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UMESC - LTRMP Reports - Fish - Open River - Total Catch by Gear Type
Fish Reports
tree 2003 Report

Table 3.5

Total catches, by gear type, of fish collected in the Open River of the Upper Mississippi River during 2003. See Table 2.5 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
 6 - - - - - 6
2
Unidentified sturgeon
Scaphirhynchus sp.
 - - 1 - - - 1
3
Longnose gar
Lepisosteus osseus
 - - 1 - - - 1
4
Shortnose gar
L. platostomus
 63 33 9 3 1 - 109
5
Bowfin
Amia calva
 1 - - - - - 1
6
Goldeye
Hiodon alosoides
 10 - - - - - 10
7
Mooneye
H. tergisus
 2 - - - - - 2
8
Skipjack herring
Alosa chrysochloris
 9 - 8 - - - 17
9
Gizzard shad
Dorosoma cepedianum
 908 29 293 - - - 1230
10
Threadfin shad
D. petenense
 1 - - - - - 1
11
Grass carp
Ctenopharyngodon idella
 3 - - - 2 - 5
12
Red shiner
Cyprinella lutrensis
 2 - 42 - - - 44
13
Spotfin shiner
C. spiloptera
 - - 1 - - - 1
14
Blacktail shiner
C. venusta
 - - 12 - - - 12
15
Common carp
Cyprinus carpio
 288 1 5 96 218 - 608
16
Mississippi silvery minnow
Hybognathus nuchalis
 - - 2 - - - 2
17
Silver carp
Hypopthalmichthys molitrix
 3 - 2 - - - 5
18
Bighead carp
H. nobilis
 - - 13 - 1 - 14
19
Speckled chub
Macrhybopsis aestivalis
 - - 5 - - - 5
20
Sturgeon chub
M. gelida
 - - 1 - - - 1
21
Unidentified chub
Macrhybopsis sp.
 - - 6 - - - 6
22
River chub
Nocomis micropogon
 - 1 - - - - 1
23
Emerald shiner
N. atherinoides
 50 - 66 - - - 116
24
River shiner
N. blennius
 25 - 26 - - - 51
25
Spottail shiner
N. hudsonius
 - - 2 - - - 2
26
Silverband shiner
N. shumardi
 1 - 3 - - - 4
27
Channel shiner
N. wickliffi
 10 - 39 - - - 49
28
Pugnose minnow
Opsopoeodus emiliae
 12 - 1 - - - 13
29
Bluntnose minnow
Pimephales notatus
 1 - - - - - 1
30
Bullhead minnow
P. vigilax
 1 - - - - - 1
31
Unidentified minnow
Unidentified Cyprinidae
 - - 1 - - - 1
32
River carpsucker
Carpiodes carpio
 30 15 16 - 29 - 90
33
Blue sucker
Cycleptus elongatus
 5 - - - - - 5
34
Smallmouth buffalo
Ictiobus bubalus
 19 1 - 4 76 - 100
35
Bigmouth buffalo
I. cyprinellus
 25 - - - 3 - 28
36
Black buffalo
I. niger
 22 - - 8 24 - 54
37
River redhorse
Moxostoma carinatum
 - 1 - - - - 1
38
Shorthead redhorse
M. macrolepidotum
 2 - - - - - 2
39
Unidentified sucker
Unidentified Catostomidae
 - - 8 - - - 8
40
Blue catfish
Ictalurus furcatus
 6 - 1 8 4 - 19
41
Channel catfish
I. punctatus
 31 2 36 209 67 - 345
42
Freckled madtom
Noturus nocturnus
 3 - 1 - - - 4
43
Flathead catfish
Pylodictis olivaris
 31 1 2 7 8 - 49
44
Western mosquitofish
Gambusia affinis
 - - 3 - - - 3
45
Brook silverside
Labidesthes sicculus
 - - 1 - - - 1
46
White bass
Morone chrysops
 35 2 34 2 3 - 76
47
Striped x white bass
M. saxatilis x chrysops
 1 - - - - - 1
48
Green sunfish
Lepomis cyanellus
 7 - 1 - - - 8
49
Warmouth
L. gulosus
 2 - - - - - 2
50
Orangespotted sunfish
L. humilis
 6 1 4 - - - 11
51
Bluegill
L. macrochirus
 31 1 51 - - - 83
52
Longear sunfish
L. megalotis
 2 - 1 - - - 3
53
Spotted bass
Micropterus punctulatus
 6 - 4 - - - 10
54
Largemouth bass
M. salmoides
 5 - 1 - - - 6
55
White crappie
Pomoxis annularis
 2 4 32 - - - 38
56
Black crappie
P. nigromaculatus
 2 4 8 1 1 - 16
57
Logperch
Percina caprodes
 1 - 2 - - - 3
58
Sauger
Stizostedion canadense
 - 1 - - 1 - 2
59
Freshwater drum
Aplodinotus grunniens
 46 36 1552 7 12 - 1653
60
Unidentified
Unidentified
 - - 6 - - - 6
      1716 133 2303 345 450 0 4947

Sampling gears:
D - Day electrofishing
F - Fyke netting
M - Mini fyke netting
HS - Small hoop netting
HL - Large hoop netting
September 27, 2004


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