Pictures Of Limestone Creek On Sept. 30

These photos are thanks to Taito having the foresight to bring a camera on our trip to Limestone Creek last Thursday. The first one is me putting on the right shoes sitting on my tailgate along the road.

This is what the creek looked like, clear, high and fast-flowing. You can see aquatic vegetation pushed down by the force of the current. We caught fish on the far side of the creek in this image, where the current was blocked by the submerged island to the left.

Andrew is preparing to confront the fish in the creek.

We've entered the creek (of course) in a nice high-contrast light view.

I'm crossing the creek, making it look almost easy in an area of accelerating current.

Here are a bunch of the scarlet shiners we caught that day, being euthanized in MS-222. I don't think any of the larger breeders from the summer are still alive, the population has already turned over and fish this size now will be the big breeders next spring.