Does anyone know which fish makes these mounds? Pictures taken at low water.
Eagle Lake, ME
Fish Mounds
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Does anyone know which fish makes these mounds? Pictures taken at low water.
Eagle Lake, ME
Interesting. Never heard of anything like that and it seems pretty ambitious for fish. I figured a quick Google search would provide an answer but I came up snake-eyes. This is all I could find: http://www.themaineoutdoorsman.com/2011/04/mystery-rock-piles.html
From the sounds of that link it doesn't look like anyone really knows for sure what causes them.
Alan
From the sounds of that link it doesn't look like anyone really knows for sure what causes them.
Alan
Probably Semotilus coporalis (Fallfish or White Chub)
I've been all over google and found a chub that make's a nest like structure. We saw 20-30 of these mounds on the Soper Brk and there are supposed to be some at the outlet of Indian Stream (both on the Allagash Water Way, ME)
And the answer is Chubs
I turned the question over to my Ace Research Assistant.
http://www.wvdnr.gov/wildlife/magazine/archive/05Summer/moundbuilders.shtm
http://fish.photoshelter.com/gallery/River-Chub-Underwater/G0000bB7SAMMABvA/
I turned the question over to my Ace Research Assistant.
http://www.wvdnr.gov/wildlife/magazine/archive/05Summer/moundbuilders.shtm
http://fish.photoshelter.com/gallery/River-Chub-Underwater/G0000bB7SAMMABvA/
