Paul DeRolf

High School Biology Teacher | @BiologyBSU alum | Fish ecology, Primitive 🐟 and avid outdoorsman #streamecology #BowfinBoyz #teamfish Owner of Beautiful Bait

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@LeadingReport You don’t even know how to spell “decaying”… not a very trustworthy source

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@darterdancer No, I just prefer to use the current subgenus names. Everyone has been using them for Nothonotus, so I figure why not for the others

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Happy #fishfriday from one of the smallest Darters, and freshwater #fish, in North America, the Least Darter (Microperca microperca)!

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Indiana’s kettle lakes region always provides the best, local opportunities for exploring!

-Male Least Darter (Microperca microperca)
-Female Least Darter (M. microperca)
-Suspected Logperch subspecies unique to Tippecanoe drainage
-typical habitat for the area

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@IndyBiomonitor Absolutely! More species to find too when I go back!

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Was able to check off a bucket list #fish for Indiana yesterday, the Least Darter (Microperca microperca)! Also came across some healthy Central Mudminnows and Northern Starhead Topminnows. This spot is a goldmine for biodiversity and I will definitely be back!

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Both previous champions, Bowfin and Hog Sucker, have been eliminated! The Elite Bait is set and voting is open!

https://t.co/jDMCM4uzK2

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Happy Monday everyone! The battles this past week shaped out to be some great ones, and it’s setup a wild Sweet 16 round! The poles are open, so go vote for your favorites! This will be open until Wednesday at 5 pm. Link is below!

https://t.co/LaApIShLMO

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Fish Madness is back! The field is set, so you see any upsets or sweeps? Who’s going to be crowned the champion and cut the seine net after?

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Checked out some spots on the mainstem St. Joseph River - Lake Erie drainage with nice runs and pools, and a new site on a tributary with a long riffle. Excited to check these out in the coming weeks!

#beautifulbait #nature #rivers #streams #neiwatertrails

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Hey everyone! For Fish Madness ‘24, I’m looking to incorporate NA fishes from all regions, and need your help! If you have a fish, or fishes, that you would like to submit for selection please message me directly!

Looking for species from the Midwest, East, South, and West

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@TravelFda @wane15 Because issues, even ones off of school grounds, make their way back into the building/classroom. Something like this will blow up with the students and it needs to be handled before that happens

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I have some of the best students, current and former! They just get me 😭 #MerryFishmas

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@DrKatfish @DrFishSG @SolomonRDavid @WildlifeBioGal @donaldorth @JasonBarnucz Micro-pike or miniature snot rockets, Pickerel are pretty dang cool! Individual from northeastern Illinois (left) with some interesting orange fins, and one central Ohio (right) with more “typical” fin coloration

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What are you doing?! Go apply to work with some sturgeon!

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@DrKatfish @SolomonRDavid @JasonBarnucz @donaldorth @WildlifeBioGal @DrFishSG Black Redhorse are a neat one in the “gray-tailed” group, one of the more sensitive species in my experience. Here’s a miniature individual from a lacustuary of Lake Erie

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@DrKatfish @DrFishSG @WildlifeBioGal @JasonBarnucz @SolomonRDavid @donaldorth Was able to act practice my surgeon skills on these and other non-native species with @erarsenault and @jpruoss a few years back on the Wabash

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@DrKatfish @SolomonRDavid @JasonBarnucz @WildlifeBioGal @DrFishSG @donaldorth Hoping to find these beauties this summer! They’re a major bucket list fish I want to cross off

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@SarahAMolinaro @DrKatfish @DrFishSG @WildlifeBioGal @SolomonRDavid @donaldorth @JasonBarnucz Awesome! Were there multiple with that or just one individual? I’ve heard of them getting orange in the fins, and seen the bright yellow before but pink is a new one