Eli's 2014 OSF Multi-Species Challenge Entries - 30/35

[MuskieBait]

I'm not so certain those are Rudd now LOL...sigh...so unnecessarily complicated...

I'm counting them as Golden Shiner on my list as well...maybe I'll go try target the Rudd in the Upper Niagara on the Canada Day weekend...possibly 3 days straight and sleeping in the car...

BTW, regarding presence of River Redhorse in the Niagara...they are in the Upper Niagara (above the falls...no reason why they aren't in the Lower Niagara either I guess)...and electrofishing in various areas showed their abundance to be anywhere from 0.09% to 0.4% on the Upper Niagara. Best case scenario...I catch 1000 fish and maybe luck into one River Redhorse...but they are there! I can send you the sampling report. As recent as 2007. It's a 198 page document...haven't gone through it all yet...don't know if they have a detailed site by site breakdown of the fish composition. Found that info while looking for Rudd info on the Upper Niagara. It is hard to believe that in some areas the River Redhorse is more abundant than the Rudd...