Comments on: Notes from Up North https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/20/notes-from-up-north/ Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:50:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/20/notes-from-up-north/#comment-538334 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:50:46 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/20/notes-from-up-north/#comment-538334 Thanks Mike, good picture. In real life they look much smoother/slimier. One does not really see scales as clearly defined as in this drawing. And they are bright green.

]]> By: Mike Haubrich, FCD https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/20/notes-from-up-north/#comment-538333 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:36:50 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/20/notes-from-up-north/#comment-538333 Bowfin (Amia calva)

]]> By: mk https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/20/notes-from-up-north/#comment-538332 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:35:21 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/20/notes-from-up-north/#comment-538332 Cool.

OK a quick “mocking bass” story. Fishing the shoreline of a lake nearby… big bass just sitting there… pretty sure on its bed… brought several lures right past its nose… just slowly moved away from each as if they were just an eye-rolling annoyance… finally, using a little rapala… thought i’d see if I could piss it off and making it hit the lure… I cast well past fish down the shoreline… bring the lure right up to it and bump it… the bass swirled to get away but accidentally hooked himself (herself?)… had the fight of my life… seven pounder… hooked in the eye socket! Ouch! Felt terrible… but no real damage done. Took a photo and released. He (she?) swam away perfectly fine.

Later that day, saw her again hanging on the bed. Mocking others.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/20/notes-from-up-north/#comment-538331 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:57:25 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/20/notes-from-up-north/#comment-538331 OK, Mocking Bass came over to mock me just now and I took some photos in situ. We’ll see how they come out.

]]> By: greg laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/20/notes-from-up-north/#comment-538330 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:15:00 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/20/notes-from-up-north/#comment-538330 Sorry, not this time. Well, I can probably produce a picture of a bowfin once I get back to the cities.

And, I’ve got a shot of where Mocking Bass lives, but no way to download it from the camera.

But eventually…

]]> By: mk https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/20/notes-from-up-north/#comment-538329 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:07:46 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/20/notes-from-up-north/#comment-538329 What… no pics?

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