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What Was That?
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03/07/16 04:22 PM
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Big Hopper
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Fished off of my Brothers dock at Cedar Creek last Saturday. Put out a Green-light suspended just above the water line. While watching my minnow baited line and bobber, I would occasionally watch the glow of the green-light, to see if it was attracting any baitfish. No luck. But after a few hours, I leaned close over the green-light and noticed that a swarm of very small animals had gathered under the light. They were almost too small to see, but they moved around and swam in a pattern around the light. They were very hard to see, almost clear. When I say SMALL ... I mean SMALL. They were much smaller that a mosquito larva. I would guess that there were probably a thousand or more in a sq. ft. of water.
What do you think they were? Protazoa? Microplankton or maybe shad fry?
p.s. We caught 2 male and 2 female crappie for the evening. The fish are just starting to move in.
I'm glad there are wine drinkers in this world ..... it saves more beer for the rest of us. Hopper
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Re: What Was That?
[Re: Big Hopper]
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03/07/16 04:36 PM
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tboxfish
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I put a similar light out 2 nights ago off our dock. Only saw 1 shad swim thru
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Re: What Was That?
[Re: Big Hopper]
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03/07/16 05:08 PM
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erittmueller
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Could be baby baitfish, probably freshwater shrimp or other small crustacean or insect
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Re: What Was That?
[Re: Big Hopper]
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03/07/16 05:49 PM
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Beltonbanger�
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Daphnia. Also called common water flea. Very essential to a good lake ecosystem.
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