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thenativetank · 13 days

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VA Native Fish Hunting - 24

Today was a fun trip. I've been to this beach a number of times for glass hunting (successful) and for shark tooth hunting (not so successful), but not for dedicated fishing. I did find a couple of neat finds, which goes to show you it pays off to explore old places with a new eye.

Last hunt, I included a picture of some sea lettuce (Ulva spp) I found but thought it lacked some context on how it naturally looked since I had it above water level. Using some advice from a tumblr follower, I brought my acrylic holding container with me. Sea lettuce is SO COOL when submerged and thought it was worth including a picture here.

Lots more Glass Shrimp (Palaemon spp) here. By contrast with the sea lettuce, glass shrimp are harder to get photos of when submerged in their home (murky) water. Still. Neat critters.

This Skilletfish (Gobiesox strumosus) was washed up/deceased, sadly. But still interesting because a) it's my first time finding this species in this area of the river, and b) it being dead means I can show off their suction cup like belly.

A first for me! This American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) is the first specimen I've caught of this species. Around 5 or 6 inches long, it was absolutely restless looking for a way out - which reflects how eagerly they escape the home aquarium. They also are thought to live upwards of 80 years, so I hope this dude has a nice long life!

Fair enough, I was unsure if I would catch anything, so I found this inlet to the river I was fishing on and tossed in a few minnow traps. Might as well hedge your bets, right?

I caught a few Eastern Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) here, and unsurprising as they are among the most common species in this area. Freshwater? Brackish? Saltwater? You'll probably find some. But I love the mottling coloration on this fella - I think they are handsome in a subdued way.

More shrimps! A little easier to see here butttt still a little hard with stirred up silt.

I probably caught about 20 Mummichogs (Fundulus heteroclitus) aross my traps. No exaggeration, some of my favorite native fishes in this area - especially for home use but I think they are pretty in general.

Most of the Mummichogs were smallish but this dude was a chonker. Mine at home are pushing 5 inches but at 3.5 or so, this killifish is still impressive. Love the slight teal coloration the big ones have sometimes.

Last find was this live Skilletfish! That coloration is fantastic, much better than the last few washed out ones I've come across. This guy more than any other catch today has tempted me to start up a native biotope tank. What a cool cat!

#nanf #native fish #fishcommunity #fish hunts #Fishblr

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life-on-our-planet · 8 months

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A fishing cat practices hunting with her kittens. BBC Earth

#fishing cat #bbc earth #wetlands #south asia #southeast asia #mammalia #carnivora #tw successful hunting

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vintagecamping · 1 month

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Hunting, Fishing and Camping by American retailer L.L. Bean.

1946

#vintage camping #campfire light #ll bean #oregon #sebago lake #road trips #camping #fishing #hunting #1940s

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rebeccathenaturalist · 1 year

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To be honest, if one of the students in my Junior Duck Stamp classes ever turned in something like this, I would be elated.

(For a bit of background--a few years ago the Federal Duck Stamp contest rules were changed so that artists HAD to include some element of waterfowl hunting in their entries, whether they were comfortable with it or not. The above artwork may be my favorite example of malicious--or at least snarky--compliance.)

#waterfowl #ducks #duck stamps #shark #artwork #malicious compliance #duck hunting #hunting #wildlife #birds #fish #vertebrates #nature #outdoors #snark #funny #humor

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duckhunting · 8 months

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Here’s a redemption video since I feel bad about my first post. Great shot from Ethan that my dad and I didn’t even attempt. Also, we fist bumped before the duck even touched the water.

#duck hunting #hunting #fishing #duck dynasty

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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 1 month

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The junior quintet riding a giant illustrious cod.

(For @sandpancakecat)

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #digital art #Jin ling #lan jingyi #lan sizhui #ouyang zizhen #nameless red disciple #codfish #What an incredibly whimsical prompt! I enjoyed the how it tickled my mind!#I do *not* have more to say about what is going on here as this was not wholly my brain child. But I enjoy it!#Perhaps they are on a night hunt and trying to catch a giant cod spirit.#I am just so delighted to be able to draw these five hanging out again that my mind has gone blank.#Regardless - I'm feeling happy with how this turned out! Fish are fun to draw!#One more raffle post to go! See you all tomorrow!

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comradekatara · 5 months

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tbqh sokka would hunt zuko for sport and zuko would let him.

#the way katara side-eyes toph and aang when they ask sokka abt his fishing trip is so funny i think abt it all the time #id in alt text #avatar the last airbender #atla #aang #katara #toph #zukka #<– technically #sokkaxzuko #cinematic masterpiece the boiling rock part 2 #art #mart #actually. can i speak my truth #the reason zukka sucks nowadays IS simply because no one seems to understand this simple fact #which is that sokka would hunt zuko for sport but (more importantly) that zuko would let him. he'd encourage it even

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skirazed · 5 months

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Campinglife 🏕⛺

#outdoors #hunting #camping #hiking #campfire #campinggifts #campinglife #trendingnow #campingsupplies #fishing #solo camping #campingtrip #rvcamping

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hellenhighwater · 6 months

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From your post about your grandfather it sounds like you think him teaching you to hunt and fish is a good thing. If that's right, can I ask why do you believe that? I get the whole passing the knowledge onto you thing, I'm just curious about what you think of that specifically

I'm sorry, are you trying to use my post about my grandfather dying on my birthday, which is quite clearly about grief, loss, and love for those who are no longer with us, to start a debate about the morality of hunting wild game?

