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UMESC - LTRMP Reports - Fish - Pool 8 - Total Catch by Gear Type

Fish Reports

tree 2002 Report

Table 3.2

Total catches, by gear type, of fish collected in Pool 8 of the Upper Mississippi River during 2002. See Table 2.2 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 2 - - - - - 2
2 Silver lamprey I. unicuspis 2 - - - - - 2
3 American brook lamprey Lampetra appendix 1 - - - - - 1
4 Shovelnose sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus - - - - - 10 10
5 Longnose gar Lepisosteus osseus 8 45 12 - 1 - 66
6 Shortnose gar L. platostomus 7 131 8 - - - 146
7 Bowfin Amia calva 20 56 - - - - 76
8 Mooneye Hiodon tergisus 3 - - - 1 - 4
9 Gizzard shad Dorosoma cepedianum 356 40 138 - - - 534
10 Spotfin shiner Cyprinella spiloptera 1598 - 1104 - - - 2702
11 Common carp Cyprinus carpio 166 40 7 16 68 - 297
12 Speckled chub Macrhybopsis aestivalis - - 1 - - 3 4
13 Silver chub Macrhybopsis storeriana - - 1 17 - - 18
14 Golden shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas 41 3 11 - - - 55
15 Emerald shiner Notropis atherinoides 2001 - 365 - - - 2366
16 River shiner N. blennius 342 - 41 - - - 383
17 Spottail shiner N. hudsonius 70 - 17 - - - 87
18 Weed shiner N. texanus 56 - 90 - - - 146
19 Mimic shiner N. volucellus 518 - 221 - - - 739
20 Pugnose minnow Opsopoeodus emiliae 57 - 190 - - - 247
21 Fathead minnow Pimephales promelas 1 - 3 - - - 4
22 Bullhead minnow P. vigilax 804 - 626 - - - 1430
23 Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus 8 - - - - - 8
24 Highfin carpsucker C. velifer 9 - - - - - 9
25 White sucker Catostomus commersoni 3 - - - - - 3
26 Smallmouth buffalo Ictiobus bubalus 2 1 - 1 5 - 9
27 Bigmouth buffalo I. cyprinellus 2 1 - - - - 3
28 Spotted sucker Minytrema melanops 144 25 1 - - - 170
29 Silver redhorse Moxostoma anisurum 165 121 10 2 14 - 312
30 River redhorse M. carinatum 9 1 - - 1 - 11
31 Golden redhorse M. erythrurum 69 7 - 1 - - 77
32 Shorthead redhorse M. macrolepidotum 526 53 1 35 37 10 662
33 Unidentified redhorse Moxostoma sp. - - 1 - - - 1
34 Unidentified sucker Unidentified Catostomidae - - 27 - - - 27
35 Black bullhead Ameiurus melas - 1 - - - - 1
36 Yellow bullhead A. natalis - 1 - - - - 1
37 Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus 10 10 4 338 145 497 1004
38 Stonecat Noturus flavus - - - - - 2 2
39 Tadpole madtom N. gyrinus 3 - 56 - - - 59
40 Flathead catfish Pylodictis olivaris 4 15 2 4 31 - 56
41 Northern pike Esox lucius 35 76 3 - - - 114
42 Pirate perch Aphredoderus sayanus - - 1 - - - 1
43 Brook silverside Labidesthes sicculus 313 - 9 - - - 322
44 Brook stickleback Culaea inconstans - - 1 - - - 1
45 White bass Morone chrysops 91 55 309 - 6 - 461
46 Yellow bass M. mississippiensis 1 - - - - - 1
47 Rock bass Ambloplites rupestris 119 31 27 2 - - 179
48 Green sunfish Lepomis cyanellus 30 6 8 - - - 44
49 Pumpkinseed L. gibbosus 15 25 7 - - - 47
50 Warmouth L. gulosus 1 8 7 - - - 16
51 Orangespotted sunfish L. humilis 11 3 12 - - - 26
52 Bluegill L. macrochirus 3023 1722 1211 6 16 - 5978
53 Green x pumpkinseed sunfish L. cyanellus x gibbosus 2 1 - - - - 3
54 Green x bluegill sunfish L. cyanellus x macrochirus 2 1 - - - - 3
55 Pumpkinseed x bluegill L. gibbosus x macrochirus - 1 - - - - 1
56 Unidentified Lepomis Lepomis sp. 111 - 937 - - - 1048
57 Smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieu 211 2 3 - 2 - 218
58 Largemouth bass M. salmoides 1041 32 143 - - - 1216
59 White crappie Pomoxis annularis - 7 1 - - - 8
60 Black crappie P. nigromaculatus 76 448 23 - 7 - 554
61 Unidentified sunfish Unidentified Centrarchidae 1 - 4 - - - 5
62 Western sand darter Ammocrypta clara 4 - - - - - 4
63 Mud darter Etheostoma asprigene 5 - 1 - - - 6
64 Johnny darter E. nigrum 27 - 71 - - - 98
65 Yellow perch Perca flavescens 27 53 3 - - - 83
66 Logperch Percina caprodes 84 - 9 - - - 93
67 Blackside darter P. maculata - - 1 - - - 1
68 Slenderhead darter P .phoxocephala 3 - - - - - 3
69 River darter P. shumardi 1 - 1 - - - 2
70 Sauger Stizostedion canadense 30 4 8 1 - 4 47
71 Walleye S. vitreum 23 12 1 - 1 - 37
72 Freshwater drum Aplodinotus grunniens 111 68 6 8 21 6 220
      12405 3106 5744 431 356 532 22574

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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