Came across this while researching something completely different:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/34523/34523-h/34523-h.htm
Maybe this belongs in Good Old Days, but fishing stories are often told in cafes and coffee shops so . . .
I wonder if the parrot minnow mentioned as taken in Rock Creek (Big Caney tributary) could talk?
Ha, ha, Waldo. Ha, ha.
Well, we could never positively determine where the Elk River began, but now, because of this book, we know it is (or at least was) full of Notropis boops.
Quote from: W. Gray on March 08, 2011, 08:36:07 PM
I wonder if the parrot minnow mentioned as taken in Rock Creek (Big Caney tributary) could talk?
Waldo, I bet your Uncle fished for them and used crackers for bait.
You and Wilma are both cards.
Quote from: W. Gray on March 08, 2011, 08:56:45 PM
You and Wilma are both cards.
Wilma and me? I think it was someone else that wondered if the Parrott Fish could talk.
Hey, I was just trying to carry on an intelligent conversation.
There are some fish that walk across the street, you know.
While reading, I could almost taste the yellow bullhead. It has been too long... Thanks
Some additional information in the book:
Elk River drops an average 14.4 feet per mile.
Annual precipitation in Elk County is 35.1 inches.