I hit up a local beaver pond on a hunch that I might find Plains Topminnow there. It seems to be likely habitat for a fish that isn’t common anywhere in the state of Colorado.
That said the colo-braska section of [read more]

Sure its a couple days late but I didn’t come across it until last night:
Pipeliner – the website for the ultimate urban fly flicker
“It was concocted by MidCurrent contributors who think that once in a while it’s good to laugh [read more]

Wondering how to cook that Silver Carp that literally just smacked you in the head jumped into your boat?
Louisiana (clicky) has you covered.  While the rest of us are working to keep these things from spreading, Louisiana has been working [read more]

An article was brought to my attention today, about Asian Carp.  While I hope we can prevent these critters from spreading too far, this article was laced with inaccuracies.  Including the recommendation of wantonly wasting native fishes (which is illegal…)
Here [read more]

Clicky for Star Trib. Article Full of Bullshit
Are you kidding me!?!?   This article is full of more bull manure than an anaerobic digester… Actually maybe we could use this article for energy.
The canal doesn’t belong in the first place, fill [read more]

http://www.stopasiancarp.com/index.html

Fish C in the quiz.
The infamous “flying carp”
Where is it found?

Native to northern Asia, the Silver carp has been introduced to dozens of countries.
In the US it has mostly spread to waters within the Mississippi-Missouri river drainage.
General Information
The Silver [read more]

Fish B in the Quiz

Where is it found

Almost everywhere.
Native to Eurasia, they have been introduced to almost every continent.  In the US they are found in almost every state.
They prefer backwaters, slow moving rivers, and smaller lakes.  However, you [read more]

Fish A in the last contest:

Where is it found?

Obviously not native to North America – just like all Cyprinidae (carp).  It has a wide range – especially in the central part of the country.  The only reproducing populations will [read more]

The answer to last week’s fish ID quiz is, of course, D is the Buffalo.
Roughfisher and an Anonymous entry both score all 5 possible points for correctly ID’ing the Buff and the Carp species, congrats!
Details to follow soon – including [read more]