You get how that is inappropriate, right?

#i have an uncle who was adopted into the family because his parents died in the Alaskan wilderness and left him and his siblings #who were all under 12 #to survive on their own in the Yukon until rescuers found them #and he lived with us when i was a small child #yes it is good to know how to hunt and fish.

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mumblesplash · 1 year

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there’s always time for branding™️

#shhh he’s girlbossing #my art #smajor1995 #martyn/inthelittlewood #limited life #limited life spoilers #isn’t martyn a Listener or smth i really don’t know watcher lore yet #but i’m just saying i think it would be funny if he can hear whenever scott does this #i’m going to be thinking about the Scott Hunt for the foreseeable future i think #also yes martyn wears crocs in-universe this season #i have a whole thing about the mean gills both being mer hybrids but martyn is more human and scott is more fish #so martyn needs slightly more gear to navigate underwater (respirator webbed gloves etc)#and scott is much more in danger of dehydration/injury from being out of the water too long #but both of them can see and hear just as well in and out of water and have claws and Teeth

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spyglahass · 1 year

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"oh but glass, no one asked for them"

you fool.

I always ask for them

#they are my silly little hunt au guys !!!!#so many thoughts on them !!!!!#also yes i know i've gotten so many asks about other characters but #but listen #fish #okay? okay #hunt au #the hunt and the hunted au #hunt!fwhip #hunt!jimmy #fwhimmy #empires smp s1 au #fwhip #jimmy solidarity #my art #empiresshipping

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thenativetank · 20 days

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VA Native Fish Hunting - 23

With Winter just behind us, I figured it would be an opportune time to pick up the fish hunting again! I went to a local area that has both freshwater and brackish access with a few cool finds!

Macro algaes are always so interesting to me but I'm bad at identifying it. I'm pretty sure this a filamentous Ulva spp. but hard to say. They range from little clumps like this to big sheets over a foot long - and according to at least one book are edible for people too.

More Ulva spp, I pulled this up from a log off shore - it seemed more to rest on it than grow from it. This batch was SO COOL partly on how much there was but also the texture. I'm super tempted to get some for an aquarium.

In the brackish section, I did a number of net dippings and only managed to catch one fish - a Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus). This species has so much variety to them; some populations like the one this guy is from, there's an iridescent blue and black dot on the dorsal fin. A handsome fish in a subtle way.

What I did catch a lot of were shrimps! These Grass Shrimps (Palaemon spp) are super common around here. There are a few species in this state and I have a book that helps distinguish them, but I'd need better zoom in order to make that a reality.

A little easier to see their features here.

Before I left the tributary, I saw this cloud of striped fishes swimming around. My knee jerk reaction were Striped Killifish, but I've never seen them this far upstream. I did my best to catch only a small amount.

Makes more sense - Sheepshead Minnows (Cyprinidon variegatus) are freshwater to fully marine pupfish and found around this area. I have never seen them school like this, though, so that's pretty awesome.

I also tossed around a couple of minnow traps in this freshwater pond to see what I could wrangle. Turns out, not much.

One (1) female Mummichog, and...

One (1) male Mummichog. I love comparing the freshwater to brackish to saltwater populations of these fishes. Such diverse coloration!

Not aquatic but a first for me - I found a neat friend! This Wharf Roach was nice enough to pause for a few photos before being sent on their way.

Bonus pic - after the hunt I stopped by a new bait store in the area. They had a fantastic deal on American Eels! If I had room for a 3 to 4 foot long predator slash escape artist, I know where I would go buying one!

#fishcommunity #nanf #native fish #Fishblr #Fish hunts

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quantumfeat72 · 2 years

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ok i just had a humans-are-space-orcs thought

i grew up in bear country. like, the “you can’t leave food in your car because the bears will break your car and eat it” kind of bear country. so up there people make sure to teach their kids how to avoid getting eaten by bears. and you know the number one thing you do to avoid encountering a bear in the first place?

you make sure it hears you coming

if you’re hiking with a friend, you talk loudly the whole time. if you don’t want to do that, or you’re alone, you wear bells or something else that makes noise. because bears aren’t stupid, they know humans are trouble, and they don’t wanna fuck with you any more than you wanna fuck with them

like. think about that. bears are walking tanks. they can cave in the door to a house or move around a 500 pound dumpster like its nothing. you can shoot a bear with a gun and not do much more than piss it off. a bear could absolutely pick off one lone human on a hike for a free meal. but bears never hunt humans, and they rarely attack humans

like imagine an alien visiting earth and their human friend hands them a bell and says “when we go through here we gotta make sure the local apex predators know exactly where we are at all times”

and they’re like “...oh, yes, of course. the other predators on earth must have learned that they can’t kill a human, and it’s better to avoid a fight if you can”

and the human says “no, if a bear attacked us we’d die”

and they’re like, wait, what?? you want to give our exact location to something that could easily kill us? do you have a death wish??? and their friend is like, no, look, bears don’t fuck with humans if they can help it

not because they can’t, but because they know better