Buffalo Valley Boat Ramp
Date 6/25/2016We had ten folks show up for the event. Only four of us fished afterward at the Rest Area. Fishing was very slow.
Here is the information we collected Saturday at the steps on the Caney Fork:
Water Temp 59 degrees
Water Clear
Water level low
Aquatics Collected:
3% Snails
9% Sow Bugs
70% Scuds
9% Worms
9% Others including leeches, black fly
Date: 10/17/2015The stream survey today was attended by 9 club members:
The water temp = 54 degrees
Water was clear
No appreciable odor
PH was 7
There appears to be a loss of river bed grass in the middle of the river. Very little other than gravel and small stones remain.
The collection teams found the following:
After the survey eight of us went to the rest area off the 40 and fished that water until the water came up. We then went back to the steps up by the dam and fished there until about 1:45.
Date: 6/7/2014
Water Temp: 59° F
Macroinvertebrate Count
Use letter codes (A=1 – 9, B=10 – 99, C= 100 or more) to record the numbers of organisms found in a 3 foot by 3 foot area. Then add up the number of letter in each column and multiply by the indicated index value.
Good
_____ Caddisfly Larvae
_____ Dobsonfly Larvae
_____ Mayfly Nymphs
_____ Other Snails
_____ Riffle Beetle Adult
_____ Stonefly Nymphs
_____ Water Penny Larvae
Fair
_____ Beetle Larvae
_____ Clams
_____ Crane Fly Larvae
_____ Crayfish
_____ Damselfly Nymph
_____ Dragonfly Nymphs
__A__ Scuds
__B__ Sowbugs
_____ Aherix
Poor
_____ Aquatic Worms
_____ Blackfly Larvae
_____ Leeches
__B__ Midge Larvae
_____ Pouch Snails
Date: 5/3/2014
Water Temp: 54° F
Macroinvertebrate Count
Use letter codes (A=1 – 9, B=10 – 99, C= 100 or more) to record the numbers of organisms found in a 3 foot by 3 foot area. Then add up the number of letter in each column and multiply by the indicated index value.
Good
_____ Caddisfly Larvae
_____ Dobsonfly Larvae
_____ Mayfly Nymphs
_____ Other Snails
_____ Riffle Beetle Adult
_____ Stonefly Nymphs
_____ Water Penny Larvae
Fair
_____ Beetle Larvae
__A__ Clams
_____ Crane Fly Larvae
__A__ Crayfish
_____ Damselfly Nymph
_____ Dragonfly Nymphs
__B__ Scuds
__B__ Sowbugs
_____ Aherix
Poor
_____ Aquatic Worms
_____ Blackfly Larvae
_____ Leeches
__B__ Midge Larvae
_____ Pouch Snails
Date 6/25/2016We had ten folks show up for the event. Only four of us fished afterward at the Rest Area. Fishing was very slow.
Here is the information we collected Saturday at the steps on the Caney Fork:
Water Temp 59 degrees
Water Clear
Water level low
Aquatics Collected:
3% Snails
9% Sow Bugs
70% Scuds
9% Worms
9% Others including leeches, black fly
Date: 10/17/2015The stream survey today was attended by 9 club members:
- Gerdes, Pipkin, Ferrero, Eble, Peipon, Bersted, Keeton, Ritter, Spoonamore
The water temp = 54 degrees
Water was clear
No appreciable odor
PH was 7
There appears to be a loss of river bed grass in the middle of the river. Very little other than gravel and small stones remain.
The collection teams found the following:
- 25 sow bugs
- 13 scuds
- 1 ant
After the survey eight of us went to the rest area off the 40 and fished that water until the water came up. We then went back to the steps up by the dam and fished there until about 1:45.
Date: 6/7/2014
Water Temp: 59° F
Macroinvertebrate Count
Use letter codes (A=1 – 9, B=10 – 99, C= 100 or more) to record the numbers of organisms found in a 3 foot by 3 foot area. Then add up the number of letter in each column and multiply by the indicated index value.
Good
_____ Caddisfly Larvae
_____ Dobsonfly Larvae
_____ Mayfly Nymphs
_____ Other Snails
_____ Riffle Beetle Adult
_____ Stonefly Nymphs
_____ Water Penny Larvae
Fair
_____ Beetle Larvae
_____ Clams
_____ Crane Fly Larvae
_____ Crayfish
_____ Damselfly Nymph
_____ Dragonfly Nymphs
__A__ Scuds
__B__ Sowbugs
_____ Aherix
Poor
_____ Aquatic Worms
_____ Blackfly Larvae
_____ Leeches
__B__ Midge Larvae
_____ Pouch Snails
Date: 5/3/2014
Water Temp: 54° F
Macroinvertebrate Count
Use letter codes (A=1 – 9, B=10 – 99, C= 100 or more) to record the numbers of organisms found in a 3 foot by 3 foot area. Then add up the number of letter in each column and multiply by the indicated index value.
Good
_____ Caddisfly Larvae
_____ Dobsonfly Larvae
_____ Mayfly Nymphs
_____ Other Snails
_____ Riffle Beetle Adult
_____ Stonefly Nymphs
_____ Water Penny Larvae
Fair
_____ Beetle Larvae
__A__ Clams
_____ Crane Fly Larvae
__A__ Crayfish
_____ Damselfly Nymph
_____ Dragonfly Nymphs
__B__ Scuds
__B__ Sowbugs
_____ Aherix
Poor
_____ Aquatic Worms
_____ Blackfly Larvae
_____ Leeches
__B__ Midge Larvae
_____ Pouch Snails