Observations by gwrlt

a fish survey was conducted in Shorey’s Brook at the Savage Preserve in Eliot. This was a follow-up to the 2012 survey conducted after the removal of the breached dam on Shorey’s Brook. This survey was led by Jake Aman from the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve (www.wellsreserve.org) and supported by GWRLT Stewardship Coordinator Darrell DeTour and land trust volunteers. The process involved setting up a net at low tide and checking it for captured fish over the next two days before removing the net. The fish were weighed and measured before being released. This was repeated each week for 4 weeks. The first week we worked around ice and snow and very few fish were found in the net. By the last week, over 100 fish per day were in the net. The vast majority of the fish were mummichogs (298 to be exact). The 2nd most numerous fish were the 14 striped killifish. There were smaller numbers of pumpkinseeds, white perch, sticklebacks, golden shiners, and a yellow bullhead. We also caught 8 daggerblade grass shrimp, and 3 American eels.

a fish survey was conducted in Shorey’s Brook at the Savage Preserve in Eliot. This was a follow-up to the 2012 survey conducted after the removal of the breached dam on Shorey’s Brook. This survey was led by Jake Aman from the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve (www.wellsreserve.org) and supported by GWRLT Stewardship Coordinator Darrell DeTour and land trust volunteers. The process involved setting up a net at low tide and checking it for captured fish over the next two days before removing the net. The fish were weighed and measured before being released. This was repeated each week for 4 weeks. The first week we worked around ice and snow and very few fish were found in the net. By the last week, over 100 fish per day were in the net. The vast majority of the fish were mummichogs (298 to be exact). The 2nd most numerous fish were the 14 striped killifish. There were smaller numbers of pumpkinseeds, white perch, sticklebacks, golden shiners, and a yellow bullhead. We also caught 8 daggerblade grass shrimp, and 3 American eels.

a fish survey was conducted in Shorey’s Brook at the Savage Preserve in Eliot. This was a follow-up to the 2012 survey conducted after the removal of the breached dam on Shorey’s Brook. This survey was led by Jake Aman from the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve (www.wellsreserve.org) and supported by GWRLT Stewardship Coordinator Darrell DeTour and land trust volunteers. The process involved setting up a net at low tide and checking it for captured fish over the next two days before removing the net. The fish were weighed and measured before being released. This was repeated each week for 4 weeks. The first week we worked around ice and snow and very few fish were found in the net. By the last week, over 100 fish per day were in the net. The vast majority of the fish were mummichogs (298 to be exact). The 2nd most numerous fish were the 14 striped killifish. There were smaller numbers of pumpkinseeds, white perch, sticklebacks, golden shiners, and a yellow bullhead. We also caught 8 daggerblade grass shrimp, and 3 American eels.