[NatureNS] spawning/migrating freshwater fish ID?

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Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 07:07:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com>
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Hi Dusan=0AWhite Suckers would be my guess.=0AThey spawn about now - lots o=
f other fish=0Alove their eggs. Good time for trout.=0AHappy fishing=0APaul=
=0AOn Wednesday, May 21, 2014 10:28:44 AM, Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympati=
co.ca> wrote:=0A  =0A=0A=0A=A0 I am still wondering about the species of fi=
sh I saw splashing vigoroucly in shallow running water near the head of Big=
 St. Margaret's Bay Lake, deep in the St. Margaret's Bay backlands, on Mond=
ay. I didn't get a good look at them due to light conditions and due to the=
 skittishness of the fish. They were about a foot long, with uniformly colo=
ured sides. They were splashing quite spectacularly in the shallows, with n=
et movement upstream.=A0=A0  =0A=A0=A0 What species=A0were they? My first g=
uess=A0is gaspereaux (either species), but this lake shouldn't have gaspere=
aux as two high dams of the St. Croix River Hydro System and a diversion da=
m on the Ingram River block all fish passage from the ocean. =A0Are there a=
ny known landlocked gaspereaux populations in the province? What other fish=
 species could have been spawning in the lake?  =0A=A0=A0 Dusan Soudek   
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<html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ve=
rdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>Hi Dusan</span></di=
v><div><span>White Suckers would be my guess.</span></div><div><span>They s=
pawn about now - lots of other fish</span></div><div><span>love their eggs.=
 Good time for trout.</span></div><div><span>Happy fishing</span></div><div=
><span>Paul</span></div><div class=3D"yahoo_quoted" style=3D"display: block=
;"> <div style=3D"font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1=
4pt;"> <div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica,=
 Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <fo=
nt face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"> On Wednesday, May 21, 2014 10:28:44 AM, Dusan=
 Soudek &lt;soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca&gt; wrote:<br> </font> </div>  <br><br>=
 <div class=3D"y_msg_container"><div id=3D"yiv4963800403">=0A    =0A =0A <d=
iv>=0A =0A  <div>=0A   &nbsp; I am still wondering about the species of fis=
h I saw splashing vigoroucly in shallow running water near the head of Big =
St. Margaret's Bay Lake, deep in the St. Margaret's Bay backlands, on Monda=
y. I didn't get a good look at them due to light conditions and due to the =
skittishness of the fish. They were about a foot long, with uniformly colou=
red sides. They were splashing quite spectacularly in the shallows, with ne=
t movement upstream.&nbsp;&nbsp;=0A  </div> =0A  <div>=0A   &nbsp;&nbsp; Wh=
at species&nbsp;were they? My first guess&nbsp;is gaspereaux (either specie=
s), but this lake shouldn't have gaspereaux as two high dams of the St. Cro=
ix River Hydro System and a diversion dam on the Ingram River block all fis=
h passage from the ocean. &nbsp;Are there any known landlocked gaspereaux p=
opulations in the province? What other fish species could have been spawnin=
g in the lake?=0A  </div> =0A  <div>=0A   &nbsp;&nbsp; Dusan Soudek=0A  </d=
iv>=0A =0A</div>=0A</div><br><br></div>  </div> </div>  </div> </div></body=
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