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UMESC - LTRMP Reports - Fish - La Grange Pool - Total Catch by Gear Type
Fish Reports
tree 2003 Report

Table 3.6

Total catches, by gear type, of fish collected in La Grange Pool of the Illinois River during 2003. See Table 2.6 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
Spotted gar
Lepisosteus oculatus
 6 1 7 - - - 14
2
Longnose gar
L. osseus
 12 - 1 - - - 13
3
Shortnose gar
L. platostomus
 55 39 51 - 3 - 148
4
Bowfin
Amia calva
 18 16 - - - - 34
5
Goldeye
Hiodon alosoides
 1 - - - - - 1
6
Skipjack herring
Alosa chrysochloris
 106 4 3 - - - 113
7
Gizzard shad
Dorosoma cepedianum
 5838 186 3978 1 16 1 10020
8
Threadfin shad
D. petenense
 207 9 142 - - - 358
9
Central stoneroller
Campostoma anomalum
 - - 15 - - - 15
10
Goldfish
Carassius auratus
 24 - 1 - - - 25
11
Grass carp
Ctenopharyngodon idella
 76 2 205 - 5 - 288
12
Red shiner
Cyprinella lutrensis
 36 - 56 - - - 92
13
Common carp
Cyprinus carpio
 1233 46 60 199 464 - 2002
14
Carp x goldfish hybrid
C. carpio x auratus
 1 - - - - - 1
15
Silver carp
Hypopthalmichthys molitrix
 162 1 242 - - 1 406
16
Bighead carp
H. nobilis
 9 9 287 - 11 - 316
17
Silver chub
Macrhybopsis storeriana
 5 - 5 - - - 10
18
Golden shiner
Notemigonus crysoleucas
 50 - 128 - - - 178
19
Emerald shiner
Notropis atherinoides
 872 - 9006 - - - 9878
20
River shiner
N. blennius
 5 - 17 - - - 22
21
Spottail shiner
N. hudsonius
 5 - 13 - - - 18
22
Silverband shiner
N. shumardi
 12 - 80 - - - 92
23
Sand shiner
N. stramineus
 - - 5 - - - 5
24
Suckermouth minnow
Phenacobius mirabilis
 - - 1 - - - 1
25
Bluntnose minnow
Pimephales notatus
 - - 7 - - - 7
26
Fathead minnow
P. promelas
 - - 3 - - - 3
27
Bullhead minnow
P. vigilax
 68 - 48 - - - 116
28
Creek chub
Semotilus atromaculatus
 1 - 3 - - - 4
29
River carpsucker
Carpiodes carpio
 91 48 - - 7 - 146
30
Quillback
C. cyprinus
 3 2 - - - - 5
31
Highfin carpsucker
C. velifer
 - 1 - - - - 1
32
Smallmouth buffalo
Ictiobus bubalus
 492 38 6 24 510 1 1071
33
Bigmouth buffalo
I. cyprinellus
 460 4 1 - - 1 466
34
Black buffalo
I. niger
 48 1 - - 3 - 52
35
Golden redhorse
Moxostoma erythrurum
 1 - 1 - - - 2
36
Shorthead redhorse
M. macrolepidotum
 27 24 - - - - 51
37
Unidentified sucker
Unidentified Catostomidae
 121 - 384 - - - 505
38
Black bullhead
Ameiurus melas
 3 9 13 6 - - 31
39
Yellow bullhead
A. natalis
 11 1 2 - - - 14
40
Brown bullhead
A. nebulosus
 5 5 1 1 1 - 13
41
Channel catfish
Ictalurus punctatus
 381 18 249 317 58 17 1040
42
Tadpole madtom
Noturus gyrinus
 - - 1 - - - 1
43
Flathead catfish
Pylodictis olivaris
 57 1 1 4 14 - 77
44
Pirate perch
Aphredoderus sayanus
 2 - - - - - 2
45
Blackstripe topminnow
Fundulus notatus
 3 - 2 - - - 5
46
Western mosquitofish
Gambusia affinis
 61 - 92 - - - 153
47
Brook silverside
Labidesthes sicculus
 13 - 3 - - - 16
48
White perch
Morone americana
 4 7 1 - - - 12
49
White bass
M. chrysops
 540 548 334 1 31 - 1454
50
Yellow bass
M. mississippiensis
 54 23 3 - - - 80
51
Striped bass
M. saxatilis
 1 - - - - - 1
52
Striped x white bass
M. saxatilis x chrysops
 - 1 - - - - 1
53
Green sunfish
Lepomis cyanellus
 25 - 3 - - - 28
54
Warmouth
L. gulosus
 8 - 4 - - - 12
55
Orangespotted sunfish
L. humilis
 85 1 60 - - - 146
56
Bluegill
L. macrochirus
 1079 63 594 - - - 1736
57
Redear sunfish
L. microlophus
 6 - - - - - 6
58
Green x bluegill sunfish
L. cyanellus x macrochirus
 5 - 4 - - - 9
59
Smallmouth bass
Micropterus dolomieu
 6 1 1 - - - 8
60
Largemouth bass
M. salmoides
 180 3 14 - - - 197
61
White crappie
Pomoxis annularis
 189 130 996 - 4 - 1319
62
Black crappie
P. nigromaculatus
 88 194 150 - 1 - 433
63
Mud darter
Etheostoma asprigene
 - - 1 - - - 1
64
Johnny darter
E. nigrum
 2 - 1 - - - 3
65
Logperch
Percina caprodes
 3 - 3 - - - 6
66
Sauger
Stizostedion canadense
 17 - 1 - 4 - 22
67
Walleye
S. vitreum
 1 - - - 1 - 2
68
Freshwater drum
Aplodinotus grunniens
 908 105 433 13 36 19 1514
      13782 1541 17723 566 1169 40 34821


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

October 13, 2004
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