I live on the Indiana/Michgan state line on the St. Joseph river. Last Thursday they used the damns to lower the river more than I have seen it in 18 years (body recovery). Anyway, I was able to get out and walk on the river bottom where we normally boat about 45 minutes before dark. In the puddles, we caught 4 eel like creatures about 3 inches long. About then our Argo (amphibous vehicle) got stuck in the mud. I did not have time to inspect the creatures to see if the were fish, amphibian or reptile. By the time we got the vehicle out of the river bed (1:00 am) I just put them in a 2 gallon aquarium with some tree frog tadpoles and decided to take pictures later. I finally had time today to look for them and they have buried themselves in the sand - I can't find them.
Any idea what these can be? I took a quick look at the Michigan DNR website - no real help. I will try to dig them out later then I get home from work at a reasonable hour.
Overall, it was really cool!!! I was hoping to find a mudpuppy, but our area of the river is all sand bottom - no rocky areas to flip over. We did find a stranded baby catfish, but with only 45 minites of daylight that is all we could do. They started raising the river level the next day and it's back to normal now.
Any idea what these can be? I took a quick look at the Michigan DNR website - no real help. I will try to dig them out later then I get home from work at a reasonable hour.
Overall, it was really cool!!! I was hoping to find a mudpuppy, but our area of the river is all sand bottom - no rocky areas to flip over. We did find a stranded baby catfish, but with only 45 minites of daylight that is all we could do. They started raising the river level the next day and it's back to normal now.