Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

UMESC - LTRMP Reports - Fish - Pool 4 - Total Catch by Gear Type
Fish Reports
tree 2003 Report

Table 3.1

Total catches, by gear type, of fish collected in Pool 4 of the Upper Mississippi River during 2003. See Table 2.1 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 1 - - - - - 1
2 Silver lamprey I. unicuspis 1 - - - - - 1
3 Least brook lamprey Lampetra aepyptera 1 - - - - - 1
4 Longnose gar Lepisosteus osseus 1 - - - - - 1
5 Bowfin Amia calva 9 - - - - - 9
6 Mooneye Hiodon tergisus 2 - - - - - 2
7 Gizzard shad Dorosoma cepedianum 729 - - - - - 729
8 Spotfin shiner Cyprinella spiloptera 20 - - - - - 20
9 Common carp Cyprinus carpio 124 - - - - - 124
10 Emerald shiner Notropis atherinoides 300 - - - - - 300
11 River shiner N. blennius 4 - - - - - 4
12 Spottail shiner N. hudsonius 12 - - - - - 12
13 Sand shiner N. stramineus 2 - - - - - 2
14 Mimic shiner N. volucellus 2 - - - - - 2
15 Pugnose minnow Opsopoeodus emiliae 11 - - - - - 11
16 Bluntnose minnow Pimephales notatus 2 - - - - - 2
17 Bullhead minnow P. vigilax 4 - - - - - 4
18 River carpsucker Carpiodes carpio 4 - - - - - 4
19 Quillback C. cyprinus 7 - - - - - 7
20 White sucker Catostomus commersoni 5 - - - - - 5
21 Smallmouth buffalo Ictiobus bubalus 8 - - - - - 8
22 Bigmouth buffalo I. cyprinellus 2 - - - - - 2
23 Spotted sucker Minytrema melanops 47 - - - - - 47
24 Silver redhorse Moxostoma anisurum 49 - - - - - 49
25 River redhorse M. carinatum 16 - - - - - 16
26 Golden redhorse M. erythrurum 18 - - - - - 18
27 Shorthead redhorse M. macrolepidotum 93 - - - - - 93
28 Unidentified sucker Unidentified Catostomidae 10 - - - - - 10
29 Yellow bullhead Ameiurus natalis 1 - - - - - 1
30 Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus 5 - - - - - 5
31 Northern pike Esox lucius 12 - - - - - 12
32 Brook silverside Labidesthes sicculus 6 - - - - - 6
33 White bass Morone chrysops 23 - - - - - 23
34 Rock bass Ambloplites rupestris 17 - - - - - 17
35 Green sunfish Lepomis cyanellus 5 - - - - - 5
36 Pumpkinseed L. gibbosus 3 - - - - - 3
37 Bluegill L. macrochirus 239 - - - - - 239
38 Green x pumpkinseed sunfish L. cyanellus x gibbosus 1 - - - - - 1
39 Green x bluegill sunfish L. cyanellus x macrochirus 2 - - - - - 2
40 Pumpkinseed x bluegill L. gibbosus x macrochirus 3 - - - - - 3
41 Smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieu 111 - - - - - 111
42 Largemouth bass M. salmoides 312 - - - - - 312
43 White crappie Pomoxis annularis 1 - - - - - 1
44 Black crappie P. nigromaculatus 44 - - - - - 44
45 Johnny darter Etheostoma nigrum 1 - - - - - 1
46 Yellow perch Perca flavescens 75 - - - - - 75
47 Logperch Percina caprodes 72 - - - - - 72
48 Slenderhead darter P. phoxocephala 2 - - - - - 2
49 River darter P. shumardi 2 - - - - - 2
50 Sauger Stizostedion canadense 8 - - - - - 8
51 Walleye S. vitreum 24 - - - - - 24
52 Freshwater drum Aplodinotus grunniens 17 - - - - - 17
      2470 0 0 0 0 0 2470

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

May 6, 2004
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