Caught in Spring Creek near my house.

[JStrider]

Went collecting with my puppy dog earlier today... he's not the best fishing partner...
He tends to like to splash where I'm trying to fish...but it was a bunch of fun!
caught a bunch of fish, dont know what a lot of them are... if any of you know, please post.

I saw a few other fish that I wasn't able to catch, I'll have to go back and try for some of them.

I didnt take any home with me... but I am definitely thinking I might want to set up a bigger native tank...

here is me and my fishing buddy, Raider.



Black Tailed Shiner - these guys are everywhere! it was hard to throw the cast net in and not have a few in it.
First throw of the net I probably caught 30+ of these.




Some little fish... they have a purplish shine to them... lots of them around as well.






The smaller Texas Cichlid I caught



The bigger Texas Cichlid I caught.


The Texas Cichlids are really quite pretty, the pictures dont do em justice.



Not sure what this guy is.. had spikey lookin fin on top and a big mouth,





some catfish... had pretty fierce spines that got caught in my net... got him free tho





Not sure what this one is...maybe some sort of sunfish.




and a parting shot of the creek

[nacra99]

Cool!

[fshfrk]

Looks like ya'll had a blast. A man and his dog!

[newb]

picture number 7 looks like a bass to me.

[finfan]

very cool, like the texas cichlids

[phish]

Wow, nice texas cichlids, did you keep it?

[Mzungu]

I think I agree with newb on the bass ID. And the little ones are probably some kind of silverside...I'm guessing...

Great job on the Texas Cichlids! I love that everyone's catching natives now!

[Nickintex]

James, I would be VERY interested in a few of those black tailed shiners...

[Darbex]

Man I would love the Texas Cichlids

[cichlidchic]

x2 on the texas man. where is this place if i may ask?

[JStrider]

Wow, nice texas cichlids, did you keep it?

I didnt keep the texas cichlids, or any of the other fish... dont really have a place for them...
The pictures really dont do them justice, they have shiney greenish scales, really pretty fish!

Thinking about doing a big tank modeled after the creek... that would be pretty cool I think... have a couple texas cichlids, and a school of shiners...

x2 on the texas man. where is this place if i may ask?

its spring creek, south of sawdust near 45.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=&daddr=30.112782,-95.451749&hl=en&geocode=&mra=mi&mrsp=0&sz=19&sll=30.112626,-95.451654&sspn=0.000777,0.001698&ie=UTF8&ll=30.111276,-95.451643&spn=0.006218,0.013583&t=h&z=16

this link is to a little nature preserve that is along the creek... The creek is just a little to the south of that point. There is a little parking lot and a dirt road that goes down towards the creek...
the exact hole I pulled the cichlids out of is within a couple miles of that spot and is a secret!

James, I would be VERY interested in a few of those black tailed shiners...

Nick (and any others) I'd be happy to take you down there to catch any kind of fish... give me a pm and I'll be happy to take any of y'all back there...

[pam916]

I agree that picture seven looks like a bass. Very cool pics and it looks like you had a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing.

[wesleydnunder]

Bass, Channel Cat and Sunfish. Awesome catch! All with cast net or did you use tackle to catch the bigger ones?

Mark

[Darbex]

J, we could make it another collection trip.

[JStrider]

I used a cast net and a dip net for all the fish... mostly the cast net for the bigger ones...

I dont like catching the smaller fish in the cast net.. they tend to get stuck and are hard to get out without sacrificing fish or net...


As for a collecting trip... that would probably be alright... but really its mostly the shiners and little fish.... I've been wandering around there off and on for a year... and I've just now found a place with other fish... so I dont know if there is enough of the bigger fish to warrant a full blown collecting trip...