33 - 23 - - - 56
60 River darter P. shumardi - - 7 - - 2 9
61 Sauger Stizostedion canadense 45 6 - - - - 51
62 Walleye S. vitreum 30 2 - - - - 32
63 Freshwater drum Aplodinotus grunniens 64 156 17 10 38 12 297
64 Unidentified Unidentified - - 1 - - - 1
      4854 1280 29957 182 422 107 36802

Sampling gears:
D - Day electrofishing
F - Fyke netting
M - Mini fyke netting
HS - Small hoop netting
HL - Large hoop netting
T- Trawling

September 22, 2004
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