Fish Facts: Maparate – Hypophthalmus Marginatus
Maparate is the Spanish term for this species of Amazonian catfish.
Myrle Grove Bank Fishing
Myrtle Grove, Louisiana: drive-to winter fishing in the Mississippi Delta. Picture in your mind a roadside waterway, lined with canebrakes and marsh grass, where you can catch the two most sought after saltwater fish species without right from shore. Just drive up to it and literally cast from the back of your vehicle. “No such … Read more
Fish Facts: Arapaima – Arapaima gigas
The Arapaima is a tropical fish of the Amazon basin. It is one of the largest freshwater fish in the world. Arapaima reach sizes of up to 15 feet in length. The scales are olive-green, turning increasingly reddish towards the tail region. The swim bladder is open to the pharynx and the arapaima uses the … Read more
Fish Facts: Java Barb – Barbonymus Gonionotus
The Java Barb is a native of Asia. Specifically the Mekong and Chao Phraya basins through the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Java. The Java barb prefers to swim in the midwater to lower water colunm levels in rivers and streams. They prefer slow moving waters and usually avoid fast water areas. The Java bard are … Read more
Tree Features: Sugarberry – Celtis Laevigata
Almost identical to hackberry. Fruit is popular with winter birds, especially the cedar waxwing, mockingbird, and robin. Little value for deer. Sugarberry (Celtis laevigata) is a small to medium-sized tree with alternate, simple, leaves 2 to 5 inches long. Leaves are ovate, with acuminate tips and a cordate, inequilateral base. Leaf margins are serrate and … Read more
Fish Facts: King Salmon – Oncorhynchus Tshawytscha
King Salmon aka Chinook Salmon are native to the Northeaster Pacific Coast. The are great sport fish and have now been successfully introduced to the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes are freshwater lakes and the salmon do fine despite the fact that they naturally live in the ocean until it is time to spawn. As … Read more
Fall Transition Bass – Where Do Bass Go?
When Mother Nature takes her brush and paints the leaves on our trees orange, yellow and brown. When Friday night and Saturday afternoons are spent cheering on your favorite high school or college football team. When the air temp gets a little cooler at night and not nearly as high at mid-day. When the water … Read more
Tree Features: Eastern Cottonwood – Populus Deltoides
Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides) can be either male or female. Eastern Cottonwood trees get their name from the fluffy white seeds produced by the females during early summer. The seeds are very small, 1mm wide by 4 mm long. Eastern Cottonwood trees are one of the largest trees in North America, up to 100 ft. … Read more
Tree Features: Eastern Hophornbeam
Eastern Hophornbeam is a small tree with simple alternate, oval shaped leaves with doubly serrated margins. Hairy underside of leaves around the base of the petiole. The fruit is very distinctive in that it resembles hops. The fruit is a small nutlet about a 1/4 inch long. The fruit matures in August but is persistant … Read more
Tree Features: Honey Locust – Gleditsia Triacanthos
Honey Locust are easy to identify by their numerous thorns, distinctive bark and compound leaves. Honey Locust are decidous with very limited wildlife value. Deer will feed extensively on the seed pods. Many hunters make a point to hunt these trees when the “beans” are falling.